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Mark McGwire, a Rare card
Mark David McGwire, nicknamed "Big Mac", is an American former professional baseball first baseman.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 80
- DEF
- 81
- Power
- 161
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 370,000
Power 161 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Mark McGwire quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Mark McGwire card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He was part of two World Series championship teams: Oakland as a ______ in 1989 and St. Louis as a coach in 2011.
Answer
player. He was part of two World Series championship teams: Oakland as a player in 1989 and St. Louis as a coach in 2011. From the Mark McGwire article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Hungarian language. Hungarian language 87 · Mark McGwire 80 · Masjid al-Haram 77 · Dave Rubin 74 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 played 16 seasons in Major League Baseball for the Oakland Athletics and St. Louis Cardinals from 1986 to 2001.
- He was part of two World Series championship teams: Oakland as a player in 1989 and St. Louis as a coach in 2011.
- One of the most prolific home run hitters in baseball history, McGwire hit 583 home runs during his career, which ranked 5th-most in MLB history at the time of his retirement and currently ranks 11th.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Mark McGwire article was read about 370,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 80 and blocks with 81: each hit it takes is cut by 32 %.
How to get Mark McGwire
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.
More Society cards
Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Mark McGwire in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Masjid al-HaramRare · Society · ATK 77 DEF 84
- René MagritteRare · Arts · ATK 76 DEF 85
- FedExRare · Society · ATK 81 DEF 80
- Mike OldfieldRare · Arts · ATK 81 DEF 80
- Christian VieriRare · Society · ATK 81 DEF 80
- DecoRare · Society · ATK 75 DEF 86
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Mark McGwire (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Keith Allison on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
