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Paul Morphy, an Uncommon card
Paul Charles Morphy was an American chess player.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 78
- DEF
- 97
- Power
- 175
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 130,000
Power 175 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Paul Morphy quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Paul Morphy card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Later ______ have concluded that he was far ahead of his time.
Answer
commentators. Later commentators have concluded that he was far ahead of his time. From the Paul Morphy article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
During his brief career in the late ____s, Morphy was acknowledged as the world's greatest chess master.
Answer
1850s. During his brief career in the late 1850s, Morphy was acknowledged as the world's greatest chess master. From the Paul Morphy article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
John Carlson. John Carlson 89 · Changchun 84 · Hydrocortisone 81 · Paul Morphy 78 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.
- During his brief career in the late 1850s, Morphy was acknowledged as the world's greatest chess master.
- Later commentators have concluded that he was far ahead of his time.
- A prodigy, Morphy emerged onto the chess scene in 1857 by convincingly winning the First American Chess Congress, winning each match by a large margin.
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 Morphy article was read about 130,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 78 and blocks with 97: each hit it takes is cut by 39 %.
How to get Paul Morphy
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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The cards just above and just below Paul Morphy in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Gordon ParksUncommon · Arts · ATK 79 DEF 96
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- LeafUncommon · Nature · ATK 87 DEF 88
- Winslow HomerUncommon · Arts · ATK 79 DEF 96
- FortalezaUncommon · Society · ATK 84 DEF 91
- Frederick BantingUncommon · History · ATK 79 DEF 96
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Paul Morphy (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
