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Legendary card · Arts
Thomas Pynchon, a Legendary card
Thomas Ruggles Pynchon Jr. is an American novelist.
- Rarity
- Legendary
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 87
- DEF
- 83
- Power
- 170
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 1,100,000
Power 170 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Thomas Pynchon quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Thomas Pynchon card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Pynchon is notoriously ______.
Answer
reclusive. Pynchon is notoriously reclusive. From the Thomas Pynchon article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Vancouver. Vancouver 95 · Thomas Pynchon 87 · Nelly 81 · Plato 77 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.
- He is known for his dense, complex works of postmodern fiction, which are distinguished by their paranoid tone, absurd humor, and references to history, art, science, and popular culture.
- He is widely regarded as one of the greatest American novelists.
- Pynchon is notoriously reclusive.
Why it is Legendary
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Thomas Pynchon article was read about 1,100,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 87 and blocks with 83: each hit it takes is cut by 33 %.
How to get Thomas Pynchon
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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The cards just above and just below Thomas Pynchon in the power ranking, all domains together.
- VancouverLegendary · Society · ATK 95 DEF 75
- James HetfieldLegendary · Arts · ATK 77 DEF 93
- Naoya InoueLegendary · Society · ATK 89 DEF 81
- Tom MorelloLegendary · Arts · ATK 85 DEF 85
- ChechnyaLegendary · History · ATK 87 DEF 83
- Doc HollidayLegendary · Society · ATK 85 DEF 85
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Thomas Pynchon (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Photo presumably taken by "Mr. DiLillo", who was identified as staff photographer of The O, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
