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Alasdair Gray, an Uncommon card
Alasdair James Gray was a Scottish writer and artist.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 78
- DEF
- 97
- Power
- 175
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 74,000
Power 175 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He published novels, short stories, plays, poetry and translations, and wrote on politics and the history of English and Scots literature.
- His works of fiction combine realism, fantasy, and science fiction with the use of his own typography and illustrations, and won several awards.
- Utilising a postmodern writing style, Gray's works have been compared with those of Franz Kafka, George Orwell, Jorge Luis Borges and Italo Calvino, and often contain extensive footnotes explaining the works that influenced them.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Alasdair Gray article was read about 74,000 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 97: each hit it takes is cut by 39 %.
How to get Alasdair Gray
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Alasdair Gray (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Chris Scott (@chrisdonia), CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
