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Richard Tarlton, a Common card
Richard Tarlton was an English actor of the Elizabethan era.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 52
- DEF
- 26
- Power
- 78
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 9,000
Power 78 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 20 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He was the most famous clown of his era, known for his extempore comic doggerel verse, which came to be known as "Tarltons".
- He helped to turn Elizabethan theatre into a form of mass entertainment, paving the way for the Shakespearean stage.
- After his death many witticisms and pranks were attributed to him and were published as Tarlton's Jests.
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 Tarlton article was read about 9,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 52 and blocks with 26: each hit it takes is cut by 10 %.
How to get Richard Tarlton
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Richard Tarlton (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

