Theros Beyond Death/Trivia

Cards throughout Theros Beyond Death heavily reference Greek mythology. There are also some throwbacks to the art and flavor Theros block.

Greek mythology

 * The Akroan War is the equivalent of the ancient Greek Trojan War.
 * Alirios, Enraptured is a reference to Narcissus.
 * Allure of the Unknown is a gender-flipped version of Pandora's box, with the name Pantor bearing similarities to Pandora.
 * Athreos, Shroud-Veiled uses coin counters, thematically representing the Ancient Greek practice of placing coins in with the deceased for payment to be carried to the afterlife.
 * Atris, Oracle of Half-Truths, is likely a perversion of the oracle at Delphi.
 * The Binding of the Titans mirrors a similar event in Greek mythology, when the Olympian gods imprisoned the older Titans in Tartarus at the conclusion of the Titanomachy.
 * The Birth of Meletis is a reference to the legendary birth of Athens founded by the goddess Athena.
 * Bronzehide Lion is a reference to the Nemean lion.
 * The Callapheia (found in flavor texts), recounting the adventures of Callaphe, is a take on the Odyssey.
 * Dalakos, Crafter of Wonders</c> is a reference to Daedalus.
 * The Entrancing Lyre</c> is a common attribute of the Greek god Apollo.
 * The First Iroan Games</c> is a reference to the Ancient Olympic Games.
 * The Fruit of Tizerus</c> references the Pomegranate, which was known as the "fruit of the dead" in ancient Greece.
 * The mono-colored gods are named with Homeric epithets.
 * Haktos the Unscarred</c> is a reference to Achilles.
 * Heliod's Punishment</c> alludes to Hyperion's imprisonment in Tartarus, as well as Atlas securing the heavens and Sisyphus carrying a rock for all eternity.
 * Ilysia (Ilysian Caryatid</c>) mirrors Elysium or the Elysian Fields, the abode of the blessed in the lower world.
 * Impending Doom</c> is a reference to the Sword of Damocles
 * Klothys, God of Destiny, is a take on Clotho, one of the Greek Fates.
 * The art of Klothys's Design</c> references the story of Orpheus and Eurydice.
 * Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger</c> is similar to the titan Cronus who devoured all his children.
 * Kunoros, Hound of Athreos</c> is a take on Cerberus, guardian of the Underworld. Mechanically, it prevents creatures from escaping the graveyard, nor players from casting spells from it, which mirrors the myth.
 * The Labyrinth of Skophos</c> is a play on the Labyrinth of Knossos.
 * The Skophos Maze-Warden</c> references the Minotaur in that labyrinth, the monster eventually killed by the hero Theseus.
 * The Mirror Shield</c> references the story of Perseus and the gorgon Medusa.
 * The Nessian Boar</c> is a reference to the Calydonian Boar.
 * The Ox of Agonas</c> is a reference to the Cretan Bull.
 * Phylias (<c>Dreadful Apathy</c>) mirrors the Asphodel Meadows, a place for ordinary or indifferent souls who did not commit any significant crimes.
 * <c>Renata, Called to the Hunt</c> is a take on on the virgin huntress Atalanta.
 * Mount, where the forge of Purphoros burns, is similar to Greek accounts of Mount Etna.
 * <c>Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath</c>'s name recalls Uranus, father of the titans.
 * <c>Voracious Typhon</c> references Typhon, a monstrous serpentine giant and one of the deadliest creatures in Greek mythology.
 * <c>Wings of Hubris</c> is an allusion to Icarus
 * The ability of the <c>Woe Strider</c> to scry after sacrificing a goat is reminiscent to the ancient Greek practice of haruspicy.

Throwbacks

 * <c>Daxos, Blessed by the Sun</c> wears the mask of <c>Daxos the Returned</c> on his arm
 * <c>Grasping Giant</c> is a <c>Hundred-Handed One</c>
 * <c>Rumbling Sentry</c> is an updated and improved <c>Silent Artisan</c>
 * The flavor text of references.
 * The art of <c>Taranika, Akroan Veteran</c> features the statue of Gideon Jura in the background. She creates an indestructible creature with base power and toughness 4/4, like <c>Gideon Blackblade</c>.
 * <c>Kiora Bests the Sea God</c> references the fight between Kiora and Thassa, with the summoning of krakens and the theft of the <c>Bident of Thassa</c>.
 * The two printed titans have the "titan trigger" from M11.
 * <c>Dalakos, Crafter of Wonders</c> grants flying and haste to the Icarus analogue in <c>Impetuous Sunchaser</c>.
 * <c>Thundering Chariot</c> sums the casting and equip costs of <c>Chariot of Victory</c> and has all its granted abilities as a 3/3 Vehicle.
 * <c>Bronzehide Lion</c> is similar to bestow but with a death trigger.
 * depicts the end of the <c>Spear of Heliod</c> and mentions it in its' flavour text.
 * <c>Shadowspear</c> seems to have a corrupted visual design of <c>Spear of Heliod</c>. Linked to the storyline, it makes it full of meanings.
 * The eight extant Theros gods without a card in the set are all referred to at least once in flavor text or card titles.

Miscellaneous

 * The name Tycthis in flavour text of <c>Ichthyomorphosis</c> is a sort of anagram of the name card and the "flop" is a pun on the sound of something anticlimactically hitting the ground (such as a fish falling or trying to move after being transformed from an imposing human soldier). Some people add that "Tycthis" can be understood as "Did You See This?" (T-Y-C-this).
 * <c>Captivating Unicorn</c> is the fourth monowhite common creature ever to have more than three power, coming 9 years after New Phyrexia's <c>Loxodon Convert</c>, an explicit color pie bend; the other two were Lorwyn's <c>Lairwatch Giant</c> (needing a larger size for / Giant tribal design) and Shards of Alara's <c>Yoked Plowbeast</c> (to assist with 5-power matters). <c>Makindi Ox</c> and <c>Master Skald</c> seeing print over next Standard cycle shows a more permanent change in philosophy.