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The Bedbug, a Common card
The Bedbug is a play by Vladimir Mayakovsky written in 1928–1929 and published originally by Molodaya Gvardiya magazine, then as a book, by Gosizdat, in 1929.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 49
- DEF
- 22
- Power
- 71
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 5,000
Power 71 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 15 % of WikiCards cards.
The Bedbug quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the The Bedbug card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Received warmly by audiences, it caused controversy and received harsh treatment in the ______ press.
Answer
Soviet. Received warmly by audiences, it caused controversy and received harsh treatment in the Soviet press. From the The Bedbug article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Jeda. Jeda 53 · The Bedbug 49 · Amácio Mazzaropi 46 · Mary Tudor pearl 43 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.
- "The faerie comedy in nine pictures", lampooning the type of philistine that emerged with the New Economic Policy in the Soviet Union, was premiered in February 1929 at the Meyerhold Theatre, with designs by Alexander Rodchenko.
- Received warmly by audiences, it caused controversy and received harsh treatment in the Soviet press.
- Unlike its follow-up, The Bathhouse, The Bedbug was criticised mostly for its alleged "aesthetic faults".
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The The Bedbug article was read about 5,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 49 and blocks with 22: each hit it takes is cut by 9 %.
How to get The Bedbug
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.
More Arts cards
Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below The Bedbug in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Mary Tudor pearlCommon · Nature · ATK 43 DEF 28
- Maurice MansonCommon · Arts · ATK 50 DEF 21
- Nicolas Le GoffCommon · History · ATK 50 DEF 21
- JedaCommon · Society · ATK 53 DEF 18
- Hervé TchamiCommon · Society · ATK 50 DEF 21
- Jacobus KapteynCommon · Science · ATK 52 DEF 19
Card lists
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- Tier listS and A tiers by power (ATK + DEF)
Credits
Text : Wikipedia, The Bedbug (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : В. Шияновский / В. Шияновский, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
