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Epic card · History
Michael D. Higgins, an Epic card
Michael Daniel Higgins is an Irish politician, poet and broadcaster who served as the president of Ireland from November 2011 to November 2025.
- Rarity
- Epic
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 87
- DEF
- 94
- Power
- 181
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 530,000
Power 181 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Michael D. Higgins quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Michael D. Higgins card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Higgins was elected president of ______ in 2011 after being nominated by the Labour Party.
Answer
Ireland. Higgins was elected president of Ireland in 2011 after being nominated by the Labour Party. From the Michael D. Higgins article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Battle of Britain. Battle of Britain 95 · Michael D. Higgins 87 · Donbas 84 · John Hancock 81 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.
- Entering national politics through the Labour Party, he served as a senator from 1973 to 1977 and a Teachta Dála from 1981 to 1982, returning to the Seanad from 1983 to 1987 and the Dáil from 1987 to 2011.
- He served as minister for arts, culture and the Gaeltacht from 1993 to 1997 and as mayor of Galway from 1981 to 1982 and 1990 to 1991.
- Higgins was elected president of Ireland in 2011 after being nominated by the Labour Party.
Why it is Epic
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Michael D. Higgins article was read about 530,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 87 and blocks with 94: each hit it takes is cut by 38 %.
How to get Michael D. Higgins
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, Michael D. Higgins (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Bundesministerium für europäische und internationale Angelegenheiten, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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