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Uncommon card · Society
The Sheik, an Uncommon card
Edward George Farhat was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name The Sheik.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 72
- DEF
- 87
- Power
- 159
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 120,000
Power 159 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
The Sheik quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the The Sheik card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Farhat is the uncle of ______ Championship Wrestling alumnus Sabu, who he also trained.
Answer
Extreme. Farhat is the uncle of Extreme Championship Wrestling alumnus Sabu, who he also trained. From the The Sheik article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Montreal Metro. Montreal Metro 85 · Ty Law 79 · Buddha's Birthday 76 · The Sheik 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 wrestling, Farhat, whose career debuted in 1947, is credited as one of the originators of the hardcore style, is also retroactively called The Original Sheik, mostly to distinguish him from the similarly named Iron Sheik who debuted in 1972.
- In addition to his in-ring career, he was also the promoter of Big Time Wrestling, which promoted shows at Cobo Hall in Detroit until the 1980s, and was the booker for Frank Tunney's shows at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto from 1971 to 1977.
- Farhat is the uncle of Extreme Championship Wrestling alumnus Sabu, who he also trained.
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 Sheik article was read about 120,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 72 and blocks with 87: each hit it takes is cut by 35 %.
How to get The Sheik
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 The Sheik in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Charlotte Perkins GilmanUncommon · Arts · ATK 82 DEF 77
- Fluorescent lampUncommon · Science · ATK 85 DEF 74
- Montreal MetroUncommon · Society · ATK 85 DEF 74
- Ty LawUncommon · Society · ATK 79 DEF 80
- AntennaUncommon · Science · ATK 82 DEF 77
- Consumer electronicsUncommon · Science · ATK 77 DEF 82
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- Tier listS and A tiers by power (ATK + DEF)
Credits
Text : Wikipedia, The Sheik (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
