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Amiri Baraka, an Uncommon card
Amiri Baraka, previously known as LeRoi Jones and Imamu Amear Baraka, was an American writer of poetry, drama, fiction, essays, and music criticism.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 82
- DEF
- 81
- Power
- 163
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 110,000
Power 163 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He was the author of numerous books of poetry and taught at several universities, including the University at Buffalo and Stony Brook University.
- He received the PEN/Beyond Margins Award in 2008 for Tales of the Out and the Gone.
- Baraka's plays, poetry, and essays have been described by scholars as constituting defining texts for African-American culture.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Amiri Baraka article was read about 110,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 82 and blocks with 81: each hit it takes is cut by 32 %.
How to get Amiri Baraka
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Amiri Baraka (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Swing333, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
