Eye of Judgment Lore

Did you know there is a back story to how the Eye of Judgment universe was started?

The EoJ universe is created when “it” bursts. What “it” is, we will never be sure but it kind of sounds like the “Big Bang” theory. After that, the world was born and the “source of all beings” placed life all over to fill up the newly created world. These diverse creatures gave the “source of all beings” the name “Supreme Being” and it stuck. “Supreme Being” grew attached to the name and sent down a son of his, Jeuno, to watch over the creatures in the world. Jeuno built a tower (Jeuno Tower) out of materials he found in the woods and everything was working out just fine.

That is until life forms conquered the lands and looked to the sky. Bioliths were constructed to fight the Supreme Being and Jeuno. Jeuno wasn’t too happy that people turned against him so he rusted all the Bioliths, with a song, and turned them into dust. One of the humans, Scion, who lead an army of Bioliths ran after seeing his army turn to dust. He eventually jumped into a volcano and burned to death.

After a crushing defeat, the world was an uneasy place to life. This is where the four sages come into being. Born of the Jeuno Tower, Deehs, Toritona, Val na Vos and Til Vorg spread out over four continents, each carrying a symbol of an element. Deehs had fire, Toritona had a water jug, Val na Vos carried a stone on his back and Til Vorg chewed a piece of grass. They established the 4 kingdoms, which were peaceful. After some time, life was getting back in order, people were following the sage’s rules and there was abundance so the sages traveled back to Jeuno Tower after making things right.

Unfortunately, humans have a short memory and they started to mess it all up again. After a number of wars and bloodshed, doing the opposite of what the sages wanted, a Biolith castle appeared from the sky and all of a sudden the once destroyed Bioliths were alive again. It couldn’t have come at a worse time because not only were the kingdoms fighting each other, they had to now fight the re-emergence of the Bioliths. Some kingdoms were crushed by the Biolith, others submitted to their might. The wood continent sent Cape Edgeworth, a wizard, to journey to the Jeuno Tower in hopes that he could defeat the Biolith scourge and bring back the sages.

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There is a lot of room for expansion with the story, I’m sure that was intentional as more series of cards release. The holes in the story thus far seem like a great place to expand the universe into different paths.

3D CyberCode, EoJ’s Younger Brother

The year was 1996 and The English Patient was winning awards left and right at the Oscars and computers like the one to the left were considered high-power gaming rigs (don’t hurt your hand on the sharp edges on the mouse). However, seeds of the Eye of Judgment were already in the works.

The scanner worked like this – have a flat image of squares that make up a code, this code is read by a camera and both of the information is transfered to a computer. The computer combines the information to make a 3D image appear off the paper looking through the monitor. At the time, the technology must have seemed like something off Star Trek: The Next Generation.

Funny how technology can rest dormant for 11 years before coming to the mass market. They show off a few simple structures but nothing as complex as a giant Biolith. In fact, it’s almost humorous to see the Budwiser can with such a low polygon count. There is a name of this type of 3D modeling, it’s called Augmented Reality, for those at home keeping score. For your enjoyment, the footage of the demo can be seen right here-

New Players Guide

New to Eye of Judgment and are overwhelmed by the gameplay? Our very own SonicKaos has typed up the best guide for newbies getting their feet wet with the starter deck.

It will give you the low-down on what the stats mean, what cards have what stats, how to effectively use cards, and how rare a card is. You cannot afford to miss out on this guide as it includes some awesome information.

EoJ Pros might even find a nugget or two and get a peek at how you can use cards in ways you might not even have thought of.

• Click here to head to read the new players guide

Phantom Cards

Apparently, there are some mysterious cards popping up in booster packs called Phantoms. They have no text, no explanation and nothing marking their status as a Phantom. You have to scan them in with the Eye and see what they summon. Users have reported these summons materialize the “Betrayer” class, which you can only have one of in your deck.

As of right now, there is only one Phantom for each element (Biolith, Wood, Earth, Fire, Water) and they are extremely rare to find. Going off some descriptions of what abilities these guys have, you don’t want to mess with them for long. Due to the rare nature, we don’t have any Phantoms from our own decks to talk about but like everyone else, the search is on like a Wonka golden ticket.