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Rare card · Arts
The Old Man and the Sea, a Rare card
The Old Man and the Sea is a 1952 novella by the American author Ernest Hemingway.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 72
- DEF
- 74
- Power
- 146
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 460,000
Power 146 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Written between December 1950 and February 1951, it was the last major fictional work Hemingway published during his lifetime.
- It tells the story of Santiago, an aging fisherman, and his long struggle to catch a giant marlin.
- Hemingway began writing The Old Man and the Sea in Cuba during a tumultuous period in his life.
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 Old Man and the Sea article was read about 460,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 72 and blocks with 74: each hit it takes is cut by 30 %.
How to get The Old Man and the Sea
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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- RoseRare · Nature · ATK 75 DEF 71
- Tripoli, LibyaRare · Society · ATK 82 DEF 64
- FalconRare · Nature · ATK 73 DEF 73
Card lists
- All cards from A to ZEvery card, by name
- Nature cards600 cards
- Science cards600 cards
- History cards600 cards
- Arts cards600 cards
- Society cards600 cards
- Tier listS and A tiers by power (ATK + DEF)
- Legendary cards136 cards
- Epic cards262 cards
- Strongest cardsTop 100 by attack
Credits
Text : Wikipedia, The Old Man and the Sea (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : “Jacket design by A.” Author's photograph by Lee Samuels, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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