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Philo Vance, an Uncommon card
Philo Vance is a fictional amateur detective originally featured in 12 crime novels by S. S. Van Dine in the 1920s and '30s.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 67
- DEF
- 37
- Power
- 104
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 25,000
Power 104 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 45 % of WikiCards cards.
Philo Vance quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Philo Vance card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
During that time, Vance was immensely ______ in books, films, and radio.
Answer
popular. During that time, Vance was immensely popular in books, films, and radio. From the Philo Vance article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Philo Vance is a fictional amateur detective originally featured in 12 crime novels by S. S. Van Dine in the ____s and '30s.
Answer
1920s. Philo Vance is a fictional amateur detective originally featured in 12 crime novels by S. S. Van Dine in the 1920s and '30s. From the Philo Vance article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Philo Vance. Philo Vance 67 · Juan Ramón Jiménez 64 · Les McCann 61 · Giambologna 58 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.
- During that time, Vance was immensely popular in books, films, and radio.
- He was portrayed as a stylish, even foppish, dandy, a New York bon vivant possessing a highly intellectual bent.
- S. S. Van Dine was the pen name of Willard Huntington Wright, an art critic who initially sought to conceal his authorship of the novels.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Philo Vance article was read about 25,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 67 and blocks with 37: each hit it takes is cut by 15 %.
How to get Philo Vance
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 Philo Vance in the power ranking, all domains together.
- GiambolognaUncommon · Arts · ATK 58 DEF 46
- Juan Ramón JiménezUncommon · Arts · ATK 64 DEF 40
- Les McCannUncommon · Arts · ATK 61 DEF 43
- Susumu TonegawaUncommon · Science · ATK 64 DEF 40
- Wynn MacauUncommon · Society · ATK 49 DEF 55
- 16th Street Baptist ChurchUncommon · History · ATK 59 DEF 45
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Philo Vance (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : E. M. Jackson (1896-1962), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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