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A Laodicean, a Common card
A Laodicean, or, The Castle of the De Stancys. A Story of To-Day is the eighth published novel by English author Thomas Hardy, first published in 1880–81 in Harper's New Monthly Magazine.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 44
- DEF
- 12
- Power
- 56
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 4,500
Power 56 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 5 % of WikiCards cards.
A Laodicean quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the A Laodicean card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The plot exhibits devices uncommon in Hardy's other fiction, such as falsified telegrams and faked ______.
Answer
photographs. The plot exhibits devices uncommon in Hardy's other fiction, such as falsified telegrams and faked photographs. From the A Laodicean article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
A Laodicean, or, The Castle of the De Stancys. A Story of To-Day is the eighth published novel by English author Thomas Hardy, first published in ____–81 in Harper's New Monthly Magazine.
Answer
1880s. A Laodicean, or, The Castle of the De Stancys. A Story of To-Day is the eighth published novel by English author Thomas Hardy, first published in 1880–81 in Harper's New Monthly Magazine. From the A Laodicean article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
A Laodicean. A Laodicean 44 · Ribbon controller 40 · Xelhua 37 · Arensnuphis 34 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.
- The plot exhibits devices uncommon in Hardy's other fiction, such as falsified telegrams and faked photographs.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The A Laodicean article was read about 4,500 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 44 and blocks with 12: each hit it takes is cut by 5 %.
How to get A Laodicean
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, A Laodicean (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Hardy/Sampson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
