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Uncommon card · History
Ruth Rendell, an Uncommon card
Ruth Barbara Rendell, Baroness Rendell of Babergh, was an English author of thrillers and psychological murder mysteries.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 70
- DEF
- 63
- Power
- 133
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 68,000
Power 133 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Ruth Rendell quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Ruth Rendell card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Rendell is best known for creating Chief ______ Wexford.
Answer
Inspector. Rendell is best known for creating Chief Inspector Wexford. From the Ruth Rendell article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Betting in poker. Betting in poker 82 · Congress of Berlin 73 · Ruth Rendell 70 · Emilio Pucci 67 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.
- Rendell is best known for creating Chief Inspector Wexford.
- A second string of works was a series of unrelated crime novels that explored the psychological background of criminals and their victims.
- This theme was developed further in a third series of novels, published under the pseudonym Barbara Vine.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Ruth Rendell article was read about 68,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 70 and blocks with 63: each hit it takes is cut by 25 %.
How to get Ruth Rendell
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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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Ruth Rendell (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Gotfryd, Bernard, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
