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Uncommon card · History
Richard Francis Burton, an Uncommon card
Sir Richard Francis Burton was a British explorer, army officer, writer and scholar.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 83
- DEF
- 84
- Power
- 167
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 170,000
Power 167 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Richard Francis Burton quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Richard Francis Burton card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
In which decade?
Born in Torquay, Devon, Burton joined the Bombay Army as an officer in ____, beginning an eighteen-year military career which included a brief stint in the Crimean War.
Answer
1840s. Born in Torquay, Devon, Burton joined the Bombay Army as an officer in 1842, beginning an eighteen-year military career which included a brief stint in the Crimean War. From the Richard Francis Burton article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Polygyny. Polygyny 86 · Richard Francis Burton 83 · Council of Chalcedon 80 · Göktürks 74 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 famed for his travels and explorations in Asia, Africa and South America, as well as his extensive knowledge of languages and cultures, speaking up to 29 different languages.
- Born in Torquay, Devon, Burton joined the Bombay Army as an officer in 1842, beginning an eighteen-year military career which included a brief stint in the Crimean War.
- He was subsequently engaged by the Royal Geographical Society to explore the East African coast, where Burton along with John Hanning Speke led an expedition to discover the source of the Nile and became the first European known to have seen Lake Tanganyika.
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 Francis Burton 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 83 and blocks with 84: each hit it takes is cut by 34 %.
How to get Richard Francis Burton
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, Richard Francis Burton (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Rischgitz/Stringer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
