Egyptian · No. 001

Kheperu, Heart of the Eternal Sun

Inspired by: Khepri, the scarab god of the morning sun, and the sun god Ra; the new name follows the MYTHENOR rule of reinventing the great Egyptian deities.

Kheperu, Heart of the Eternal Sun
Before the first dawn, something already burned.
Rarity
Legendary
Category
Monster
ATK
3400
DEF
3050
Level
10
Type
Deity
Element
Light
Constellations
Sun · Scarab

The myth

Kheperu is a MYTHENOR creation, but its roots are real. In Egyptian religion, Khepri was the god of the morning sun, shown as a scarab beetle or as a man with a scarab for a head. Just as the dung beetle rolls its ball, Khepri was believed to roll the sun disk over the eastern horizon at every dawn. His name was written with the scarab hieroglyph. He was one of the forms of Ra, the sun that sailed the sky by day and the underworld by night. Scarab amulets, buried with the dead, promised the same daily rebirth.

Why it has this power

As the heart of the sun, Kheperu is the summit of the Egyptian deck: a legendary level 10 Deity of Light with 3400 ATK, the highest in its myth, and 3050 DEF. It shines under Sun and Scarab, the two emblems of Khepri's dawn: Sun beats Moon in the Celestial Cycle and Scarab beats Leviathan in the Earthly Cycle, each worth +500 in the clash.

Did you know

Apart from shabti figurines, scarabs are the most numerous type of artifact to survive from ancient Egypt.

Connections

  • In Merytamun, the Last Sentinel's deck

Where to get it

  • Daily Offering: 0.0035% per pack (Legendary 0.03% per card)
  • Traveler's Pack: 0.014% per pack · 0.084% in the themed pack (Legendary 0.05% per card)
  • Bronze Reliquary: 0.028% per pack · 0.17% in the themed pack (Legendary 0.1% per card)
  • Silver Reliquary: 0.099% per pack · 0.59% in the themed pack (Legendary 0.4% per card)
  • Golden Reliquary: 0.23% per pack · 1.4% in the themed pack (Legendary 1% per card)
  • Daily Showcase: Shows up on about 0.21% of days · 6,000 gems
  • Craft with card dust: 4,800 dust

Sources

  1. Khepri — Encyclopaedia Britannica
  2. Ra (Egyptian God) — Joshua J. Mark (World History Encyclopedia)
  3. Shabti Dolls: The Workforce in the Afterlife — Joshua J. Mark (World History Encyclopedia)