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Jack Cardiff, an Uncommon card
Jack Cardiff was a British cinematographer, film and television director, and photographer.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 61
- DEF
- 33
- Power
- 94
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 27,000
Power 94 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 35 % of WikiCards cards.
Jack Cardiff quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Jack Cardiff card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He is best known for his ______ colour cinematography for directors such as Powell and Pressburger, John Huston and Alfred Hitchcock.
Answer
influential. He is best known for his influential colour cinematography for directors such as Powell and Pressburger, John Huston and Alfred Hitchcock. From the Jack Cardiff article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Jack Cardiff. Jack Cardiff 61 · Matt Flynn 56 · Stanley Turrentine 53 · Desman 49 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 career spanned the development of cinema, from silent film, through early experiments in Technicolor, to filmmaking more than half a century later.
- He is best known for his influential colour cinematography for directors such as Powell and Pressburger, John Huston and Alfred Hitchcock.
- He is also known for his work as a director – in particular, his critically acclaimed film Sons and Lovers for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Jack Cardiff article was read about 27,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 61 and blocks with 33: each hit it takes is cut by 13 %.
How to get Jack Cardiff
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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The cards just above and just below Jack Cardiff in the power ranking, all domains together.
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- PuppisUncommon · Science · ATK 61 DEF 33
- DesmanUncommon · Society · ATK 49 DEF 45
- DiopsideUncommon · Science · ATK 57 DEF 37
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Jack Cardiff (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Not known. Cardiff family have given permission for it be used on Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
