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Black Francis, a Rare card
Charles Michael Kittridge Thompson IV, known professionally as Black Francis and formerly Frank Black, is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist who is the lead vocalist of the alternative rock band Pixies.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 77
- DEF
- 89
- Power
- 166
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 250,000
Power 166 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Black Francis quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Black Francis card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Pixies ______ in 2004, and he declared his solo career to be over in 2013.
Answer
regrouped. Pixies regrouped in 2004, and he declared his solo career to be over in 2013. From the Black Francis article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Following the band's breakup in ____, he embarked on a solo career releasing fifteen albums and forming his band, the Catholics.
Answer
1990s. Following the band's breakup in 1993, he embarked on a solo career releasing fifteen albums and forming his band, the Catholics. From the Black Francis article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Bae Doona. Bae Doona 84 · NCT 81 · Black Francis 77 · Home 73 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.
- Following the band's breakup in 1993, he embarked on a solo career releasing fifteen albums and forming his band, the Catholics.
- Pixies regrouped in 2004, and he declared his solo career to be over in 2013.
- His vocal style varies from a screaming, yowling delivery with Pixies to a more measured, melodic style in his solo career.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Black Francis article was read about 250,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 77 and blocks with 89: each hit it takes is cut by 36 %.
How to get Black Francis
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Black Francis (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Krists Luhaers, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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