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Robert Liston, an Uncommon card
Robert Liston was a Scottish surgeon.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 69
- DEF
- 63
- Power
- 132
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 98,000
Power 132 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Liston was noted for his speed and skill in an era prior to anaesthetics, when speed made a difference in terms of pain and survival.
- He was the first Professor of Clinical Surgery at University College Hospital in London and performed the first public operation utilising modern anaesthesia in Europe.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Robert Liston article was read about 98,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 69 and blocks with 63: each hit it takes is cut by 25 %.
How to get Robert Liston
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Robert Liston (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Samuel John Stump, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

