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Rodolphe Töpffer, a Common card
Rodolphe Töpffer was a Swiss teacher, author, painter, cartoonist, and caricaturist.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 57
- DEF
- 35
- Power
- 92
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 11,000
Power 92 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 35 % of WikiCards cards.
Rodolphe Töpffer quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Rodolphe Töpffer card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
In 1837, he ______ Histoire de Mr. Vieux Bois.
Answer
published. In 1837, he published Histoire de Mr. Vieux Bois. From the Rodolphe Töpffer article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Alain Bernard. Alain Bernard 63 · Henri Troyat 60 · Rodolphe Töpffer 57 · Tielman Brothers 54 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 is best known for his illustrated books, which are possibly the earliest European comics.
- He is known as the father of comic strips and has been credited as the "first comics artist in history." Paris-educated, Töpffer worked as a schoolteacher at a boarding school, where he entertained students with his caricatures.
- In 1837, he published Histoire de Mr. Vieux Bois.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Rodolphe Töpffer article was read about 11,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 57 and blocks with 35: each hit it takes is cut by 14 %.
How to get Rodolphe Töpffer
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 Rodolphe Töpffer in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Mary Talbot, Countess of ShrewsburyCommon · History · ATK 56 DEF 36
- María GreverCommon · Arts · ATK 56 DEF 36
- Nicolaes TulpCommon · History · ATK 58 DEF 34
- Yegor SharangovichCommon · Society · ATK 59 DEF 33
- Alain BernardCommon · Society · ATK 63 DEF 29
- Biblioteca Nacional de EspañaCommon · Arts · ATK 57 DEF 35
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Rodolphe Töpffer (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Rodolphe Töpffer (1799-1846), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
