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Michael DeBakey, an Uncommon card
Michael Ellis DeBakey was an American surgeon general and cardiovascular surgeon, scientist and medical educator who became Chairman of the Department of Surgery, President, and Chancellor of Baylor College of Medicine at the Texas Medical Center in Houston, Texas.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 73
- DEF
- 85
- Power
- 158
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 110,000
Power 158 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Michael DeBakey quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Michael DeBakey card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
His ______ spanned nearly eight decades.
Answer
career. His career spanned nearly eight decades. From the Michael DeBakey article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
History of Thailand. History of Thailand 92 · Nepalese Civil War 80 · Drew Doughty 76 · Michael DeBakey 73 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.
- His career spanned nearly eight decades.
- Born to Lebanese immigrants, DeBakey was inspired to pursue a career in medicine by the physicians that he had met at his father's drug store, and he simultaneously learned sewing skills from his mother.
- He subsequently attended Tulane University for his premedical course and Tulane University School of Medicine to study medicine.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Michael DeBakey article was read about 110,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 73 and blocks with 85: each hit it takes is cut by 34 %.
How to get Michael DeBakey
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 DeBakey (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : University of Houston Digital Library, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
