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Thomas Gainsborough, an Uncommon card
Thomas Gainsborough was an English painter, draughtsman and printmaker who specialised in portrait and landscape painting.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 74
- DEF
- 75
- Power
- 149
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 110,000
Power 149 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Thomas Gainsborough quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Thomas Gainsborough card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He painted quickly, and the works of his ______ are characterised by a light palette and easy strokes.
Answer
maturity. He painted quickly, and the works of his maturity are characterised by a light palette and easy strokes. From the Thomas Gainsborough article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Roy Harper. Roy Harper 81 · Juliana Hatfield 78 · Thomas Gainsborough 74 · Judah Friedlander 69 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.
- Along with his rival Sir Joshua Reynolds, he was one of the most important British artists of the 18th century.
- He painted quickly, and the works of his maturity are characterised by a light palette and easy strokes.
- Despite being a prolific portrait painter, Gainsborough gained greater satisfaction from his landscapes.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Thomas Gainsborough article was read about 110,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 74 and blocks with 75: each hit it takes is cut by 30 %.
How to get Thomas Gainsborough
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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- AnchorUncommon · Science · ATK 78 DEF 71
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Thomas Gainsborough (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Thomas Gainsborough, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
