Black Linen Shade

The myth

Linen was the fabric of mummification: the body was wrapped from head to foot in long strips. And the shadow was, for the Egyptians, one of the parts of a person. Budge calls it khaibit and says that in later times it was always imagined near the soul. The Book of the Dead had chapters to keep the soul from being shut in the tomb, so that it could come and go freely. The Black Linen Shade, a scrap of shroud that chooses where the wind carries it, is a MYTHENOR creation born from these ideas.

Why it has this power

A common level 3 Undead of Wind with 900 ATK and 800 DEF: light as cloth on the wind. Feather beats Sun and Scarab beats Leviathan. Weak on its own, it grows with the Embalmer's Bandages, +700, and with the Necropolis Under the Lapis Sky, +500.

Did you know

Budge relates that chapters 91 and 92 of the Book of the Dead kept the soul of the dead from being locked inside the tomb.

Connections

• In Oracle Bakenra's deck
• In High Priest Khaymet'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. Egyptian Ideas of the Future Life — E. A. Wallis Budge (Project Gutenberg)
2. The Book of the Dead (introduction and chapter summaries) — E. A. Wallis Budge (Project Gutenberg)
3. Ancient Egyptian Burial — Joshua J. Mark (World History Encyclopedia)