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Uncommon card · Science
Straight man, an Uncommon card
The straight man, also known as a "comedic foil", is a stock character in a comedy performance, especially a double act, sketch comedy, or farce.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 47
- DEF
- 15
- Power
- 62
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 130,000
Power 62 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 5 % of WikiCards cards.
Straight man quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Straight man card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The straight man is a foil, a ______ character to the funny man.
Answer
contrasting. The straight man is a foil, a contrasting character to the funny man. From the Straight man article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Dual specificity protein kinase TTK. Dual specificity protein kinase TTK 54 · Straight man 47 · Lionel Bull 41 · Maceration 37 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Straight man. Straight man 130,000 · Feeler gauge 19,000 · Glazenap 220 · Cleomenes of Rhegium 140 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.
- When a comedy partner behaves eccentrically, the straight man is expected to maintain composure.
- The straight man is a foil, a contrasting character to the funny man.
- The direct contribution to the comedy a straight man provides typically comes in the form of a deadpan.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Straight man article was read about 130,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 47 and blocks with 15: each hit it takes is cut by 6 %.
How to get Straight man
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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The cards just above and just below Straight man in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Santa Maria del Parto, VigevanoCommon · Arts · ATK 36 DEF 27
- Musée des Beaux-Arts et de la Dentelle d'AlençonCommon · Arts · ATK 41 DEF 22
- Launsina rubropurpurataCommon · Nature · ATK 37 DEF 26
- MizithraUncommon · Society · ATK 42 DEF 20
- Jacob Jeffries BandUncommon · Arts · ATK 45 DEF 17
- Theuderic IVUncommon · History · ATK 40 DEF 22
Card lists
- Wikipedia quizNew questions every day
- All cards from A to ZEvery card, by name
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- Tier listS and A tiers by power (ATK + DEF)
Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Straight man (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Studio publicity photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
