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Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi, a Common card
ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Ṣūfī was a Persian astronomer.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 63
- DEF
- 46
- Power
- 109
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 14,000
Power 109 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 50 % of WikiCards cards.
Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Al-Ṣūfī lived at the Buyid court in ______.
Answer
Isfahan. Al-Ṣūfī lived at the Buyid court in Isfahan. From the Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Practical shooting. Practical shooting 66 · Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi 63 · Daniel M. Tani 59 · Multi-Purpose Logistics Module 56 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.
- His work, Kitāb ṣuwar al-kawākib, completed in 964, included both textual descriptions and illustrations.
- The Persian polymath Al-Biruni noted that al-Ṣūfī's work on the ecliptic was conducted in Shiraz.
- Al-Ṣūfī lived at the Buyid court in Isfahan.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi article was read about 14,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 63 and blocks with 46: each hit it takes is cut by 18 %.
How to get Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi
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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- Li ShizhenCommon · Science · ATK 57 DEF 52
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- Adolfo Pérez EsquivelCommon · Arts · ATK 60 DEF 49
- CotingaCommon · Nature · ATK 64 DEF 45
- Fan vaultCommon · Arts · ATK 57 DEF 52
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Albrecht Dürer, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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