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Yao Ming, a Legendary card
Yao Ming is a Chinese basketball executive and former professional player.
- Rarity
- Legendary
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 85
- DEF
- 98
- Power
- 183
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 1,000,000
Power 183 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 95 % of WikiCards cards.
Yao Ming quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Yao Ming card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
At 7 feet 6 inches, he was the NBA's ______ active player in his final season.
Answer
tallest. At 7 feet 6 inches, he was the NBA's tallest active player in his final season. From the Yao Ming article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Justin Verlander. Justin Verlander 1,700,000 · Odell Beckham Jr. 1,300,000 · Yao Ming 1,000,000 · 2026 Brazilian general election 770,000 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.
- He played for the Shanghai Sharks of the Chinese Basketball Association, and then spent his entire nine-year National Basketball Association career with the Houston Rockets.
- He was an eight-time NBA All-Star, and was named to the All-NBA Team five times.
- At 7 feet 6 inches, he was the NBA's tallest active player in his final season.
Why it is Legendary
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Yao Ming article was read about 1,000,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 85 and blocks with 98: each hit it takes is cut by 39 %.
How to get Yao Ming
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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- Coco ChanelEpic · Arts · ATK 84 DEF 99
- David HockneyEpic · Arts · ATK 88 DEF 95
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Yao Ming (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : World Travel & Tourism Council, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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