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Epic card · History
Rubin Carter, an Epic card
Rubin "Hurricane" Carter was an American middleweight boxer who was wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for murder, until released following a petition of habeas corpus after spending 18 years and 4 months in prison.
- Rarity
- Epic
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 76
- DEF
- 77
- Power
- 153
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 590,000
Power 153 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Rubin Carter quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Rubin Carter card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
In which decade?
In ____, Carter and his co-accused, John Artis, were arrested for a triple homicide which was committed at the Lafayette Bar and Grill in Paterson, New Jersey, United States.
Answer
1960s. In 1966, Carter and his co-accused, John Artis, were arrested for a triple homicide which was committed at the Lafayette Bar and Grill in Paterson, New Jersey, United States. From the Rubin Carter article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Ryan Reynolds filmography. Ryan Reynolds filmography 82 · Glenn Ford 79 · Rubin Carter 76 · Echidna 72 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.
- In 1966, Carter and his co-accused, John Artis, were arrested for a triple homicide which was committed at the Lafayette Bar and Grill in Paterson, New Jersey, United States.
- Shortly after the killings at 2:30 a.m., a car, carrying Carter, Artis, and a third man, was stopped by police outside the bar as they were on their way home from a nearby nightclub.
- They were allowed to go on their way but, after dropping off the third man, Carter and Artis were stopped and arrested while they were passing the bar a second time 45 minutes later.
Why it is Epic
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Rubin Carter article was read about 590,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 76 and blocks with 77: each hit it takes is cut by 31 %.
How to get Rubin Carter
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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The cards just above and just below Rubin Carter in the power ranking, all domains together.
- P. K. SubbanEpic · Society · ATK 75 DEF 78
- Peloponnesian WarEpic · History · ATK 77 DEF 76
- Glenn FordEpic · History · ATK 79 DEF 74
- R. D. BurmanEpic · Arts · ATK 78 DEF 75
- Ryan Reynolds filmographyEpic · Arts · ATK 82 DEF 71
- EchidnaEpic · Nature · ATK 72 DEF 81
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Rubin Carter (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Michael Borkson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
