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Tony Oxley, a Common card
Tony Oxley was an English free improvising drummer and electronic musician.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 69
- DEF
- 62
- Power
- 131
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 5,200
Power 131 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Tony Oxley quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Tony Oxley card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Each year between 1969 and 1972 he topped the ______ Maker annual jazz readers poll for drummers.
Answer
Melody. Each year between 1969 and 1972 he topped the Melody Maker annual jazz readers poll for drummers. From the Tony Oxley article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
In ____ Oxley helped found Incus Records, with Derek Bailey and others, the label would go on to release more than 50 albums.
Answer
1970s. In 1970 Oxley helped found Incus Records, with Derek Bailey and others, the label would go on to release more than 50 albums. From the Tony Oxley article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Nebraska's congressional delegations. Nebraska's congressional delegations 72 · Tony Oxley 69 · Vasily Golovnin 62 · Jair Renan Bolsonaro 38 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.
- Born in Sheffield, Oxley moved to London in 1966 and became house drummer at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club where he accompanied visiting musicians such as Joe Henderson, Lee Konitz, Charlie Mariano, Stan Getz, Sonny Rollins, and Bill Evans until the early 1970s.
- Each year between 1969 and 1972 he topped the Melody Maker annual jazz readers poll for drummers.
- In 1970 Oxley helped found Incus Records, with Derek Bailey and others, the label would go on to release more than 50 albums.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Tony Oxley article was read about 5,200 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 69 and blocks with 62: each hit it takes is cut by 25 %.
How to get Tony Oxley
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Tony Oxley (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Hans Peter Schaefer, http://www.reserv-a-rt.de, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
