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Uncommon card · History
Richard Cobden, an Uncommon card
Richard Cobden was a British Radical and Liberal politician, manufacturer, and a campaigner for free trade and peace.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 80
- DEF
- 70
- Power
- 150
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 23,000
Power 150 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Richard Cobden quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Richard Cobden card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He was ______ with the Anti–Corn Law League and the Cobden–Chevalier Treaty.
Answer
associated. He was associated with the Anti–Corn Law League and the Cobden–Chevalier Treaty. From the Richard Cobden article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Richard Cobden. Richard Cobden 80 · RAAF Woomera Range Complex 77 · Otto von Guericke 74 · HMVS Cerberus 69 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 was associated with the Anti–Corn Law League and the Cobden–Chevalier Treaty.
- As a young man, Cobden was a successful commercial traveller who became co-owner of a highly profitable calico printing factory in Sabden but lived in Manchester, a city with which he would become strongly identified.
- However, he soon found himself more engaged in politics, and his travels convinced him of the virtues of free trade as the key to better international relations.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Richard Cobden article was read about 23,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 80 and blocks with 70: each hit it takes is cut by 28 %.
How to get Richard Cobden
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Richard Cobden (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
