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Uncommon card · Science
Foreshadowing, an Uncommon card
Foreshadowing is a narrative device in which suggestions or warnings about events to come are dropped or planted.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 50
- DEF
- 25
- Power
- 75
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 58,000
Power 75 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 20 % of WikiCards cards.
Foreshadowing quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Foreshadowing card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Even the title of a work or a ______ can act as a clue that suggests what is going to happen.
Answer
chapter. Even the title of a work or a chapter can act as a clue that suggests what is going to happen. From the Foreshadowing article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
John Charles Fields. John Charles Fields 54 · Foreshadowing 50 · Robert Cochrane Buist 46 · Hosiery 43 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Carlos Sheinbaum Yoselevitz. Carlos Sheinbaum Yoselevitz 210,000 · Foreshadowing 58,000 · Robert Cochrane Buist 230 · SN 2022esa 94 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.
- Foreshadowing often appears at the beginning of a story, and it helps develop or subvert the audience's expectations about upcoming events.
- A writer may implement foreshadowing in many different ways such as character dialogues, plot events, and changes in setting.
- Even the title of a work or a chapter can act as a clue that suggests what is going to happen.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Foreshadowing article was read about 58,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 50 and blocks with 25: each hit it takes is cut by 10 %.
How to get Foreshadowing
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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- DewberryUncommon · Nature · ATK 45 DEF 30
- Long gunUncommon · Science · ATK 49 DEF 26
- Billy BowdenUncommon · Society · ATK 50 DEF 25
Card lists
- Wikipedia quizNew questions every day
- All cards from A to ZEvery card, by name
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- Tier listS and A tiers by power (ATK + DEF)
Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Foreshadowing (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Owen Jones, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
