Though the title is Greek for "Mycenaean Armor," the flavor text refers to Agamemnon's brilliant armor. According to Homer, it was a gift from the king of Cyprus, and turned a deadly spear attack.

Card Text

(4) Mikinaikos Thorakas

Greek • Armor • Torso

Dipsa gia Ekdikisi: After you are hit by an attack with a damage bonus, the attacker becomes your rival until the end of your next turn.

Stirixi: Before you are dealt damage from an attack, you may discard this card. If you do, that attack and the next attack against you deal -1 damage, to a minimum of 1.

Given to Agamemnon as a gift, his cuirass had ten bands of dark enamel, twelve of gold, and twenty of tin. Dark blue serpents, three on either side, arched towards the neck.

Illus.: Jon Hodgson • Set 7 • 29/100

Warrior Pack

Mikinaikos Thorakas comes with the Agamemnon warrior pack.

History in Brief

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Trivia

• The only full surviving example of this type of armor is the Dendra Panoply, a 15-piece work in bronze that would've made it's wearer into a human tank.

Links

• Mikinaikos Thorakas in the Encyclopædia Anachronistica