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Gaston Leroux, an Uncommon card
Gaston Louis Alfred Leroux was a French journalist and author of detective fiction.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 64
- DEF
- 46
- Power
- 110
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 70,000
Power 110 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 50 % of WikiCards cards.
Gaston Leroux quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Gaston Leroux card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
His 1908 novel The ______ of the Yellow Room is one of the most celebrated locked room mysteries.
Answer
Mystery. His 1908 novel The Mystery of the Yellow Room is one of the most celebrated locked room mysteries. From the Gaston Leroux article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
"Untitled". "Untitled" 67 · Gaston Leroux 64 · Andrei Rublev 61 · The Day the Earth Smiled 58 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.
- In the English-speaking world, he is best known for writing the novel The Phantom of the Opera, which has been made into several film and stage productions of the same name, notably the 1925 film starring Lon Chaney and Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1986 musical.
- His 1908 novel The Mystery of the Yellow Room is one of the most celebrated locked room mysteries.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Gaston Leroux article was read about 70,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 64 and blocks with 46: each hit it takes is cut by 18 %.
How to get Gaston Leroux
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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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Gaston Leroux (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unidentified photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
