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Uncommon card · History
Astragalomancy, an Uncommon card
Astragalomancy, also known as cubomancy or astragyromancy, is a form of divination that uses dice specially marked with letters or numbers.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 63
- DEF
- 53
- Power
- 116
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 21,000
Power 116 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Historically, as with dice games, the "dice" were usually knucklebones or other small bones of quadrupeds.
- Marked astragali of sheep and goats are commonly found in Mediterranean and Near Eastern archaeological sites, particularly those that served as funerary and religious locations.
- For example, marked astragali have been found near the altar of Aphrodite Ourania in Athens, Greece, suggesting that astragalomancy was performed near the altar after about 500 BCE.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Astragalomancy 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 63 and blocks with 53: each hit it takes is cut by 21 %.
How to get Astragalomancy
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 Astragalomancy in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Shipley Do-NutsUncommon · Society · ATK 64 DEF 52
- TevatronUncommon · Society · ATK 68 DEF 48
- Conowingo DamUncommon · Nature · ATK 66 DEF 50
- ArzamasCommon · Society · ATK 52 DEF 64
- OvenbirdCommon · Nature · ATK 72 DEF 44
- Justinas PranaitisCommon · Arts · ATK 63 DEF 53
Card lists
- All cards from A to ZEvery card, by name
- Nature cards600 cards
- Science cards600 cards
- History cards600 cards
- Arts cards600 cards
- Society cards600 cards
- Tier listS and A tiers by power (ATK + DEF)
- Legendary cards136 cards
- Epic cards262 cards
- Strongest cardsTop 100 by attack
Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Astragalomancy (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Roland zh, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
