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Cthulhu Mythos, a Rare card
The Cthulhu Mythos is a mythopoeia and a shared universe, originating in the works of American horror writer H. P. Lovecraft.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 66
- DEF
- 46
- Power
- 112
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 340,000
Power 112 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 50 % of WikiCards cards.
Cthulhu Mythos quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Cthulhu Mythos card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
In which decade?
The name "Cthulhu" derives from the central creature in Lovecraft's seminal short story "The Call of Cthulhu", first published in the pulp magazine Weird Tales in ____.
Answer
1920s. The name "Cthulhu" derives from the central creature in Lovecraft's seminal short story "The Call of Cthulhu", first published in the pulp magazine Weird Tales in 1928. From the Cthulhu Mythos article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Cthulhu Mythos. Cthulhu Mythos 340,000 · Christopher Atkins 260,000 · Dhambit Mununggurr 880 · Ludvig Sandöe Ipsen 490 Wikipedia reads over a year.
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.
- The term was coined by August Derleth, a contemporary correspondent and protégé of Lovecraft, to describe the settings, tropes, and lore employed by Lovecraft and his literary successors.
- The name "Cthulhu" derives from the central creature in Lovecraft's seminal short story "The Call of Cthulhu", first published in the pulp magazine Weird Tales in 1928.
- Richard L. Tierney, a writer who also wrote Mythos tales, later applied the term "Derleth Mythos" to distinguish Lovecraft's works from Derleth's later stories, which modify key tenets of the Mythos.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Cthulhu Mythos article was read about 340,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 66 and blocks with 46: each hit it takes is cut by 18 %.
How to get Cthulhu Mythos
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Cthulhu Mythos (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Dominique Signoret, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
