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Paul Éluard, an Uncommon card
Paul Éluard, born Eugène Émile Paul Grindel, was a French poet and one of the founders of the Surrealist movement.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 66
- DEF
- 47
- Power
- 113
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 57,000
Power 113 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 50 % of WikiCards cards.
Paul Éluard quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Paul Éluard card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
In 1916, he chose the name Paul Éluard, a ______ borrowed from his maternal grandmother.
Answer
matronymic. In 1916, he chose the name Paul Éluard, a matronymic borrowed from his maternal grandmother. From the Paul Éluard article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Biljana Plavšić. Biljana Plavšić 69 · Paul Éluard 66 · Andrew Mangiapane 63 · Stuart Cable 60 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.
- In 1916, he chose the name Paul Éluard, a matronymic borrowed from his maternal grandmother.
- He adhered to Dadaism and became one of the pillars of Surrealism by opening the way to artistic action politically committed to the Communist Party.
- During World War II, he was the author of several poems against Nazism that circulated clandestinely.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Paul Éluard article was read about 57,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 66 and blocks with 47: each hit it takes is cut by 19 %.
How to get Paul Éluard
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- Abanindranath TagoreUncommon · Arts · ATK 64 DEF 49
- CardboardUncommon · Science · ATK 56 DEF 57
- FaxianUncommon · History · ATK 68 DEF 45
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Paul Éluard (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Studio Harcourt, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
