[ART1] Card Game Art Works: Labrynth

If you fall in love, dig two holes

TL note: If you would like to know more about the Labrynth lore, you can check our VBEX3 article.

Lovely Labrynth of the Silver Castle
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TL note: We have previously translated most notes from a Twitter post. Below is the illustrator’s comment:

“For some reason, I like women with an unhealthy look in their face. She works really hard. The request was for ‘a white female demon that rules over a castle’, and I racked my brains over the design of her wings. At first, their design was somewhat more rigid. When I decided to make them more lace-like and transparent, I thought ‘I must be a genius…’. I’m of the mind that ‘her having an emotional link towards knight-chan is absolutely the way to go! How exciting!’, but I wonder when are we going to get a knight-chan card, or some info. I’m patiently waiting for it.”

Ariane the Labrynth Servant & Arianna the Labrynth Servant
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Clothes:

“Somewhat translucent”

Spell card appearance:

“Front -> back
Amount of shading [pyramid]
While coloring, the parts are split from front to back, then unified to create a somewhat 3D look”

Keys:

“Spins”, *woosh*

Cracks:

“The cracks are quite visible”

Tea:

“Shall we get some tea?”

Illustrator’s comment:

“Because the outfit of the princess was probably going to be entirely white, I added some unique accent colors to them. I proposed that for the Spell/Trap Cards they would appear in chibi versions, and fortunately, that proposal got accepted. These kind of playful ideas for illustrations tend to arrive at the very last minute.”

Labrynth Archfiend & Chandraglier
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Wing of its left shoulder:

Appearance while pretending to be furniture:

Candles:

“Upper [level]: 6 candles, lower [level]: 8 candles”

Head:

Right: “Pointlessly proud”
Left: “Crown-like decoration”
Chandraglier: “*Peeking sound…*”

Base:

Left: “Claw-like sharp decorations”
Right: “The same shape as Labrynth’s weapon, quite sharp, can stab”

Decorations:

Top: “Dragon wings on its lower body”
Bottom: “Candles featuring the emblem, quite expensive”

Attack:

“Waits for an enemy to pass right below it.
Once they do, it spills wax on them, or drops itself, trying to scare them.
(Fails most of the time)”

Labrynth Stovie Torbie & Labrynth Cooclock
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Torbie notes:

Top: “Hurls hot firewood with its tail”
Middle: “Chibi appearance”
Bottom: “Tongue-like fire”

*Peeking sound*:

Eyes:

Labrynth Labyrinth
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Barrier:

“Barrier device
You cannot enter the castle until you break it!”

Entrances:

Top: “A front entrance that extends into an endless set of stairs”
Bottom: “There’s countless dummy entrances!”

Dungeon:

“Connected to an underground treasure dungeon!”

Stairs:

“Not an easy feat to climb!
They are not connected to the top
(Maybe you can go through if the master allows it?)”

Labrynth’s room:

“A room with a balcony for VIPs, where Labrynth usually is”

Garden:

“Open garden
Looks like the stage for a final battle”

Basement:

“Basement
Connected to Labrynth’s room”

Arias the Labrynth Butler
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Description:

“-Steward
-Creates creatures from a tea set
-Very long arms and legs
-Likes dogs”

TL note: The first point uses the word karei (家令), which means steward/butler, but is a different word from the one in Arias’ name, shitsuji (執事).

Fangs!!

Hair:

Right: “Ultra soft hair”
Left: “I wonder why she didn’t make everything out of stone…what a hassle…”

Quiet & solemn:

Mysterious character:

*Menacing noises*
Mysterious character: “I see that the rooftop is covered in petals…I wonder who could have possibly done that? Well? I wonder why did this person make a mess out of the garden that I’ve been taking care of?”
Arias, Arianna, Princess: “Huh?”
Ariane: “Kya ❤”

TL note: While Ariane and Arianna speak in a casual tone (with Ariane being much more energetic), this mysterious character speaks in a much more formal tone.

Thanks to our anonymous contributors for the scans.