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Tom Carrington, a Common card
Francis Thomas Dean Carrington was an English-born Australian political cartoonist, illustrator and journalist.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 73
- DEF
- 86
- Power
- 159
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 920
Power 159 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Tom Carrington quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Tom Carrington card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Carrington was born in London and ______ to Australia as a young man.
Answer
emigrated. Carrington was born in London and emigrated to Australia as a young man. From the Tom Carrington article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Time zone. Time zone 84 · Monica Seles 79 · Ambérieu-en-Bugey 76 · Tom Carrington 73 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Monica Seles. Monica Seles 1,300,000 · Drew Lock 640,000 · Nabi Salih 4,700 · Tom Carrington 920 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.
- Carrington was born in London and emigrated to Australia as a young man.
- As a cartoonist he was most active from 1867 to 1887 as the principal artist for Melbourne Punch.
- His featured illustrations were noteworthy as incisive critiques of the protectionist liberal faction of colonial politicians in their campaigns against their establishment opponents, in line with the conservative political stance of the proprietors of Punch.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Tom Carrington article was read about 920 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 73 and blocks with 86: each hit it takes is cut by 34 %.
How to get Tom Carrington
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, Tom Carrington (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Gaul & Dunn, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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