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Rare card · Arts
Manowar, a Rare card
Manowar is an American heavy metal band from Auburn, New York.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 77
- DEF
- 65
- Power
- 142
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 220,000
Power 142 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
Manowar quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Manowar card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The band is also known for a loud and ______ sound.
Answer
emphatic. The band is also known for a loud and emphatic sound. From the Manowar article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Formed in ____, the group is known for lyrics based on fantasy fiction and mythology as well as numerous songs celebrating the genre and its core audience.
Answer
1980s. Formed in 1980, the group is known for lyrics based on fantasy fiction and mythology as well as numerous songs celebrating the genre and its core audience. From the Manowar article on Wikipedia.
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.
- Formed in 1980, the group is known for lyrics based on fantasy fiction and mythology as well as numerous songs celebrating the genre and its core audience.
- The band is also known for a loud and emphatic sound.
- In an interview for MTV in February 2007, bassist Joey DeMaio lamented that "these days, there's a real lack of big, epic metal that is drenched with crushing guitars and choirs and orchestras... so it's nice to be one of the few bands that's actually doing that".
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Manowar 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 77 and blocks with 65: each hit it takes is cut by 26 %.
How to get Manowar
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, Manowar (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Justice for the Beholder of the Harvester of Blackened Straw, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
