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Magic square, an Uncommon card
In mathematics, especially historical and recreational mathematics, a magic square is a square array of numbers, usually positive integers, where the sums of the numbers in each row, each column, and both main diagonals are the same.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 89
- DEF
- 89
- Power
- 178
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 140,000
Power 178 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Magic square quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Magic square card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Many ______ take magic square to mean normal magic square.
Answer
authors. Many authors take magic square to mean normal magic square. From the Magic square article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Magic square. Magic square 89 · Passport 86 · Cotton Mather 83 · Boethius 80 ATK in WikiCards.
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 order of a magic square is the number of integers along one side, and the constant sum is called the magic constant or magic sum.
- If the array includes just the positive integers 1, 2,..., n 2, the magic square is said to be normal.
- Many authors take magic square to mean normal magic square.
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 square article was read about 140,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 89 and blocks with 89: each hit it takes is cut by 36 %.
How to get Magic square
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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- Rex GrossmanUncommon · Society · ATK 81 DEF 97
- The FirebirdUncommon · Arts · ATK 78 DEF 100
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Magic square (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : User:Phidauex, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
