Urim and Thummim are believed to have been a method of divination in ancient Hebrew. The set(s) of stones were thought to be stored in a high priest's breastplate. When used, the stones were put into a bag or box, while the diviner asked a question of them - as well as two possible outcomes (if A, give urim; if B, give thummim).

Card Text Tournament Promo Status of Set 8 History in Brief Ancient Hebrew Divination Trivia Links

Card Text

(9) Urim and Thummim

Tribes of Israel • Special • Item

Foretelling: Once each game, after any player makes a roll that is not an attack or defense roll, you may set each die of the roll to any value.

"Saul said, 'If the guilt is in me or my son Jonathan, O Lord God of Israel, give Urim; but if this guilt is in your people Israel, give Thummim'" –1 Samuel 14:41.

Illus.: Stephanie Ruehl • Set 8 • P66/100

Tournament Promo

Urim and Thummim was the tournament organizer card in November of 2007.

Status of Set 8

Note: This card was never printed. The final version from the design team has been spoiled to players on the Anachronism forums. There's no telling whether or not this card will be printed, and if it were, that it'd have the same text as the spoiled version.

Since it was never printed, the card was 'released' as a text spoiler, accompanied by player-created card proxies. Thus, the card and ability titles are still in English; the art, flavor text, and card number were created by players, to accompany the card text from the design team.

History in Brief

Ancient Hebrew Divination

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Trivia

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Links

• Urim and Thummim on Wikipedia