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Woody Shaw, an Uncommon card
Woody Herman Shaw Jr. was an American jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, cornetist, composer, arranger, bandleader, and educator.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 71
- DEF
- 54
- Power
- 125
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 28,000
Power 125 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
Woody Shaw quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Woody Shaw card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He is widely known as one of the 20th century's most important and ______ jazz trumpeters and composers.
Answer
influential. He is widely known as one of the 20th century's most important and influential jazz trumpeters and composers. From the Woody Shaw article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Gerhart Hauptmann. Gerhart Hauptmann 74 · Woody Shaw 71 · Eugene Ormandy 68 · Alexis Jordan 65 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 is widely known as one of the 20th century's most important and influential jazz trumpeters and composers.
- He is often credited with revolutionizing the technical and harmonic language of modern jazz trumpet playing and is regarded by many as one of the major innovators of the instrument.
- He was an acclaimed virtuoso, mentor, and spokesperson for jazz and worked and recorded alongside many of the leading musicians of his time.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Woody Shaw article was read about 28,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 71 and blocks with 54: each hit it takes is cut by 22 %.
How to get Woody Shaw
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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The cards just above and just below Woody Shaw in the power ranking, all domains together.
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- Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and DanceUncommon · Arts · ATK 66 DEF 59
- Carl Friedrich von WeizsäckerUncommon · Science · ATK 71 DEF 54
- Flamingo International AirportUncommon · Society · ATK 72 DEF 53
- Gerhart HauptmannUncommon · Arts · ATK 74 DEF 51
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Woody Shaw (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Tom Marcello Webster, New York, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
