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Magic 8 Ball, an Uncommon card
The Magic 8 Ball is a plastic sphere, made to look like an oversized eight ball, that is used for fortune-telling or seeking advice.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 57
- DEF
- 42
- Power
- 99
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 180,000
Power 99 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 55 % of WikiCards cards.
Magic 8 Ball quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Magic 8 Ball card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It was invented in 1946 by Albert C. Carter and Abe Bookman and is ______ by Mattel.
Answer
manufactured. It was invented in 1946 by Albert C. Carter and Abe Bookman and is manufactured by Mattel. From the Magic 8 Ball article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
1914 Tour de France, Stage 9 to Stage 15. 1914 Tour de France, Stage 9 to Stage 15 66 · Geoffrey Zakarian 60 · Magic 8 Ball 57 · Macon-Bibb County Transit Authority 54 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Magic 8 Ball. Magic 8 Ball 180,000 · Shock jock 130,000 · Joe Klecko 100,000 · Macon-Bibb County Transit Authority 200 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.
- It was invented in 1946 by Albert C. Carter and Abe Bookman and is manufactured by Mattel.
- The user asks a yes–no question to the ball, then turns it over to reveal an answer that floats up into a window.
- The answers are written on the faces of a floating 20-sided die submerged in dark blue rubbing alcohol.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Magic 8 Ball article was read about 180,000 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 42: each hit it takes is cut by 17 %.
How to get Magic 8 Ball
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 Society cards
Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Magic 8 Ball in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Marsha ThomasonRare · Arts · ATK 61 DEF 38
- Henry ColeRare · Society · ATK 55 DEF 44
- PoitínUncommon · Society · ATK 58 DEF 41
- Geoffrey ZakarianUncommon · Society · ATK 60 DEF 39
- Barbara BouchetUncommon · Arts · ATK 61 DEF 38
- CipherUncommon · Science · ATK 63 DEF 36
Card lists
- Wikipedia quizNew questions every day
- All cards from A to ZEvery card, by name
- Society cards
- Legendary cards
- Tier listS and A tiers by power (ATK + DEF)
Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Magic 8 Ball (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : ChristianHeldt, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
