Egyptian · No. 114

Embalmer's Bandages

Inspired by: The linen wrappings of Egyptian mummification.

Embalmer's Bandages
Every wrap of linen is a prayer of protection.
Rarity
Uncommon
Category
Equipment
Effect
Equip to a Undead / Machine monster: +700 ATK and DEF.

The myth

After seventy days in natron, the body was wrapped from head to foot in strips of linen, according to World History Encyclopedia. Herodotus also describes the process, in which the washed body was wound in bandages of fine linen. Budge recalls that the Egyptians did everything they could to protect the body from decay, swathing it in hundreds of yards of linen before sealing it in the coffin. The Embalmer's Bandages, in which every turn of linen is a prayer of protection, are the MYTHENOR equipment inspired by that care.

Why it has this power

Uncommon equipment: gives +700 ATK to an Undead or Machine monster. On the Nameless King Awakened, attack rises to 3550; on the Awakened Ushabti Legion, to 2900. It unites the two pillars of the Necropolis: the dead and their crafted servants.

Did you know

In the costliest mummification Herodotus describes, the belly was filled with pure ground myrrh and cassia before the wrapping.

Connections

  • In Captain Amunet's deck
  • In Oracle Bakenra's deck
  • In High Priest Khaymet's deck
  • In Merytamun, the Last Sentinel's deck

Where to get it

  • Daily Offering: 0.45% per pack (Uncommon 33% per card)
  • Welcome Pack: 1.1% per pack (Uncommon 30% per card)
  • Traveler's Pack: 0.96% per pack · 5.6% in the themed pack (Uncommon 29% per card)
  • Bronze Reliquary: 0.94% per pack · 5.5% in the themed pack (Uncommon 29% per card)
  • Silver Reliquary: 0.96% per pack · 5.6% in the themed pack (Uncommon 33% per card)
  • Golden Reliquary: 0.94% per pack · 5.5% in the themed pack (Uncommon 35% per card)
  • Daily Showcase: Shows up on about 0.98% of days · 400 gold
  • Craft with card dust: 100 dust
  • Crossing of Myths: Can be offered as a reward during a crossing (the card stays in the crossing deck).

Sources

  1. Ancient Egyptian Burial — Joshua J. Mark (World History Encyclopedia)
  2. Herodotus, Histories 2.86 (tr. A. D. Godley) — Herodotus / Perseus Digital Library, Tufts University
  3. The Book of the Dead (introduction and chapter summaries) — E. A. Wallis Budge (Project Gutenberg)