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Legendary card · History
Manuel Noriega, a Legendary card
Manuel Antonio Noriega Moreno was a Panamanian military officer and dictator who was the de facto ruler of Panama from 1983 to 1989.
- Rarity
- Legendary
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 86
- DEF
- 100
- Power
- 186
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 1,600,000
Power 186 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 95 % of WikiCards cards.
Manuel Noriega quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Manuel Noriega card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He never officially served as president of Panama, instead ruling as an ______ military dictator through puppet presidents.
Answer
unelected. He never officially served as president of Panama, instead ruling as an unelected military dictator through puppet presidents. From the Manuel Noriega article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
January 6 United States Capitol attack. January 6 United States Capitol attack 100 · 2025 United States federal government shutdown 95 · Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh 91 · Manuel Noriega 86 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.
- He never officially served as president of Panama, instead ruling as an unelected military dictator through puppet presidents.
- Amassing a personal fortune through drug trafficking operations by the Panamanian military, Noriega had longstanding ties with American intelligence agencies before the United States invasion of Panama removed him from power.
- Born in Panama City to a poor pardo family, Noriega studied at the Chorrillos Military School in Lima and at the School of the Americas.
Why it is Legendary
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Manuel Noriega article was read about 1,600,000 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 100: each hit it takes is cut by 40 %.
How to get Manuel Noriega
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, Manuel Noriega (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : U.S. Marshals Service, Miami, Florida, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
