WikiCards
Play on iPhone nowFree in Safari. Add it to your Home Screen.Play
WikiCards · Card list · Arts cards · Rory Gallagher
Rare card · Arts
Rory Gallagher, a Rare card
William Rory Gallagher was an Irish musician, singer, and songwriter.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 89
- DEF
- 100
- Power
- 189
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 450,000
Power 189 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 95 % of WikiCards cards.
Rory Gallagher quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Rory Gallagher card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He has ______ been referred to as "the greatest guitarist you've never heard of".
Answer
sometimes. He has sometimes been referred to as "the greatest guitarist you've never heard of". From the Rory Gallagher article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Gallagher gained international recognition in the late ____s as the frontman and lead guitarist of the blues rock power trio Taste.
Answer
1960s. Gallagher gained international recognition in the late 1960s as the frontman and lead guitarist of the blues rock power trio Taste. From the Rory Gallagher article on Wikipedia.
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.
- Regarded as "Ireland's first rock star", he is known for his virtuosic style of guitar playing and live performances.
- He has sometimes been referred to as "the greatest guitarist you've never heard of".
- Gallagher gained international recognition in the late 1960s as the frontman and lead guitarist of the blues rock power trio Taste.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Rory Gallagher article was read about 450,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 89 and blocks with 100: each hit it takes is cut by 40 %.
How to get Rory Gallagher
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.
More Arts cards
Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Rory Gallagher in the power ranking, all domains together.
- SupernovaRare · Science · ATK 95 DEF 94
- Khyber PakhtunkhwaRare · Society · ATK 94 DEF 95
- Orange OrderRare · History · ATK 91 DEF 98
- Patrice EvraRare · Society · ATK 93 DEF 96
- AbiogenesisRare · Society · ATK 94 DEF 95
- Atrial fibrillationRare · Science · ATK 90 DEF 99
Card lists
- Wikipedia quizNew questions every day
- All cards from A to ZEvery card, by name
- Arts cards
- Legendary cards
- Tier listS and A tiers by power (ATK + DEF)
Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Rory Gallagher (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Harry Potts, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
