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Uncommon card · History
Carl Sandburg, an Uncommon card
Carl August Sandburg was an American poet, biographer, journalist, and editor.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 74
- DEF
- 71
- Power
- 145
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 120,000
Power 145 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Carl Sandburg quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Carl Sandburg card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He won three Pulitzer Prizes: two for his poetry and one for his ______ of Abraham Lincoln.
Answer
biography. He won three Pulitzer Prizes: two for his poetry and one for his biography of Abraham Lincoln. From the Carl Sandburg article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Archie Moore. Archie Moore 85 · Carl Sandburg 74 · Casimir III the Great 71 · Louis VIII of France 67 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.
- He won three Pulitzer Prizes: two for his poetry and one for his biography of Abraham Lincoln.
- During his lifetime Sandburg was widely regarded as "a major figure in contemporary literature", especially for volumes of his collected verse, including Chicago Poems, Cornhuskers, and Smoke and Steel.
- He enjoyed "unrivaled appeal as a poet in his day, perhaps because the breadth of his experiences connected him with so many strands of American life".
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Carl Sandburg article was read about 120,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 74 and blocks with 71: each hit it takes is cut by 28 %.
How to get Carl Sandburg
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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Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Carl Sandburg in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Thornton WilderUncommon · Arts · ATK 71 DEF 74
- Archie MooreUncommon · History · ATK 85 DEF 60
- Bernie WilliamsUncommon · History · ATK 74 DEF 71
- Casimir III the GreatUncommon · History · ATK 71 DEF 74
- Corpus callosumUncommon · Science · ATK 71 DEF 74
- FluoriteUncommon · Science · ATK 72 DEF 73
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Carl Sandburg (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Al Ravenna, World Telegram staff photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
