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Legendary card · Arts
Syd Barrett, a Legendary card
Roger Keith "Syd" Barrett was an English singer, guitarist and songwriter who co-founded the rock band Pink Floyd in 1965.
- Rarity
- Legendary
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 84
- DEF
- 100
- Power
- 184
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 1,300,000
Power 184 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 95 % of WikiCards cards.
Syd Barrett quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Syd Barrett card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Barrett was musically ______ for just over ten years.
Answer
active. Barrett was musically active for just over ten years. From the Syd Barrett article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Roger Keith "Syd" Barrett was an English singer, guitarist and songwriter who co-founded the rock band Pink Floyd in ____.
Answer
1960s. Roger Keith "Syd" Barrett was an English singer, guitarist and songwriter who co-founded the rock band Pink Floyd in 1965. From the Syd Barrett article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Spanish language. Spanish language 96 · Charles de Gaulle 93 · Anne Frank 89 · Syd Barrett 84 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.
- Until his departure in 1968, he was Pink Floyd's frontman and primary songwriter, known for his whimsical style of psychedelia and stream-of-consciousness writing.
- As a guitarist, he was influential for his free-form playing and for employing effects such as dissonance, distortion, echo and feedback.
- Barrett was musically active for just over ten years.
Why it is Legendary
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Syd Barrett article was read about 1,300,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 84 and blocks with 100: each hit it takes is cut by 40 %.
How to get Syd Barrett
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 Syd Barrett in the power ranking, all domains together.
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- Charles de GaulleLegendary · History · ATK 93 DEF 91
- Spanish languageLegendary · Society · ATK 96 DEF 88
- ChongqingLegendary · Society · ATK 92 DEF 92
- Crimean WarLegendary · History · ATK 91 DEF 93
- Machu PicchuLegendary · History · ATK 88 DEF 96
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Syd Barrett (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Hit Parader magazine This is a retouched picture , which means that it has been digitally , Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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