Theros Beyond Death/Trivia

Theros Beyond Death/Trivia

 

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Cards throughout Theros Beyond Death heavily reference Greek mythology. There are also some throwbacks to the art and flavor Theros block.

Greek mythology

• The Akroan War is the equivalent of the ancient Greek Trojan War.
• Alirios, Enraptured is a reference to Narcissus.
• Athreos, Shroud-Veiled uses coin counters, thematically representing the Ancient Greek practice of placing coins in with the deceased for payment to be carried to the afterlife.
• Allure of the Unknown is a gender flipped version of Pandora's box, with the name Pantor bearing similarities to Pandora.
• The Binding of the Titans mirrors a similar event in Greek mythology, when the Olympian gods imprisoned the older Titans in Tartarus at the conclusion of the Titanomachy.
• The Callapheia (Nyxborn Seaguard), recounting the adventures of Callaphe the Mariner, is a take on the Odyssey.
• Dalakos, Crafter of Wonders is a reference to Daedalus.
• The Fruit of Tizerus references the Pomegranate, which was known as the "fruit of the dead" in ancient Greece.
• The mono-colored gods are named with Homeric epithets.
• Ilysia (Ilysian Caryatid) mirrors Elysium or the Elysian Fields, the abode of the blessed in the lower world.
• Klothys, God of Destiny, (Furious Rise) is a barely concealed take on Clotho, one of the Greek Fates.
• Kunoros, Hound of Athreos is a take on Cerberus, guardian of the Underworld. Mechanically, it prevents creatures from escaping the graveyard, nor players from casting spells from it, which mirrors the myth.
• The Labyrinth of Skophos is a play on the Labyrinth of Knossos that held the Minotaur, the monster eventually killed by the hero Theseus.
• Mount Velus, where the forge of Purphoros burns, is similar to Greek accounts of Mount Etna.
• Phylias (Dreadful Apathy) mirrors the Asphodel Meadows, a place for ordinary or indifferent souls who did not commit any significant crimes.

Throwbacks

• Daxos, Blessed by the Sun wears the mask of Daxos the Returned on his arm
• Grasping Giant is a Hundred-Handed One
• The flavor text of Revoke Existence (Theros Beyond Death) references Revoke Existence (Born of the Gods).