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Bill Watterson, a Rare card
William Boyd Watterson II is an American cartoonist who authored the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 76
- DEF
- 69
- Power
- 145
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 280,000
Power 145 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Bill Watterson quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Bill Watterson card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The strip was ______ from 1985 to 1995.
Answer
syndicated. The strip was syndicated from 1985 to 1995. From the Bill Watterson article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Craps. Craps 87 · Bill Watterson 76 · Hua Mulan 72 · Cinnabar 68 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 strip was syndicated from 1985 to 1995.
- Watterson concluded Calvin and Hobbes with a short statement to newspaper readers that he felt he had achieved all he could in the medium.
- Watterson is known for his negative views on comic syndication and licensing, his efforts to expand and elevate the newspaper comic as an art form, and his move back into private life after Calvin and Hobbes ended.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Bill Watterson article was read about 280,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 76 and blocks with 69: each hit it takes is cut by 28 %.
How to get Bill Watterson
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 Bill Watterson in the power ranking, all domains together.
- CrapsRare · Society · ATK 87 DEF 58
- Merovingian dynastyRare · History · ATK 77 DEF 68
- Secret societyRare · Society · ATK 72 DEF 73
- CinnabarRare · Science · ATK 68 DEF 77
- GelatinRare · Nature · ATK 75 DEF 70
- Richey EdwardsRare · Arts · ATK 72 DEF 73
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Bill Watterson (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Kenyon College, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
