Greek · No. 067
Eurydice, the Beloved Shade
Real myth
She was right behind him. He only had to not look back.
- Rarity
- Common
- Category
- Monster
- ATK
- 900
- DEF
- 1100
- Level
- 3
- Type
- Undead
- Element
- Light
- Constellations
- Sun · Scarab
The myth
Eurydice was the wife of the singer Orpheus. Soon after the wedding she died from a snakebite: Virgil says she was fleeing the shepherd Aristaeus, Ovid that she was walking with the naiads. In despair, Orpheus went down to the land of the dead and sang for Hades and Persephone, who gave her back on one condition: he must not look back until he had left the realm of shades. Near the exit Orpheus turned, and Eurydice vanished forever, saying a last farewell. Older allusions, such as Euripides', do not mention that tragic ending.
Why it has this power
A Common level-3 card with 900 ATK and 1100 DEF: a fragile shade who never wanted to fight. She is a Light Undead, because her story is one of love, not terror, with the Sun and Scarab constellations, the light she nearly reached and the rebirth that never came. Fused with Orpheus, she forms Orpheus and Eurydice, the Last Glance.
Did you know
In Euripides' Alcestis, the husband says that if he had Orpheus's voice he would go down to fetch his wife, with no hint of failure.
Connections
- Fuses into: + Orpheus the Singer → Orpheus and Eurydice, the Last Glance
- In Elena, Huntress of Artemis's deck
- In Kassandra, Daughter of the Oracle's deck
- In Theron, Priest of the Underworld's deck
- In Aristeia, Champion of Olympus'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
- Orpheus (World History Encyclopedia) — Mark Cartwright
- Metamorphoses, Book 10 — Ovid (trans. Brookes More), Theoi Classical Texts Library