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Howl, an Uncommon card
"Howl", also known as "Howl for Carl Solomon", is a poem written by Allen Ginsberg in 1954–1955 and published in his 1956 collection, Howl and Other Poems.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 78
- DEF
- 86
- Power
- 164
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 170,000
Power 164 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Howl quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Howl card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The poem is ______ to Carl Solomon.
Answer
dedicated. The poem is dedicated to Carl Solomon. From the Howl article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Ginsberg began work on "Howl" in autumn of ____.
Answer
1950s. Ginsberg began work on "Howl" in autumn of 1954. From the Howl article on Wikipedia.
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.
- The poem is dedicated to Carl Solomon.
- Ginsberg began work on "Howl" in autumn of 1954.
- He performed the poem at the Six Gallery reading in San Francisco in October 1955.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Howl article was read about 170,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 78 and blocks with 86: each hit it takes is cut by 34 %.
How to get Howl
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, Howl (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Lawrence Ferlinghetti ( source ), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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