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Phil Silvers, an Uncommon card
Phil Silvers was an American entertainer and comedic actor, known as "The King of Chutzpah".
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 73
- DEF
- 66
- Power
- 139
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 170,000
Power 139 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
Phil Silvers quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Phil Silvers card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
His career as a ______ entertainer spanned nearly 60 years.
Answer
professional. His career as a professional entertainer spanned nearly 60 years. From the Phil Silvers article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
He achieved major popularity when he starred in The Phil Silvers Show, a ____s sitcom set on a U.S. Army post in which he played Master Sergeant Ernest Bilko.
Answer
1950s. He achieved major popularity when he starred in The Phil Silvers Show, a 1950s sitcom set on a U.S. Army post in which he played Master Sergeant Ernest Bilko. From the Phil Silvers article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Zhang Yimou. Zhang Yimou 80 · Phil Silvers 73 · Georgian architecture 70 · Lot 67 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 as a professional entertainer spanned nearly 60 years.
- He achieved major popularity when he starred in The Phil Silvers Show, a 1950s sitcom set on a U.S. Army post in which he played Master Sergeant Ernest Bilko.
- He also starred in the films It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Phil Silvers article was read about 170,000 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 66: each hit it takes is cut by 26 %.
How to get Phil Silvers
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, Phil Silvers (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Milburn McCarty Associates (publicity agency), possibly working for CBS as the network and, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
