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Epic card · History
Gore Vidal, an Epic card
Eugene Luther Gore Vidal was an American writer and public intellectual known for his cynical epigrammatic wit.
- Rarity
- Epic
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 86
- DEF
- 94
- Power
- 180
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 630,000
Power 180 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Gore Vidal quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Gore Vidal card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
A ______ of U.S. Senator Thomas Gore, Vidal was born into an upper-class political family.
Answer
grandson. A grandson of U.S. Senator Thomas Gore, Vidal was born into an upper-class political family. From the Gore Vidal article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Bangladesh Nationalist Party. Bangladesh Nationalist Party 89 · Gore Vidal 86 · 2025 Tennessee's 7th congressional district special election 83 · Caracalla 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.
- His novels and essays criticized the social and sexual norms he perceived as driving American life.
- Vidal was heavily involved in politics, and unsuccessfully sought office twice as a Democratic Party candidate, first in 1960 to the United States House of Representatives, and later in 1982 to the United States Senate.
- A grandson of U.S. Senator Thomas Gore, Vidal was born into an upper-class political family.
Why it is Epic
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Gore Vidal article was read about 630,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 86 and blocks with 94: each hit it takes is cut by 38 %.
How to get Gore Vidal
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, Gore Vidal (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Carl Van Vechten, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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