Radiant Face of Dawn

The myth

For the Egyptians, sunrise was a daily victory over night and chaos. The Book of the Dead includes hymns to Ra which, according to Budge, were sung every morning and every evening, greeting the god in his forms of Horus, Atum and Khepri. In the morning the sun was Ra-Horakhty or Khepri, the scarab pushing the disk over the eastern horizon. The Radiant Face of Dawn, appearing a moment before the sun, is a minor deity MYTHENOR created from those songs.

Why it has this power

A common level 3 Deity of Light with 1000 ATK and 1200 DEF. Sun beats Moon and Crown beats Scarab. Its great role is the ancient rhyme: with the Enchanted Reed Barque it forms The Solar Barque of Millions of Years. The Lapis Serpent Staff and the Golden Falcon Wings strengthen it.

Did you know

Chapter 15 of the Book of the Dead gathers hymns to Ra sung in the morning and at evening.

Connections

• Fuses into: + Enchanted Reed Barque → The Solar Barque of Millions of Years
• In Oracle Bakenra's deck
• In Merytamun, the Last Sentinel's deck

Where to get it

• Daily Offering: 0% per pack (Common 64% per card)
• Welcome Pack: 0.97% per pack (Common 70% per card)
• Traveler's Pack: 0.88% per pack · 5.2% in the themed pack (Common 64% per card)
• Bronze Reliquary: 0.86% per pack · 5.1% in the themed pack (Common 62% per card)
• Silver Reliquary: 0.67% per pack · 4% in the themed pack (Common 49% per card)
• Golden Reliquary: 0.46% per pack · 2.7% in the themed pack (Common 33% per card)
• Daily Showcase: Shows up on about 0.69% of days · 150 gold
• Craft with card dust: 40 dust
• Crossing of Myths: Can be offered as a reward during a crossing (the card stays in the crossing deck).

Sources

1. The Book of the Dead (introduction and chapter summaries) — E. A. Wallis Budge (Project Gutenberg)
2. Ra (Egyptian God) — Joshua J. Mark (World History Encyclopedia)
3. Khepri — Encyclopaedia Britannica