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Al-Karaji, a Common card
Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn al Ḥasan al-Karajī was a 10th-century Persian mathematician and engineer who flourished at Baghdad.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 57
- DEF
- 33
- Power
- 90
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 9,000
Power 90 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 30 % of WikiCards cards.
Al-Karaji quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Al-Karaji card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He was born in Karaj, a city near ______.
Answer
Tehran. He was born in Karaj, a city near Tehran. From the Al-Karaji article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Micha Hancock. Micha Hancock 60 · Al-Karaji 57 · Paul Mockapetris 54 · Vima Takto 46 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 was born in Karaj, a city near Tehran.
- His three principal surviving works are mathematical: Al-Badi' fi'l-hisab, Al-Fakhri fi'l-jabr wa'l-muqabala, and Al-Kafi fi'l-hisab.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Al-Karaji article was read about 9,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 57 and blocks with 33: each hit it takes is cut by 13 %.
How to get Al-Karaji
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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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Al-Karaji (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : en:Al-Karaji, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
