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Lin Yutang, an Uncommon card
Lin Yutang was a Chinese writer, linguist, and inventor.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 69
- DEF
- 54
- Power
- 123
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 46,000
Power 123 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
Lin Yutang quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Lin Yutang card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
As an ______, he designed a Chinese typewriter, which was patented in the United States in 1952, though it was never mass-produced.
Answer
inventor. As an inventor, he designed a Chinese typewriter, which was patented in the United States in 1952, though it was never mass-produced. From the Lin Yutang article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Alfred Sisley. Alfred Sisley 73 · Lin Yutang 69 · Hebraization of surnames 66 · Nellie Grant 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.
- A prolific bilingual writer in both Chinese and English, he was celebrated for pioneering a humorous prose style in modern Chinese literature and for serving as a cultural bridge between China and the West, most notably through My Country and My People and his English translations of Chinese classics.
- As a linguist, he compiled a series of ESL textbooks for Chinese learners in the 1930s and later produced an English–Chinese dictionary in the 1970s.
- As an inventor, he designed a Chinese typewriter, which was patented in the United States in 1952, though it was never mass-produced.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Lin Yutang article was read about 46,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 69 and blocks with 54: each hit it takes is cut by 22 %.
How to get Lin Yutang
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 Lin Yutang in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Nellie GrantUncommon · History · ATK 61 DEF 62
- Bernard MalamudUncommon · Arts · ATK 69 DEF 54
- Córdoba Province, ArgentinaUncommon · Society · ATK 71 DEF 52
- Greater Buenos AiresUncommon · Science · ATK 70 DEF 53
- Hebraization of surnamesUncommon · History · ATK 66 DEF 57
- Webb SimpsonUncommon · Society · ATK 71 DEF 52
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Lin Yutang (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Carl Van Vechten, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
