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Common card · Nature
The Phoenix and the Turtle, a Common card
The Phoenix and the Turtle is an allegorical poem by William Shakespeare, first published in 1601 as a supplement to a longer work, Love's Martyr, by Robert Chester.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 65
- DEF
- 49
- Power
- 114
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 11,000
Ranked #2,241 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- The poem, which has been called "the first great published metaphysical poem", has many conflicting interpretations.
- The title "The Phoenix and the Turtle" is a conventional label.
- As published, the poem was untitled.
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 Phoenix and the Turtle article was read about 11,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 65 and blocks with 49: each hit it takes is cut by 20 %.
How to get The Phoenix and the Turtle
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, The Phoenix and the Turtle (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Robert Chester, William Shakespeare, et al, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
