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Uncommon card · Science
Abu Ma'shar al-Balkhi, an Uncommon card
Abu Ma‘shar al-Balkhi, Latinized as Albumasar, was an early Persian Muslim astrologer, thought to be the greatest astrologer of the Abbasid court in Baghdad.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 62
- DEF
- 46
- Power
- 108
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 21,000
Power 108 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 50 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- While he was not a major innovator, his practical manuals for training astrologers profoundly influenced Muslim intellectual history and, through translations, that of western Europe and Byzantium.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Abu Ma'shar al-Balkhi article was read about 21,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 62 and blocks with 46: each hit it takes is cut by 18 %.
How to get Abu Ma'shar al-Balkhi
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Abu Ma'shar al-Balkhi (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Qanbar ‘Alî Naqqâsh Shirâzî, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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