WikiCards
Play on iPhone nowFree in Safari. Add it to your Home Screen.Play
WikiCards · Card list · Arts cards · Charles Alston
Common card · Arts
Charles Alston, a Common card
Charles Henry "Spinky" Alston was an American painter, sculptor, illustrator, muralist and teacher who lived and worked in the New York City neighborhood of Harlem.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 76
- DEF
- 94
- Power
- 170
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 11,000
Power 170 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Charles Alston quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Charles Alston card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Alston designed and painted murals at the ______ Hospital and the Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Building.
Answer
Harlem. Alston designed and painted murals at the Harlem Hospital and the Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Building. From the Charles Alston article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
In ____, Alston's bust of Martin Luther King Jr. became the first image of an African American displayed at the White House.
Answer
1990s. In 1990, Alston's bust of Martin Luther King Jr. became the first image of an African American displayed at the White House. From the Charles Alston article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
The Bear. The Bear 92 · Stroud 85 · Canon RF lens mount 81 · Charles Alston 76 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.
- Alston was active in the Harlem Renaissance, Alston was the first African-American supervisor for the Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project.
- Alston designed and painted murals at the Harlem Hospital and the Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Building.
- In 1990, Alston's bust of Martin Luther King Jr. became the first image of an African American displayed at the White House.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Charles Alston article was read about 11,000 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 94: each hit it takes is cut by 38 %.
How to get Charles Alston
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.
More Arts cards
Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Charles Alston in the power ranking, all domains together.
- 1973 in the Vietnam WarCommon · History · ATK 75 DEF 95
- Carsten BorchgrevinkCommon · History · ATK 76 DEF 94
- Nature-based solutionsCommon · Nature · ATK 77 DEF 93
- Cuautitlán IzcalliCommon · Society · ATK 80 DEF 90
- Siti Fadia Silva RamadhantiCommon · Society · ATK 89 DEF 81
- Matt JoyceCommon · Society · ATK 81 DEF 89
Card lists
- Wikipedia quizNew questions every day
- All cards from A to ZEvery card, by name
- Arts cards
- Legendary cards
- Tier listS and A tiers by power (ATK + DEF)
Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Charles Alston (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Andrew Herman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
