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Sheriff, a Common card
In the United States, a sheriff is a county's chief officer for law enforcement and peace keeping.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 91
- DEF
- 67
- Power
- 158
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 8,200
Power 158 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Sheriff quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Sheriff card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
A sheriff's office may also be ______ for security at public events and areas.
Answer
responsible. A sheriff's office may also be responsible for security at public events and areas. From the Sheriff article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Sheriff. Sheriff 91 · Paul-Loup Chatin 82 · FBI Section 702 query violations 79 · Autauga County, Alabama 73 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Autauga County, Alabama. Autauga County, Alabama 24,000 · Gabby Hartnett 18,000 · Sheriff 8,200 · Earnest Ross 5,800 Wikipedia reads over a year.
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.
- More than 95% of sheriffs nationwide are elected by the citizens of their respective counties.
- A sheriff's office is typically tasked with operating jails, security at courthouses and county buildings, protection of judges and juries, preventing breaches of the peace, and coordinating with municipal police departments.
- A sheriff's office may also be responsible for security at public events and areas.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Sheriff article was read about 8,200 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 91 and blocks with 67: each hit it takes is cut by 27 %.
How to get Sheriff
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 Sheriff in the power ranking, all domains together.
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- List of sovereign states in the 1960sCommon · History · ATK 86 DEF 72
- Paul-Loup ChatinCommon · Society · ATK 82 DEF 76
- FBI Section 702 query violationsCommon · Society · ATK 79 DEF 79
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Sheriff (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : SGT141, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
