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Mamonas Assassinas, an Uncommon card
Mamonas Assassinas was a Brazilian comedy rock band from Guarulhos.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 57
- DEF
- 36
- Power
- 93
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 35,000
Power 93 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 35 % of WikiCards cards.
Mamonas Assassinas quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Mamonas Assassinas card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
In which decade?
Widely beloved in their native Brazil, the band are widely regarded as one of the most popular bands to come out of the ____s Brazilian music scene.
Answer
1990s. Widely beloved in their native Brazil, the band are widely regarded as one of the most popular bands to come out of the 1990s Brazilian music scene. From the Mamonas Assassinas article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Valentin Debise. Valentin Debise 68 · Moritz Bleibtreu 64 · Mamonas Assassinas 57 · George and Dragon, Leigh 49 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Moritz Bleibtreu. Moritz Bleibtreu 50,000 · Mamonas Assassinas 35,000 · Wat Phra Singh 22,000 · George and Dragon, Leigh 150 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.
- Known originally as Utopia, their musical style employed a humorous mixture between rock and a wide range of styles, often borrowing elements from other music, among which were the main riff of the Portuguese Vira, Northeastern Brazilian rhythms like forró, Mexican music, heavy metal, sertanejo, and even pagode.
- Widely beloved in their native Brazil, the band are widely regarded as one of the most popular bands to come out of the 1990s Brazilian music scene.
- The band's name mamonas refers to the name of the Castor oil plant, which contains the highly toxic compound ricin, while also being a double entendre where it could be understood as "big mammary", with the band even having translated the name into English as "Killer Big Breasts".
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Mamonas Assassinas article was read about 35,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 57 and blocks with 36: each hit it takes is cut by 14 %.
How to get Mamonas Assassinas
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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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Mamonas Assassinas (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Luchadab50, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
