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Veruca Salt, an Uncommon card
Veruca Salt is an American alternative rock band founded in Chicago in 1992 by vocalist-guitarists Nina Gordon and Louise Post, drummer Jim Shapiro, and bassist Steve Lack.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 72
- DEF
- 62
- Power
- 134
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 180,000
Power 134 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Veruca Salt quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Veruca Salt card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
That success was ______ up with 1997's Eight Arms to Hold You.
Answer
followed. That success was followed up with 1997's Eight Arms to Hold You. From the Veruca Salt article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Veruca Salt is an American alternative rock band founded in Chicago in ____ by vocalist-guitarists Nina Gordon and Louise Post, drummer Jim Shapiro, and bassist Steve Lack.
Answer
1990s. Veruca Salt is an American alternative rock band founded in Chicago in 1992 by vocalist-guitarists Nina Gordon and Louise Post, drummer Jim Shapiro, and bassist Steve Lack. From the Veruca Salt article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Cathedral. Cathedral 78 · Lawrence Durrell 75 · Veruca Salt 72 · Charles Addams 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.
- They are best known for their first single, "Seether", which was released on the 1994 album American Thighs.
- That success was followed up with 1997's Eight Arms to Hold You.
- By 1998, Post was the only original member still in the band and continued on with other musicians.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Veruca Salt article was read about 180,000 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 62: each hit it takes is cut by 25 %.
How to get Veruca Salt
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, Veruca Salt (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Tankboy from Chicago, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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