Paul Desmond, an Uncommon card

Paul Desmond was an American jazz alto saxophonist and composer and proponent of cool jazz.
From the Wikipedia article

Rarity: Uncommon
Domain: History
ATK: 72
DEF: 50
Power: 122
Wikipedia reads a year: 110,000

Power 122 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.

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The facts on the card

The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.

He was a member of the Dave Brubeck Quartet and composed the group's biggest hit, "Take Five".
The song remains the best-selling jazz song of all time.
In addition to his work with Brubeck, he led several groups and collaborated with Gerry Mulligan, Chet Baker, Jim Hall, and Ed Bickert.

Why it is Uncommon

Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Paul Desmond 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 72 and blocks with 50: each hit it takes is cut by 20 %.

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Credits

Text : Wikipedia, Paul Desmond (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Associated Booking Corporation (management), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.