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Jan Potocki, an Uncommon card
Count Jan Potocki was a Polish nobleman, ethnologist, linguist, traveller and author of the Enlightenment period, whose life and exploits made him a celebrated figure in Poland.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 62
- DEF
- 37
- Power
- 99
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 18,000
Power 99 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 40 % of WikiCards cards.
Jan Potocki quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Jan Potocki card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He is known chiefly for his ______ novel, The Manuscript Found in Saragossa.
Answer
picaresque. He is known chiefly for his picaresque novel, The Manuscript Found in Saragossa. From the Jan Potocki article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
He frequently visited the salons of Paris and toured Europe before temporarily returning to Poland in ____.
Answer
1770s. He frequently visited the salons of Paris and toured Europe before temporarily returning to Poland in 1778. From the Jan Potocki article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
José Luís Carneiro. José Luís Carneiro 65 · Jan Potocki 62 · USS Newport News 57 · Amyrtaeus 54 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.
- He is known chiefly for his picaresque novel, The Manuscript Found in Saragossa.
- Born into affluent Polish nobility, Potocki lived abroad from an early age and was primarily educated in Switzerland.
- He frequently visited the salons of Paris and toured Europe before temporarily returning to Poland in 1778.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Jan Potocki article was read about 18,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 62 and blocks with 37: each hit it takes is cut by 15 %.
How to get Jan Potocki
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Jan Potocki (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : After Alexander Varnek, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
