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Mambo, an Uncommon card
Mambo is a Latin dance of Cuba which was developed in the 1940s when the music genre of the same name became popular throughout Latin America.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 47
- DEF
- 18
- Power
- 65
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 31,000
Power 65 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 10 % of WikiCards cards.
Mambo quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Mambo card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
In the ______ States, it replaced rhumba as the most fashionable Latin dance.
Answer
United. In the United States, it replaced rhumba as the most fashionable Latin dance. From the Mambo article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Mambo is a Latin dance of Cuba which was developed in the ____s when the music genre of the same name became popular throughout Latin America.
Answer
1940s. Mambo is a Latin dance of Cuba which was developed in the 1940s when the music genre of the same name became popular throughout Latin America. From the Mambo article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Ernest Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. Ernest Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld 50 · Mambo 47 · Sant'Ildefonso, Milan 43 · Wicker Apartments 38 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.
- The original ballroom dance which emerged in Cuba and Mexico was related to the danzón, albeit faster and less rigid.
- In the United States, it replaced rhumba as the most fashionable Latin dance.
- Later on, with the advent of salsa and its more sophisticated dance, a new type of mambo dance including breaking steps was popularized in New York.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Mambo article was read about 31,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 47 and blocks with 18: each hit it takes is cut by 7 %.
How to get Mambo
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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- Stelios Kyriakides StadiumUncommon · Society · ATK 47 DEF 18
- Augustin Saint-HilaireUncommon · Science · ATK 46 DEF 19
- Isle of DemonsUncommon · Nature · ATK 48 DEF 17
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Mambo (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Angélica Martínez, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
