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Miller platform, a Common card
The Miller platform was an innovative railroad passenger car platform of the 19th century designed to prevent the hazard of telescoping in railroad collisions.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 31
- DEF
- 18
- Power
- 49
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 1,200
Power 49 (ATK + DEF).
Miller platform quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Miller platform card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It was named for its U.S. inventor, Ezra L. Miller, who was issued a ______ for it on July 24, 1866.
Answer
patent. It was named for its U.S. inventor, Ezra L. Miller, who was issued a patent for it on July 24, 1866. From the Miller platform article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Milovan Vesnić. Milovan Vesnić 40 · Krumme Lanke 34 · Miller platform 31 · Rambunctious 28 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.
- It was named for its U.S. inventor, Ezra L. Miller, who was issued a patent for it on July 24, 1866.
- The platform was part of an assembly which included a new type of coupler called the Miller hook which came to replace the older link-and-pin coupler.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Miller platform article was read about 1,200 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 31 and blocks with 18: each hit it takes is cut by 7 %.
How to get Miller platform
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Miller platform (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Ezra Miller, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.