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Roy Ayers, an Uncommon card
Roy Edward Ayers Jr. was an American vibraphonist, record producer, and composer.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 66
- DEF
- 67
- Power
- 133
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 98,000
Power 133 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Roy Ayers quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Roy Ayers card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He was a key figure in the acid jazz movement, and has been ______ as "The Godfather of Neo Soul".
Answer
described. He was a key figure in the acid jazz movement, and has been described as "The Godfather of Neo Soul". From the Roy Ayers article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Ayers began his career as a post-bop jazz artist, releasing several studio albums with Atlantic Records, before his tenure at Polydor Records beginning in the ____s, during which he helped to pioneer jazz-funk.
Answer
1970s. Ayers began his career as a post-bop jazz artist, releasing several studio albums with Atlantic Records, before his tenure at Polydor Records beginning in the 1970s, during which he helped to pioneer jazz-funk. From the Roy Ayers article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Claire Liu. Claire Liu 75 · Spike Jones 72 · Roy Ayers 66 · Font 52 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.
- Ayers began his career as a post-bop jazz artist, releasing several studio albums with Atlantic Records, before his tenure at Polydor Records beginning in the 1970s, during which he helped to pioneer jazz-funk.
- He was a key figure in the acid jazz movement, and has been described as "The Godfather of Neo Soul".
- He was best known for his compositions "Everybody Loves the Sunshine", "Running Away", and "Freaky Deaky" and others that charted in the 1970s.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Roy Ayers 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 66 and blocks with 67: each hit it takes is cut by 27 %.
How to get Roy Ayers
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, Roy Ayers (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
