Greek · No. 106

Perseus's Mirrored Shield

Real myth

Perseus's Mirrored Shield
The blow returns like a reflection.
Rarity
Common
Category
Trap
Effect
Reflects the attack damage back to your opponent.

The myth

To face Medusa without being turned to stone, Perseus relied on a shield of polished bronze. Apollodorus tells that Athena guided the hero's hand while he turned his face away and looked at the Gorgon's image reflected in the bronze shield. Ovid likewise says Perseus saw Medusa's form reflected in the bronze of the shield on his left arm and beheaded her while she and her snakes slept. The shield turned the Gorgon's power against herself: the killing gaze could only be faced indirectly.

Why it has this power

A Common trap that reflects battle damage: the battle still happens, but the damage you would take goes back to the attacker's breath. Like Perseus's shield, it does not block the blow, it returns its image. It punishes those who attack with a monster much stronger than yours.

Did you know

Perseus's shield was not a glass mirror, which the Greeks did not have, but bronze polished until it shone.

Connections

  • In Nikos the Young Hoplite's deck
  • In Kassandra, Daughter of the Oracle's deck
  • In Damon, Trireme Captain'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

  1. PERSEUS - Argive Hero & King of Greek Mythology — Aaron J. Atsma, Theoi Project
  2. The Library, Book 2 — Pseudo-Apollodorus (trans. J. G. Frazer), Theoi Classical Texts Library
  3. Metamorphoses, Book 4 — Ovid (trans. Brookes More), Theoi Classical Texts Library