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Uncommon card · History
Roderick Murchison, an Uncommon card
Sir Roderick Impey Murchison, 1st Baronet was a Scottish geologist who served as director-general of the British Geological Survey from 1855 until his death in 1871.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 69
- DEF
- 59
- Power
- 128
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 16,000
Power 128 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Roderick Murchison quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Roderick Murchison card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He is noted for investigating and describing the ______, Devonian and Permian systems.
Answer
Silurian. He is noted for investigating and describing the Silurian, Devonian and Permian systems. From the Roderick Murchison article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
List of plantations in Alabama. List of plantations in Alabama 76 · Roderick Murchison 69 · Bryn Celli Ddu 62 · Amrit Desai 54 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 is noted for investigating and describing the Silurian, Devonian and Permian systems.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Roderick Murchison article was read about 16,000 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 59: each hit it takes is cut by 24 %.
How to get Roderick Murchison
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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- Whirlwind IUncommon · Science · ATK 70 DEF 58
- Zack BrittonUncommon · Society · ATK 70 DEF 58
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Roderick Murchison (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Stephen Pearce, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
