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Illusory motion, a Common card
The term illusory motion, or motion illusion or apparent motion, refers to any optical illusion in which a static image appears to be moving due to the cognitive effects of interacting color contrasts, object shapes, and position.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 55
- DEF
- 46
- Power
- 101
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 7,600
Ranked #2,500 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- The stroboscopic animation effect is the most common type of illusory motion and is perceived when images are displayed in fast succession, as occurs in movies.
- The concept of illusory motion was allegedly first described by Aristotle.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Illusory motion article was read about 7,600 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 55 and blocks with 46: each hit it takes is cut by 18 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Illusory motion (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Jim.henderson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.




