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La Calavera Catrina, an Uncommon card
La Calavera Catrina is an image and associated character originating as a zinc etching created by the Mexican printmaker and lithographer José Guadalupe Posada.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 61
- DEF
- 62
- Power
- 123
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 120,000
Power 123 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
La Calavera Catrina quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the La Calavera Catrina card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Its first certain publication date is 1913, when it appeared in a ______ broadside as a photo-relief etching.
Answer
satiric. Its first certain publication date is 1913, when it appeared in a satiric broadside as a photo-relief etching. From the La Calavera Catrina article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
The image is usually dated c. ____–12.
Answer
1910s. The image is usually dated c. 1910–12. From the La Calavera Catrina article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Ostankino Tower. Ostankino Tower 72 · Betty Garrett 68 · Samuel E. Wright 65 · La Calavera Catrina 61 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.
- The image is usually dated c. 1910–12.
- Its first certain publication date is 1913, when it appeared in a satiric broadside as a photo-relief etching.
- In 1946–47, the Mexican muralist Diego Rivera elaborated Posada's creation into a full-scale figure that he placed in his fresco "A Dream of a Sunday Afternoon in the Alameda Park".
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The La Calavera Catrina article was read about 120,000 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 62: each hit it takes is cut by 25 %.
How to get La Calavera Catrina
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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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, La Calavera Catrina (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : José Guadalupe Posada, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
