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Max Roach, an Uncommon card
Maxwell Lemuel Roach was an American jazz drummer and composer.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 76
- DEF
- 65
- Power
- 141
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 120,000
Power 141 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
Max Roach quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Max Roach card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He also played with his ______ Maxine Roach, a Grammy-nominated violist.
Answer
daughter. He also played with his daughter Maxine Roach, a Grammy-nominated violist. From the Max Roach article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Color photography. Color photography 80 · Max Roach 76 · Jonny Buckland 72 · Mixtape 68 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.
- A pioneer of bebop, he worked in many other styles of music, and is generally considered one of the most important drummers in history.
- He worked with many famous jazz musicians, including Clifford Brown, Coleman Hawkins, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, Abbey Lincoln, Dinah Washington, Charles Mingus, Billy Eckstine, Stan Getz, Sonny Rollins, Eric Dolphy, Benny Carter, and Booker Little.
- He also played with his daughter Maxine Roach, a Grammy-nominated violist.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Max Roach article was read about 120,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 76 and blocks with 65: each hit it takes is cut by 26 %.
How to get Max Roach
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Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Max Roach in the power ranking, all domains together.
- GiantUncommon · Science · ATK 72 DEF 69
- GuildUncommon · History · ATK 75 DEF 66
- Jonny BucklandUncommon · Arts · ATK 72 DEF 69
- Nika EgadzeUncommon · Society · ATK 71 DEF 70
- Ron DarlingUncommon · Society · ATK 73 DEF 68
- String instrumentUncommon · Arts · ATK 75 DEF 66
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Max Roach (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : William P. Gottlieb, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

