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Greed, an Uncommon card
Greed is a 1924 American silent psychological drama film written and directed by Erich von Stroheim and based on the 1899 Frank Norris novel McTeague.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 82
- DEF
- 100
- Power
- 182
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 56,000
Power 182 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 95 % of WikiCards cards.
Greed quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Greed card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The film tells the story of ______, a San Francisco dentist, who marries his best friend Schouler's girlfriend Trina.
Answer
McTeague. The film tells the story of McTeague, a San Francisco dentist, who marries his best friend Schouler's girlfriend Trina. From the Greed article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Klezmer. Klezmer 110,000 · Jo Stafford 76,000 · Greed 56,000 · Iranian architecture 36,000 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.
- It stars Gibson Gowland as Dr. John McTeague, ZaSu Pitts as Trina Sieppe, his wife, and Jean Hersholt as McTeague's friend and eventual enemy Marcus Schouler.
- The film tells the story of McTeague, a San Francisco dentist, who marries his best friend Schouler's girlfriend Trina.
- Greed was one of the few films of its time to be shot entirely on location, with von Stroheim shooting approximately 85 hours of footage before editing.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Greed article was read about 56,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 82 and blocks with 100: each hit it takes is cut by 40 %.
How to get Greed
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, Greed (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
