Deck-Build Pack: Glorious Victors
Set Information
Official tagline
"Claim victory against the pull of destiny, and fling open the door to glory!"
Theme Taglines
Senet
When the realms of the living and the dead intersect, the game/journey to decide the new King shall commence!
Raise Moon
The night sky is meant to be colored with luck/the Moon and the stars——.
Xenolyzer△
The Gate of the Empty Void lies unsealed—that which comes from the otherworld is spoken of as "Hell".
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The Revelator of Senet - Nefertari
Etymology and trivia
Senet (Ancient Egyptian for "passing") is a board game from ancient Egypt that consists of ten or more pawns on a 30-square playing board. The game reflected the concept of the ka (vital essence of the soul) passing through the Duat (underworld), represented in the game by the spaces connecting the individual to different stages of their lives.
The overall visual design of this theme is a reference to the World Championship prize card Ulevo.
Nefertari was an Egyptian queen and the first of the Great Royal Wives (or principal wives) of Ramesses the Great.
The Revelator of Senet - Amenhotep
Etymology and trivia
Amenhotep is based on Amenhotep III—the ninth pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty, known for ushering in a period of peaceful prosperity and devoting himself to expanding diplomatic contacts and to extensive building in Egypt and Nubia.
Senetnakht Sphinx
Etymology and trivia
Senetnakht is a portmanteau of senet and Setnakht (or Setnakhte)—the first pharaoh (1188 BC–1185 BC) of the Twentieth Dynasty of the New Kingdom of Egypt and the father of Ramesses III.
In terms of visual design, the monster itself is based on Anubis—the ancient Egyptian god of funerary rites, mummification, and the protection and guidance of souls in the afterlife, typically depicted as a black jackal or a man with a jackal's head.
Tausenet Wadjet
Etymology and trivia
Tausenet is likely a portmanteau of senet and Tausret—the last known ruler and the final pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt.
Wadjet is the ancient Egyptian goddess of protection, fertility, and Lower Egypt, often depicted as a cobra and associated with royal authority.
Pere-Senet Em Heru
/The Rite of Long-Buried Souls Returning to the Light
Etymology and trivia
Pere-Senet Em Heru is a portmanteau of senet and peret em heru or prt m hrw ("coming forth by day")—part of the original Egyptian name of the Book of the Dead: Spells Coming Forth by Day. The spells within the texts were intended to assist a dead person's journey through the Duat, or underworld, and into the afterlife.
Senet Per Akh
/A Pledge to Those Returning to the Light
Etymology and trivia
Per Akh (pronounced as "PAIR AWK") can be taken to mean House of the Dead in Ancient Egyptian—a contrast to Per Ankh (meaning House of Life).
The Akh in ancient Egypt represented the transformed, effective spirit of the deceased, enabling interaction with both the living and divine realms.
Am-Duasenet
/The Rite of Souls Returned to the Vessel of Light
Etymology and trivia
Am-Duasenet is a portmanteau of senet and Amduat (lit. "That Which Is in the Afterworld")—an important ancient Egyptian funerary text, telling the story of Ra, the Egyptian sun god who makes a daily journey through the underworld, from the time when the sun sets in the west until it rises again in the east. This is associated with imagery of continual death and rebirth, as the sun 'dies' when it sets, and through the trials of rebirth in the underworld, it is once again 'reborn' at the beginning of a new day.
Cielo, the Veil of Raise Moon
Etymology and trivia
Raise Moon is a play on the fact the Japanese words for the Moon and "luck" are homophones (both pronounced as tsuki). To raise means to increase the stake in a betting game.
The overall visual design of this theme being casino-themed is a reference to the World Championship prize card Granpolis, the Eternal Golden City.
Cielo is Spanish for "sky" or "heaven."
Squeeze, the Opener of Raise Moon
Etymology and trivia
A squeeze could refer to a tactic in gambling card games that forces an opponent to discard an important card.
The kanji used for opener (hajime) literally means new moon—but it uses a forced reading that makes it sound like the Japanese word for "start" or "beginning."
Cielo, the Night Sky of Raise Moon - No More Bets
Etymology and trivia
No More Bets is a commonly used phrase in casinos to signal the end of the betting phase in games like roulette.
The kanji used for Night Sky (Yozora) is simply the kanji for sky—but is given a forced reading to make it sound like the Japanese word for "night sky."
Xenolyzer△ of the Nil - Gehenna
Etymology and trivia
Xenolyzer△ (Ikai△) is a pun on the Japanese term for another world/other world (also pronounced as ikai)—but with the kanji for kai instead being the kanji meaning "to unravel" or "to solve." Together with the triangle symbol (which could be read as san/sankaku), it is possibly a play on the Japanese word kaisan (meaning "to dissolve" or "to break up"). Alternatively, it could also be a pun on kaihō (Japanese for "release" or "unleashing"), which uses the same kanji for kai.
Xenolyzer is translated as such because xeno- is a prefix meaning "foreign" or "stranger," while -lyze is a suffix meaning "to produce or undergo lytic disintegration or dissolution."
The visual design of this theme is inspired by the World Championship prize card Shelga, He Who Comes from the Otherworld.
Gehenna is another term for hell in Judaism and the New Testament—a Biblical toponym often spoken of as a place of divine punishment.
The Skythunder Xenolyzer△ - Yomi
Etymology and trivia
Yomi is the Japanese word for the land of the dead in Shinto mythology.
Skythunder (Tentei) is a pun on the Japanese word tentei (lit. "Heavenly Sovereign"), which is used to refer to Indra—the Vedic god of weather, considered the king of the devas and the realm of Svarga in Hinduism, oftentimes associated with storms and lightning.
The Highest Funeral's Xenolyzer△ - Velheim
Etymology and trivia
Velheim is a twist on Helheim—the lowest of the Nine Realms in Norse mythology, ruled by Hel, the queen of the dead.
Highest Funeral (Sourei) is a pun on a Japanese word meaning "funeral" (also pronounced as sōrei)—but with the last kanji instead being the rei meaning "peak" or "zenith." This is a likely reference to Ragnarök, a great battle meant to bring about the deaths of many of the gods in Norse mythology.
The Madstorm Xenolyzer△ - Ploutonion
Etymology and trivia
A ploutonion is a sanctuary specially dedicated to the ancient Greek god Plouton (i.e. Hades), the ruler of the Greek underworld.
Madstorm (Kyouran) is a pun on the Japanese word for "frenzy" (also pronounced as kyōran)—but with the last kanji instead being the ran meaning "storm."