Magic Designer Wants to Resurrect a Forgotten Card That Tells a Perfect Miniature Horror Story

Polygon reports on a Magic: The Gathering designer looking to resurrect Vengeful Pharaoh, a card from twenty twelve that told an entire mummy horror story through its mechanics. The card depicts a complete narrative arc: an archaeologist enters an ancient tomb, dodges traps and ignores warnings, the sarcophagus is disturbed, and the mummy rises to claim victims and curse survivors. All that story fit on one card, yet it has been largely forgotten for over fifteen years.

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