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Uncommon card · Science
Coincidence, an Uncommon card
A coincidence is a remarkable concurrence of events or circumstances that have no apparent causal connection with one another.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 59
- DEF
- 32
- Power
- 91
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 30,000
Power 91 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 35 % of WikiCards cards.
Coincidence quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Coincidence card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
From a ______ perspective, coincidences are inevitable and often less remarkable than they may appear intuitively.
Answer
statistical. From a statistical perspective, coincidences are inevitable and often less remarkable than they may appear intuitively. From the Coincidence article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Clique. Clique 65 · Coincidence 59 · Acoustic foam 53 · Corn oil 47 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Clique. Clique 40,000 · Coincidence 30,000 · Acoustic foam 19,000 · Multitaper 5,700 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.
- The perception of remarkable coincidences may lead to supernatural, occult, or paranormal claims, or it may lead to belief in fatalism, which is a doctrine that events will happen in the exact manner of a predetermined plan.
- In general, the perception of coincidence, for lack of more sophisticated explanations, can serve as a link to folk psychology and philosophy.
- From a statistical perspective, coincidences are inevitable and often less remarkable than they may appear intuitively.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Coincidence article was read about 30,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 59 and blocks with 32: each hit it takes is cut by 13 %.
How to get Coincidence
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.
More Science cards
Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Coincidence in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Emerald tree boaUncommon · Nature · ATK 53 DEF 38
- The Library of BabelUncommon · Arts · ATK 53 DEF 38
- Andy GoodeUncommon · Society · ATK 61 DEF 30
- Corn oilUncommon · Science · ATK 47 DEF 44
- Enrica BonaccortiUncommon · Arts · ATK 53 DEF 38
- Benjamín MoraUncommon · Society · ATK 59 DEF 32
Card lists
- Wikipedia quizNew questions every day
- All cards from A to ZEvery card, by name
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- Tier listS and A tiers by power (ATK + DEF)
Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Coincidence (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : O'Dea, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
