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Kit Carson, a Rare card
Christopher Houston Carson, popularly known as Kit Carson, was an American frontiersman, fur trapper, wilderness guide, Indian agent and U.S. Army officer.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 86
- DEF
- 71
- Power
- 157
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 290,000
Power 157 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Kit Carson quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Kit Carson card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He lived among and married into the ______ and Cheyenne tribes.
Answer
Arapaho. He lived among and married into the Arapaho and Cheyenne tribes. From the Kit Carson article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
In the ____s, he accompanied Ewing Young on an expedition to Mexican California and joined fur-trapping expeditions into the Rocky Mountains.
Answer
1830s. In the 1830s, he accompanied Ewing Young on an expedition to Mexican California and joined fur-trapping expeditions into the Rocky Mountains. From the Kit Carson article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Kit Carson. Kit Carson 86 · Ajinkya Rahane 79 · Grand Egyptian Museum 75 · Romulus Augustulus 71 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Carson left home in rural Missouri at 16 to become a mountain man and trapper in the West.
- In the 1830s, he accompanied Ewing Young on an expedition to Mexican California and joined fur-trapping expeditions into the Rocky Mountains.
- He lived among and married into the Arapaho and Cheyenne tribes.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Kit Carson article was read about 290,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 86 and blocks with 71: each hit it takes is cut by 28 %.
How to get Kit Carson
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Kit Carson (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Mathew Brady or Levin C. Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
