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Uncommon card · History
William Cobbett, an Uncommon card
William Cobbett was an English pamphleteer, journalist, politician, and farmer born in Farnham, Surrey.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 77
- DEF
- 100
- Power
- 177
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 34,000
Power 177 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
William Cobbett quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the William Cobbett card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He opposed borough-mongers, sinecurists, bureaucratic "tax-eaters" and ______.
Answer
stockbrokers. He opposed borough-mongers, sinecurists, bureaucratic "tax-eaters" and stockbrokers. From the William Cobbett article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Taro Kono. Taro Kono 90 · History of Tamil Nadu 86 · Lancelot-Grail Cycle 82 · William Cobbett 77 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 was one of an agrarian faction seeking to reform Parliament, abolish "rotten boroughs", restrain foreign activity, and raise wages, with the goal of easing poverty among farm labourers and small land holders.
- Cobbett backed lower taxes, saving, reversing commons enclosures and returning to the gold standard.
- He opposed borough-mongers, sinecurists, bureaucratic "tax-eaters" and stockbrokers.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The William Cobbett article was read about 34,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 77 and blocks with 100: each hit it takes is cut by 40 %.
How to get William Cobbett
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, William Cobbett (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Possibly George Cooke, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
