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Uncommon card · Arts
Cecil Taylor, an Uncommon card
Cecil Percival Taylor was an American pianist and poet.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 69
- DEF
- 60
- Power
- 129
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 38,000
Power 129 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Cecil Taylor quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Cecil Taylor card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
His ______ has been compared to percussion.
Answer
technique. His technique has been compared to percussion. From the Cecil Taylor article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Charles Dutoit. Charles Dutoit 76 · Norman Lindsay 73 · Cecil Taylor 69 · Rona 65 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.
- Taylor was classically trained and was one of the pioneers of free jazz.
- His music is characterized by an energetic, physical approach, resulting in complex improvisation often involving tone clusters and intricate polyrhythms.
- His technique has been compared to percussion.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Cecil Taylor article was read about 38,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 69 and blocks with 60: each hit it takes is cut by 24 %.
How to get Cecil Taylor
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 Cecil Taylor in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Ray BarrettoUncommon · Arts · ATK 67 DEF 62
- RonaUncommon · Society · ATK 65 DEF 64
- Torey KrugUncommon · Society · ATK 70 DEF 59
- Stacey KentUncommon · Arts · ATK 68 DEF 61
- AlexiadUncommon · Arts · ATK 68 DEF 61
- Angel McCoughtryUncommon · Society · ATK 74 DEF 55
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Cecil Taylor (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : nomo /michael hoefner http://www.zwo5.de, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
