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Richard Baker, a Common card
Richard Dudley Baker is an American Soto Zen master, the founder of Dharma Sangha, which consists of Crestone Mountain Zen Center located in Crestone, Colorado and the Zen Buddhist Center Black Forest in Germany's Black Forest.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 74
- DEF
- 67
- Power
- 141
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 9,800
Ranked #2,119 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Richard Baker quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Richard Baker card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
In which decade?
As the American Dharma heir to Shunryu Suzuki, Baker assumed abbotship of the San Francisco Zen Center shortly before Suzuki's death in ____.
Answer
1970s. As the American Dharma heir to Shunryu Suzuki, Baker assumed abbotship of the San Francisco Zen Center shortly before Suzuki's death in 1971. From the Richard Baker article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Jean Anouilh. Jean Anouilh 78 · Richard Baker 74 · Aradia, or the Gospel of the Witches 71 · Textile arts 67 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Aradia, or the Gospel of the Witches. Aradia, or the Gospel of the Witches 31,000 · Richard Baker 9,800 · Technical investigation of the Lac-Mégantic rail disaster 2,200 · Cort Theatre 1,500 Wikipedia reads over a year.
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.
- As the American Dharma heir to Shunryu Suzuki, Baker assumed abbotship of the San Francisco Zen Center shortly before Suzuki's death in 1971.
- He remained abbot there until 1984, when he resigned his position after it was disclosed in the previous year that he and the wife of one of SFZC's benefactors had been having an affair.
- Despite the controversy connected with his resignation, Baker was instrumental in helping the San Francisco Zen Center to become one of the most successful Zen institutions in the United States.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Richard Baker article was read about 9,800 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 74 and blocks with 67: each hit it takes is cut by 27 %.
How to get Richard Baker
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Richard Baker (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Vijnapti, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
