Enter A New Age of Calamities With New “Raika”! [INFO]

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INFO-JP 蕾禍ノ姫邪眼 Raika no Himejanome
Level 4 EARTH Insect Effect Monster
ATK 1800
You can only use the (1)st and (2)nd effects of this card’s name each once per turn.
(1) You can discard this card; Special Summon 1 Insect, Plant, or Reptile monster from your hand.
(2) If this card is banished from the hand or GY: You can activate this effect; during the End Phase of this turn, draw cards equal to the number of different Types among Insect, Plant, and Reptile monsters you control.

Note: The Kanji (姫邪眼) reads as Princess Evil Eye, while Janome (蛇の目) refers to a bull’s eye pattern (often on an umbrella), and a bull’s eye resembles an eye.

Also it might be referencing the Antheraea Yamamai, known in Japan as the Himeyamamayu. i.e. The Japanese Oak Silk Moth.

INFO-JP048 蕾禍ノ玄神憑月 Raika no Kurokamitsuki
LINK-3 WATER Reptile Link Effect Monster
ATK 2600
Links: Left; Right; Bottom
2+ Insect, Plant, and/or Reptile monsters
You can only use the 1st and 2nd effects of this card’s name each once per turn.
(1) You can banish up to 2 monsters from your GY, then target the same number of Spells/Traps your opponent controls; destroy them.
(2) If this card is in your GY: You can target 1 Insect, Plant, or Reptile monster you control; place it on the bottom of the Deck, and if you do, Special Summon this card, also you cannot Special Summon for the rest of this turn, except Insect, Plant, and Reptile monsters.

Note: The Kanji (玄神憑月) reads as Mysterious Divinely Possessed Moon. The mysterious (玄) is also used in the Kanji for Genbu the Saint Beast of the North, a combined turtle and snake.

Kamitsukigame means “Snapping Turtle”. Also the first Kanji is used as a radical in 弦月 Gengetsu, i.e. Crescent Moon.

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