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Rare card · Arts
Garry Shandling, a Rare card
Garry Emmanuel Shandling was an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 77
- DEF
- 80
- Power
- 157
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 370,000
Power 157 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Garry Shandling quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Garry Shandling card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Shandling was, for a time, considered the ______ contender to replace Johnny Carson.
Answer
leading. Shandling was, for a time, considered the leading contender to replace Johnny Carson. From the Garry Shandling article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Tao Te Ching. Tao Te Ching 81 · Garry Shandling 77 · Merv Griffin 74 · Plague 71 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.
- Shandling began his career writing for sitcoms, such as Sanford and Son and Welcome Back, Kotter.
- He made a successful stand-up performance on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson where he became a frequent guest host.
- Shandling was, for a time, considered the leading contender to replace Johnny Carson.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Garry Shandling article was read about 370,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 77 and blocks with 80: each hit it takes is cut by 32 %.
How to get Garry Shandling
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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The cards just above and just below Garry Shandling in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Jarvis CockerRare · Arts · ATK 77 DEF 80
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- Tao Te ChingRare · Arts · ATK 81 DEF 76
- DestinyRare · Society · ATK 75 DEF 82
- Hydrochloric acidRare · Science · ATK 73 DEF 84
- PlagueRare · Science · ATK 71 DEF 86
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Garry Shandling (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Alan Light, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
