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Legendary card · History
Hunter S. Thompson, a Legendary card
Hunter Stockton Thompson was an American journalist and author, regarded as a pioneer of New Journalism along with Gay Talese, Truman Capote, Norman Mailer, Joan Didion, and Tom Wolfe.
- Rarity
- Legendary
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 86
- DEF
- 87
- Power
- 173
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 1,200,000
Power 173 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He rose to prominence with the book Hell's Angels, for which he lived a year among the Hells Angels motorcycle club to write a first-hand account of their lives and experiences.
- In 1970, he wrote an unconventional article titled "The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved" for Scanlan's Monthly, which further raised his profile as a countercultural figure.
- It also set him on the path to establish the subgenre of New Journalism that he called "Gonzo", a style in which the writer becomes central to, and a participant in, the narrative.
Why it is Legendary
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Hunter S. Thompson article was read about 1,200,000 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 87: each hit it takes is cut by 35 %.
How to get Hunter S. Thompson
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Hunter S. Thompson (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Photograph credited to "Cashman Photo Enterprises, Inc." Published by Random House., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
