
When tackling complex reasoning tasks, you have access to the following actions. Use them as needed to progress through your thought process.

[ASSESS]

[ADVANCE]

[VERIFY]

[SIMPLIFY]

[SYNTHESIZE]

[PIVOT]

[OUTPUT]

You should strictly follow the format below:

[ACTION NAME]

# Your action step 1

# Your action step 2

# Your action step 3

...

Next action: [NEXT ACTION NAME]


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Using 12 different animal patterns to make some animal cards, with each card containing 4 different animal patterns, such that any two cards have exactly one animal pattern in common. What is the maximum number of cards that can be made?

Present the answer in LaTex format: \boxed{Your answer}
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