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Uncommon card · Science
Pigpen cipher, an Uncommon card
The pigpen cipher is a geometric simple substitution cipher, which exchanges letters for symbols which are fragments of a grid.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 58
- DEF
- 48
- Power
- 106
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 180,000
Power 106 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
Pigpen cipher quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Pigpen cipher card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The example key shows one way the ______ can be assigned to the grid.
Answer
letters. The example key shows one way the letters can be assigned to the grid. From the Pigpen cipher article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Cable television. Cable television 68 · Low Earth orbit 65 · SCN4A 62 · Pigpen cipher 58 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Conrad Murray. Conrad Murray 1,300,000 · Pigpen cipher 180,000 · 1116 Catriona 330 · SCN4A 240 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 example key shows one way the letters can be assigned to the grid.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Pigpen cipher 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 58 and blocks with 48: each hit it takes is cut by 19 %.
How to get Pigpen cipher
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 Pigpen cipher in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Low Earth orbitRare · Science · ATK 65 DEF 41
- March 1933 German federal electionRare · History · ATK 63 DEF 43
- ProcyonidaeRare · Nature · ATK 65 DEF 41
- ClubUncommon · History · ATK 62 DEF 44
- OrganizationUncommon · Society · ATK 67 DEF 39
- Cable televisionUncommon · Society · ATK 68 DEF 38
Card lists
- Wikipedia quizNew questions every day
- All cards from A to ZEvery card, by name
- Science cards
- Legendary cards
- Tier listS and A tiers by power (ATK + DEF)
Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Pigpen cipher (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Anomie, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
