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Vangelis, a Rare card
Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou, mainly known professionally as Vangelis, was a Greek composer, arranger, performer and record producer.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 86
- DEF
- 89
- Power
- 175
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 350,000
Power 175 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Vangelis quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Vangelis card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He released material of wide musical genres such as electronic music, ______ rock, ambient, and classical orchestral music.
Answer
progressive. He released material of wide musical genres such as electronic music, progressive rock, ambient, and classical orchestral music. From the Vangelis article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Born in Agria and raised in Athens, Vangelis began his career in the ____s as a member of the rock bands the Forminx and Aphrodite's Child, the latter's album 666 is recognised as a progressive-psychedelic rock classic.
Answer
1960s. Born in Agria and raised in Athens, Vangelis began his career in the 1960s as a member of the rock bands the Forminx and Aphrodite's Child, the latter's album 666 is recognised as a progressive-psychedelic rock classic. From the Vangelis article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Shikhar Dhawan. Shikhar Dhawan 91 · Vangelis 86 · Paul Weller 81 · Lon Chaney 78 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.
- He released material of wide musical genres such as electronic music, progressive rock, ambient, and classical orchestral music.
- He is primarily known for his film scores, composing the Academy Award-winning score to Chariots of Fire, as well as composing the scores of Blade Runner, Missing, Antarctica, The Bounty, 1492: Conquest of Paradise, and Alexander, and the 1980 PBS documentary series Cosmos: A Personal Voyage by Carl Sagan.
- Born in Agria and raised in Athens, Vangelis began his career in the 1960s as a member of the rock bands the Forminx and Aphrodite's Child, the latter's album 666 is recognised as a progressive-psychedelic rock classic.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Vangelis article was read about 350,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 86 and blocks with 89: each hit it takes is cut by 36 %.
How to get Vangelis
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, Vangelis (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : NikolasforWiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
