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John William Polidori, an Uncommon card
John William Polidori was an English writer and medical doctor.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 65
- DEF
- 45
- Power
- 110
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 90,000
Power 110 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 50 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He is known for his associations with the Romantic movement and credited by some as the creator of the vampire genre of fantasy fiction.
- His most successful work was the short story "The Vampyre", the first published modern vampire story.
- Although the story was at first erroneously credited to Lord Byron, both Byron and Polidori affirmed that the author was Polidori.
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 William Polidori article was read about 90,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 65 and blocks with 45: each hit it takes is cut by 18 %.
How to get John William Polidori
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, John William Polidori (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : F.G. Gainsford, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
