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Epic card · Arts
King Lear, an Epic card
The Tragedy of King Lear, often shortened to King Lear, is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare in late 1605 or early 1606.
- Rarity
- Epic
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 87
- DEF
- 96
- Power
- 183
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 500,000
Power 183 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 95 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Set in pre-Roman Britain, the play depicts the consequences of King Lear's love-test, in which he divides his power and land according to the praise of his daughters.
- The play is known for its dark tone, complex poetry, and prominent motifs concerning blindness, madness and human nature.
- The earliest known performance was on Saint Stephen's Day in 1606.
Why it is Epic
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The King Lear article was read about 500,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 87 and blocks with 96: each hit it takes is cut by 38 %.
How to get King Lear
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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- Tier listS and A tiers by power (ATK + DEF)
- Legendary cards136 cards
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- Strongest cardsTop 100 by attack
Credits
Text : Wikipedia, King Lear (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Ford Madox Brown, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
