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Uncommon card · Arts
The Shins, an Uncommon card
The Shins are an American indie rock band formed in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 1996.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 72
- DEF
- 77
- Power
- 149
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 170,000
Power 149 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
The Shins quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the The Shins card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
They are based in ______, Oregon.
Answer
Portland. They are based in Portland, Oregon. From the The Shins article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
The Shins are an American indie rock band formed in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in ____.
Answer
1990s. The Shins are an American indie rock band formed in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 1996. From the The Shins article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Shannon Briggs. Shannon Briggs 79 · Advance Australia Fair 76 · The Shins 72 · Judah Friedlander 69 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 is the project of singer-songwriter James Mercer, who has served as the band's sole constant member throughout numerous line-up changes.
- The band's current line-up consists of Mercer, alongside Yuuki Matthews, Mark Watrous, Patti King, and Jon Sortland.
- They are based in Portland, Oregon.
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 Shins article was read about 170,000 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 77: each hit it takes is cut by 31 %.
How to get The Shins
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 Shins in the power ranking, all domains together.
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- Vajont DamUncommon · Society · ATK 77 DEF 72
- Ferrari F12Uncommon · Society · ATK 69 DEF 80
- James A. MichenerUncommon · Arts · ATK 75 DEF 74
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, The Shins (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Nan Palmero from San Antonio, TX, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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