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Uncommon card · History
John Tenniel, an Uncommon card
Sir John Tenniel was an English illustrator, graphic humourist and political cartoonist prominent in the second half of the 19th century.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 72
- DEF
- 84
- Power
- 156
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 50,000
Power 156 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
John Tenniel quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the John Tenniel card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
In which decade?
An alumnus of the Royal Academy of Arts in London, he was knighted for artistic achievements in ____, the first such honour ever bestowed on an illustrator or cartoonist.
Answer
1890s. An alumnus of the Royal Academy of Arts in London, he was knighted for artistic achievements in 1893, the first such honour ever bestowed on an illustrator or cartoonist. From the John Tenniel article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Paul Milgrom. Paul Milgrom 86 · Edward Thorndike 80 · Pina Bausch 75 · John Tenniel 72 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.
- An alumnus of the Royal Academy of Arts in London, he was knighted for artistic achievements in 1893, the first such honour ever bestowed on an illustrator or cartoonist.
- According to the V&A, "his intelligent, detailed style elevated the fame and standing of cartoonists immeasurably." Tenniel is remembered mainly as a political cartoonist for Punch magazine for over 50 years and for his illustrations on the first edition of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There.
- Tenniel's detailed black-and-white drawings remain the definitive depiction of the Alice characters, with comic book illustrator and writer Bryan Talbot stating, "Carroll never describes the Mad Hatter: our image of him is pure Tenniel."
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The John Tenniel article was read about 50,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 72 and blocks with 84: each hit it takes is cut by 34 %.
How to get John Tenniel
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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Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below John Tenniel in the power ranking, all domains together.
- ShindongUncommon · Arts · ATK 79 DEF 77
- Edward ThorndikeUncommon · History · ATK 80 DEF 76
- Gujrat, PakistanUncommon · Nature · ATK 72 DEF 84
- Paul MilgromUncommon · Science · ATK 86 DEF 70
- Albert O. HirschmanUncommon · Science · ATK 75 DEF 81
- James L. JonesUncommon · History · ATK 78 DEF 78
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, John Tenniel (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : John Tenniel, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
