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Möbius strip, a Rare card
In mathematics, a Möbius strip, Möbius band, or Möbius loop is a surface that can be formed by attaching the ends of a strip of paper together with a half-twist.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 84
- DEF
- 95
- Power
- 179
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 350,000
Power 179 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Möbius strip quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Möbius strip card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Every non-orientable surface ______ a Möbius strip.
Answer
contains. Every non-orientable surface contains a Möbius strip. From the Möbius strip article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
As a mathematical object, it was discovered by Johann Benedict Listing and August Ferdinand Möbius in ____, but it had already appeared in Roman mosaics from the third century CE.
Answer
1850s. As a mathematical object, it was discovered by Johann Benedict Listing and August Ferdinand Möbius in 1858, but it had already appeared in Roman mosaics from the third century CE. From the Möbius strip article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Sociology. Sociology 91 · Atom 88 · Möbius strip 84 · Fossa 79 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.
- As a mathematical object, it was discovered by Johann Benedict Listing and August Ferdinand Möbius in 1858, but it had already appeared in Roman mosaics from the third century CE.
- The Möbius strip is a non-orientable surface, meaning that within it one cannot consistently distinguish clockwise from counterclockwise turns.
- Every non-orientable surface contains a Möbius strip.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Möbius strip article was read about 350,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 84 and blocks with 95: each hit it takes is cut by 38 %.
How to get Möbius strip
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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- Steve AlbiniRare · Arts · ATK 80 DEF 99
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Möbius strip (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : David Benbennick, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
