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Uncommon card · Science
Cardinal virtues, an Uncommon card
The cardinal virtues are four virtues of mind and character in classical philosophy.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 69
- DEF
- 62
- Power
- 131
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 150,000
Power 131 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Cardinal virtues quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Cardinal virtues card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
They form a ______ theory of ethics.
Answer
virtue. They form a virtue theory of ethics. From the Cardinal virtues article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Linear algebra. Linear algebra 80 · Geometric distribution 72 · Cardinal virtues 69 · Edward L. Bowles 65 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Linear algebra. Linear algebra 240,000 · Cardinal virtues 150,000 · 64-bit computing 98,000 · Edward L. Bowles 870 Wikipedia reads over a year.
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.
- They are prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance.
- They form a virtue theory of ethics.
- The term cardinal comes from the Latin cardo, these four virtues are called "cardinal" because all other virtues fall under them and hinge upon them.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Cardinal virtues article was read about 150,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 69 and blocks with 62: each hit it takes is cut by 25 %.
How to get Cardinal virtues
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, Cardinal virtues (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Jacques Patin, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
