Egyptian · No. 067

Forgotten King Beneath the Dune

Inspired by: The real practice of erasing kings' names from monuments, and the Egyptian belief that losing one's name meant losing one's existence.

Forgotten King Beneath the Dune
They erased his name from every wall. He remembers.
Rarity
Rare
Category
Monster
ATK
2050
DEF
2200
Level
6
Type
Undead
Element
Darkness
Constellations
Moon · Scarab

The myth

For the Egyptians, the name, ren, was one of the most important parts of a person. Budge explains that whoever blotted out someone's name was held to have destroyed them, and that a nameless being could not be presented to the gods. Egyptians applied this in politics: after Hatshepsut's death, Thutmose III had her image and name erased from monuments; later Horemheb tried to erase Akhenaten and his immediate successors from history. This card's Forgotten King is a MYTHENOR echo of those erased rulers.

Why it has this power

A rare level 6 Undead of Darkness with 2050 ATK and 2200 DEF. Moon beats Wisp and Scarab beats Leviathan. It can be summoned directly or born from fusing the Sand-Woken Mummy with any Spellcaster: the magic that wakes an erased king.

Did you know

Although erased from public monuments, Hatshepsut's name was preserved in more secluded areas, such as parts of her temple at Deir el-Bahri.

Connections

  • Born from the fusion of: Sand-Woken Mummy + Spellcaster
  • In High Priest Khaymet's deck

Where to get it

  • Campaign drop: Merytamun, the Last Sentinel (The Obsidian Necropolis) — grade S: 26% · grade A: 26% · grade B: 26% · grade C: 26% · grade D: 17%
  • Campaign drop: Kaelmyr, Devourer of Pantheons (The Void Between Mythologies) — grade C: 17%
  • Daily Offering: 0.11% per pack (Rare 2.8% per card)
  • Traveler's Pack: 0.69% per pack · 4.2% in the themed pack (Rare 7% per card)
  • Bronze Reliquary: 0.78% per pack · 4.7% in the themed pack (Rare 8% per card)
  • Silver Reliquary: 1.3% per pack · 7.9% in the themed pack (Rare 15% per card)
  • Golden Reliquary: 2% per pack · 12% in the themed pack (Rare 25% per card)
  • Daily Showcase: Shows up on about 1.5% of days · 400 gems
  • Craft with card dust: 600 dust
  • Born from the fusion of: Sand-Woken Mummy + Spellcaster
  • 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. Hatshepsut — Joshua J. Mark (World History Encyclopedia)
  3. Tutankhamun — Joshua J. Mark (World History Encyclopedia)