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The Hound of the Baskervilles, a Rare card
The Hound of the Baskervilles is the third of the four crime novels by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 76
- DEF
- 84
- Power
- 160
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 300,000
Power 160 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
The Hound of the Baskervilles quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the The Hound of the Baskervilles card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
In which decade?
One of the most famous stories ever written, in ____ the book was listed as number 128 of 200 on the BBC's The Big Read poll of the UK's "best-loved novel".
Answer
2000s. One of the most famous stories ever written, in 2003 the book was listed as number 128 of 200 on the BBC's The Big Read poll of the UK's "best-loved novel". From the The Hound of the Baskervilles article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Prophets and messengers in Islam. Prophets and messengers in Islam 82 · Anita Bryant 79 · The Hound of the Baskervilles 76 · Citric acid 73 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.
- Originally serialised in The Strand Magazine from August 1901 to April 1902, it is set largely on Dartmoor, Devon, in England's West Country and follows Holmes and Watson investigating the legend of a fearsome, diabolical hound of supernatural origin.
- This was the first appearance of Holmes since his apparent death in The Final Problem and the success of The Hound of the Baskervilles led to the character's eventual revival.
- One of the most famous stories ever written, in 2003 the book was listed as number 128 of 200 on the BBC's The Big Read poll of the UK's "best-loved novel".
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The The Hound of the Baskervilles article was read about 300,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 76 and blocks with 84: each hit it takes is cut by 34 %.
How to get The Hound of the Baskervilles
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Text : Wikipedia, The Hound of the Baskervilles (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Alfred Garth Jones, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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