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The best defense is a good offense, an Uncommon card
"The best defense is a good offense" is an adage that has been applied to many fields of endeavor, including games and military combat.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 48
- DEF
- 23
- Power
- 71
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 27,000
Power 71 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 15 % of WikiCards cards.
The best defense is a good offense quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the The best defense is a good offense card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It is also known as the ______ offensive principle of war.
Answer
strategic. It is also known as the strategic offensive principle of war. From the The best defense is a good offense article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Ince and Scholes. Ince and Scholes 55 · Edward Osborne 51 · The best defense is a good offense 48 · Saltcoats 45 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
The best defense is a good offense. The best defense is a good offense 27,000 · Abd ar-Rahman II 20,000 · Saltcoats 170 · Edward Osborne 58 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.
- It is also known as the strategic offensive principle of war.
- Generally, the idea is that proactivity instead of a passive attitude will preoccupy the opposition and ultimately hinder its ability to mount an opposing counterattack, leading to a strategic advantage.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The The best defense is a good offense article was read about 27,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 48 and blocks with 23: each hit it takes is cut by 9 %.
How to get The best defense is a good offense
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, The best defense is a good offense (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author or not provided, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
