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Rare card · History
Lynn Compton, a Rare card
Lynn Davis "Buck" Compton was an American jurist, law enforcement officer, and United States Army officer during World War II, serving as a paratrooper in "Easy Company" of the 506th Infantry Regiment within the 101st Airborne Division.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 62
- DEF
- 42
- Power
- 104
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 220,000
Power 104 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 45 % of WikiCards cards.
Lynn Compton quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Lynn Compton card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He was eventually appointed as an associate justice on the ______ Court of Appeal.
Answer
California. He was eventually appointed as an associate justice on the California Court of Appeal. From the Lynn Compton article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Arthur Guinness II. Arthur Guinness II 880,000 · Louis Bonaparte 310,000 · Lynn Compton 220,000 · Sten Wåhlin 300 Wikipedia reads over a year.
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.
- After the war, he joined the Los Angeles Police Department and later the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office, where he rose to the position of chief deputy district attorney.
- He acted as the lead prosecutor in the trial of Sirhan Sirhan for the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy.
- He was eventually appointed as an associate justice on the California Court of Appeal.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Lynn Compton article was read about 220,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 62 and blocks with 42: each hit it takes is cut by 17 %.
How to get Lynn Compton
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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The cards just above and just below Lynn Compton in the power ranking, all domains together.
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- ShahRare · History · ATK 64 DEF 40
- Hawa MahalUncommon · History · ATK 58 DEF 46
- Joey BishopUncommon · Arts · ATK 63 DEF 41
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Lynn Compton (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : US Army, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
