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Washington Irving, a Rare card
Washington Irving was an American writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 81
- DEF
- 99
- Power
- 180
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 280,000
Power 180 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He wrote the short stories "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow", both of which appear in his collection The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.
- His historical works include biographies of the writer Oliver Goldsmith, Islamic prophet Muhammad, and also first U.S. president George Washington, as well as several histories of 15th-century Spain that deal with topics such as the Alhambra palace, the European discovery of the Americas by Christopher Columbus, and the Reconquista.
- Irving served as the American ambassador to Spain in the 1840s.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Washington Irving article was read about 280,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 81 and blocks with 99: each hit it takes is cut by 40 %.
How to get Washington Irving
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Washington Irving (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Attributed to Charles Robert Leslie, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

