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Epic card · Arts
The Picture of Dorian Gray, an Epic card
The Picture of Dorian Gray is an 1890 philosophical fiction and Gothic horror novel by Irish author Oscar Wilde.
- Rarity
- Epic
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 78
- DEF
- 86
- Power
- 164
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 900,000
Power 164 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- A shorter novella-length version was published in the July 1890 issue of the American periodical Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, while the novel-length version was published in April 1891.
- As the only novel written by Wilde, it is widely regarded as a classic of both Gothic and English literature, having been adapted many times for films, stage, plays, and other forms of art performances.
- The story revolves around a portrait of Dorian Gray painted by Basil Hallward, a friend of Dorian's and an artist infatuated with Dorian's beauty.
Why it is Epic
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The The Picture of Dorian Gray article was read about 900,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 78 and blocks with 86: each hit it takes is cut by 34 %.
How to get The Picture of Dorian Gray
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, The Picture of Dorian Gray (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

