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Uncommon card · History
Lord Dunsany, an Uncommon card
Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron Dunsany, commonly known as Lord Dunsany, was an Anglo-Irish writer and dramatist.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 81
- DEF
- 72
- Power
- 153
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 84,000
Power 153 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Lord Dunsany quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Lord Dunsany card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Many critics feel his early work laid the ______ for the fantasy genre.
Answer
grounds. Many critics feel his early work laid the grounds for the fantasy genre. From the Lord Dunsany article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Lajos Kossuth. Lajos Kossuth 86 · Lord Dunsany 81 · Jeffersonian democracy 75 · Battle of Chapultepec 70 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.
- He published more than 90 books during his lifetime, and his output consisted of hundreds of short stories, plays, novels, and essays, further works were published posthumously.
- Having gained a name in the 1910s as a writer in the English-speaking world, he is best known today for the 1924 fantasy novel The King of Elfland's Daughter, and his first book, The Gods of Pegāna, which depicts a fictional pantheon.
- Many critics feel his early work laid the grounds for the fantasy genre.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Lord Dunsany article was read about 84,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 81 and blocks with 72: each hit it takes is cut by 29 %.
How to get Lord Dunsany
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Lord Dunsany (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Morrall-Hoole Studios, restored by Adam Cuerden, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
