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Pixinguinha, a Common card
Alfredo da Rocha Viana Filho, better known as Pixinguinha, was a Brazilian composer, arranger, flutist, and saxophonist born in Rio de Janeiro.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 66
- DEF
- 46
- Power
- 112
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 11,000
Power 112 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 50 % of WikiCards cards.
Pixinguinha quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Pixinguinha card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Some of his ______ include "Carinhoso", "Glória", "Lamento", and "Um a Zero".
Answer
compositions. Some of his compositions include "Carinhoso", "Glória", "Lamento", and "Um a Zero". From the Pixinguinha article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Russian boxing. Russian boxing 69 · Pixinguinha 66 · George Wein 61 · Enzo Mari 58 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.
- He worked with Brazilian popular music and developed the choro, a genre of Brazilian music that blends Afro-Brazilian rhythms with European influences.
- Some of his compositions include "Carinhoso", "Glória", "Lamento", and "Um a Zero".
- Pixinguinha merged the traditional music of 19th-century composers with modern jazz-inspired harmonies, sophisticated arrangements, and Afro-Brazilian rhythms.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Pixinguinha article was read about 11,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 66 and blocks with 46: each hit it takes is cut by 18 %.
How to get Pixinguinha
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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- Russian boxingCommon · Society · ATK 69 DEF 43
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- Vivant DenonCommon · Science · ATK 62 DEF 50
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Pixinguinha (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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