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Cotton Mather, an Uncommon card
Cotton Mather was a Puritan theologian, naturalist and historian active in New England as a clergyman, publishing numerous texts concerning subjects including demonology, morality, apologetics, natural history, zoology, botany, meteorology, astronomy, medicine, fossils, agriculture, and New England history.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 83
- DEF
- 95
- Power
- 178
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 140,000
Power 178 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Cotton Mather quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Cotton Mather card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He has been referred to as the "first American ______".
Answer
Evangelical. He has been referred to as the "first American Evangelical". From the Cotton Mather article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
A major intellectual and public figure in English-speaking colonial America, Cotton Mather helped lead the successful revolt of ____ against Sir Edmund Andros, the governor of New England appointed by King James II.
Answer
1680s. A major intellectual and public figure in English-speaking colonial America, Cotton Mather helped lead the successful revolt of 1689 against Sir Edmund Andros, the governor of New England appointed by King James II. From the Cotton Mather article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Magic square. Magic square 89 · Passport 86 · Cotton Mather 83 · Boethius 80 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.
- After being educated at Harvard College, he joined his father Increase Mather as minister of the Congregationalist Old North Meeting House in Boston, then part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, where he preached for the rest of his life.
- He has been referred to as the "first American Evangelical".
- A major intellectual and public figure in English-speaking colonial America, Cotton Mather helped lead the successful revolt of 1689 against Sir Edmund Andros, the governor of New England appointed by King James II.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Cotton Mather article was read about 140,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 83 and blocks with 95: each hit it takes is cut by 38 %.
How to get Cotton Mather
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Cotton Mather (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Peter Pelham, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
