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Epic card · History
Vito Genovese, an Epic card
Vito Genovese was an Italian-born American mafioso and the boss of the Genovese crime family of New York City.
- Rarity
- Epic
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 78
- DEF
- 79
- Power
- 157
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 700,000
Power 157 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Vito Genovese quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Vito Genovese card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He would later lead Luciano's crime family, which was ______ by the FBI after Genovese in 1957.
Answer
renamed. He would later lead Luciano's crime family, which was renamed by the FBI after Genovese in 1957. From the Vito Genovese article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
List of sovereign states. List of sovereign states 88 · Chinese calendar 84 · Vito Genovese 78 · Bernie Moreno 74 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Vito Genovese. Vito Genovese 700,000 · Isoroku Yamamoto 520,000 · 1901 Spanish general election 2,500 · Petersfield 150 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.
- A childhood friend and criminal associate of Lucky Luciano, Genovese took part in the Castellammarese War and helped Luciano shape the Mafia's rise as a major force in organized crime in the United States.
- He would later lead Luciano's crime family, which was renamed by the FBI after Genovese in 1957.
- Along with Luciano, Genovese facilitated the expansion of the heroin trade to an international level.
Why it is Epic
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Vito Genovese article was read about 700,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 78 and blocks with 79: each hit it takes is cut by 32 %.
How to get Vito Genovese
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Vito Genovese (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Phil Stanziola, World Telegram staff photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
