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Ryszard Kapuściński, an Uncommon card
Ryszard Kapuściński was a Polish journalist, photographer and author.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 84
- DEF
- 75
- Power
- 159
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 49,000
Power 159 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Ryszard Kapuściński quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Ryszard Kapuściński card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He received many prestigious awards and was considered a ______ for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Answer
candidate. He received many prestigious awards and was considered a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature. From the Ryszard Kapuściński article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Ryszard Kapuściński. Ryszard Kapuściński 84 · Eugène Viollet-le-Duc 79 · Dali Kingdom 75 · The Knight in the Panther's Skin 71 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 received many prestigious awards and was considered a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
- Kapuściński's personal journals in book form attracted both controversy and admiration for blurring the conventions of reportage with the allegory and magical realism of literature.
- He was the Communist-era Polish Press Agency's only correspondent in Africa during decolonization, and also worked in South America and Asia.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Ryszard Kapuściński article was read about 49,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 84 and blocks with 75: each hit it takes is cut by 30 %.
How to get Ryszard Kapuściński
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Ryszard Kapuściński (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Gotfryd, Bernard, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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