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The Blues Band, an Uncommon card
The Blues Band were a British blues band formed in 1979 by Paul Jones, former lead vocalist and harmonica player with Manfred Mann, and guitarist Tom McGuinness also of Manfred Mann and The Roosters.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 50
- DEF
- 29
- Power
- 79
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 17,000
Power 79 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 20 % of WikiCards cards.
The Blues Band quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the The Blues Band card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
In 1982, Flint left and was ______ by former Family drummer Rob Townsend.
Answer
replaced. In 1982, Flint left and was replaced by former Family drummer Rob Townsend. From the The Blues Band article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
The Blues Band were a British blues band formed in ____ by Paul Jones, former lead vocalist and harmonica player with Manfred Mann, and guitarist Tom McGuinness also of Manfred Mann and The Roosters.
Answer
1970s. The Blues Band were a British blues band formed in 1979 by Paul Jones, former lead vocalist and harmonica player with Manfred Mann, and guitarist Tom McGuinness also of Manfred Mann and The Roosters. From the The Blues Band article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Yrsa Sigurðardóttir. Yrsa Sigurðardóttir 62 · Brad Kavanagh 56 · The Blues Band 50 · Fedor Tokarev 45 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.
- The band's first line-up also included bassist Gary Fletcher, slide-guitarist Dave Kelly who had previously played with The John Dummer Band, Howling Wolf and John Lee Hooker and drummer Hughie Flint, of John Mayall's Blues Breakers and McGuinness Flint, the band he formed with Tom McGuinness.
- In 1982, Flint left and was replaced by former Family drummer Rob Townsend.
- The group broke up in 2022.
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 Blues Band article was read about 17,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 50 and blocks with 29: each hit it takes is cut by 12 %.
How to get The Blues Band
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 Blues Band (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Euku, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
