# H02 — The Helm of Darkness

Revision: `clash-support-v2.1-20260925`

Source: `cards/clash-custom-v2.1.yaml`

Source SHA-256: `e514004db800b920bfccbc24ca64e8b21f2ae0d2f7886e51832784570c60d24c`

Built-in imagegen; one edit call. V1 assets unchanged.

## Immutable card specification

```json
{
  "id": "H02",
  "name": "The Helm of Darkness",
  "mana_cost": "{1}{W}{B}",
  "colors": [
    "W",
    "B"
  ],
  "type_line": "Legendary Artifact — Equipment",
  "rules_text": "Flash\nWhen The Helm of Darkness enters, attach it to up to one target creature you control. Then that creature phases out.\nEquipped creature has menace and ward {2}.\nEquip {2}",
  "power": null,
  "toughness": null,
  "rarity": "rare",
  "replaces": "Teferi's Protection",
  "primary_role": "answer",
  "signature": false,
  "myth_source": "https://www.theoi.com/Khthonios/HaidesTreasures.html",
  "myth_connection": "Apollodorus describes the Cyclopes giving Hades a helmet, and the collected ancient accounts describe its invisibility. Phasing briefly conceals a creature without resetting its identity or finality counter; menace and ward represent the difficult-to-perceive wearer.",
  "narrative_beat": "Conceal a vulnerable returned guest for one dangerous passage.",
  "design_note": "The Equipment attaches during the same resolving trigger before its wearer phases out. Under CR 702.26g, the attached Helm phases out indirectly, then phases in attached when its wearer returns. Finality counters remain; no enter or death ability triggers. With no creature, choose zero targets and keep the Helm for a later equip.",
  "signature_demo": null,
  "counterplay": "Counter the enter trigger or remove its chosen target in response. Removing the Helm before its trigger resolves prevents attachment but does not prevent the legal target from phasing out. Equip is still a sorcery-speed action; this is not a repeatable phasing activation.",
  "art_brief": "A dark Greek helmet held just above a warrior's head, with the face beneath fading from sight. Close framing, empty smoky background.",
  "tokens": []
}
```

## References

- Image 1: approved edit target, `/Users/dthurn/clash/output/cards/custom/hades/H02-the-helm-of-darkness.png`; inspected before built-in generation. Artwork and unchanged frame/data retained.
- Image 2: frame/layout only, `/Users/dthurn/clash/output/cards/custom-v2.1/batch-d/refs/drach-nyen-40k.png`. Drach'Nyen, 40K 117 standard printing. Silver artifact rails, gold bars and legendary crown adapted from BR to WB; Universes Beyond triangle not copied.

Additional actual frame printings inspected for verification (not submitted in the text-only edit except Drach'Nyen above):
- Drach'Nyen, 40K 117; https://scryfall.com/card/40k/117/drachnyen?utm_source=api; local `/Users/dthurn/clash/output/cards/custom-v2.1/batch-d/refs/drach-nyen-40k.png`.

## Actual prompt

```text
Use case: product-mockup / text-localization.
Create a revised full Magic card for Clash, flat upright approximately5:7 portrait, entire black border visible.
Image1 is APPROVED EDIT TARGET for artwork and card. Preserve its excellent helmet painting, fading warrior, crop, name/cost/type and footer; update rules and frame as specified.
Image2 is FRAME GEOMETRY reference only: Drach'Nyen's modern legendary multicolor ARTIFACT Equipment frame. Replace image1's gold glitter outer rails with Drach'Nyen's cool SILVER metallic artifact rails. Preserve GOLD name/type bars. Crown/inner trim white on left and black on right, replacing Drach'Nyen's black/red. No red. No Nyx, stars or glitter. No P/T. Use Clash small oval stamp, NOT Drach'Nyen triangular Universes Beyond stamp. Do not copy its art/text/credits.
Exact immutable card data:
Name: The Helm of Darkness
Mana cost: {1}{W}{B} exactly three circular glyphs, neutral1, white sun, black skull.
Type: Legendary Artifact — Equipment
Rules, with paragraph breaks:
Flash

When The Helm of Darkness enters, attach it to up to one target creature you control. Then that creature phases out.

Equipped creature has menace and ward {2}.

Equip {2}
Render {2} as normal inline generic2 mana symbol. No braces.
Rare: small muted GOLD lightning bolt at right of typebar. No amber/orange rarity.
Footer H02 and CLASH • CUSTOM • PLAYTEST.
Keep title clear of mana. Type line full and clear of set mark. Fit exact rules in pale quiet rules panel with Plantin-style serif, upright text. No flavor or added reminders. Do not alter the artwork, enlarge crown, introduce a power/toughness badge, or copy reference card words.
```

## Observed visual QA

Passed exact name, 1WB, Legendary Artifact — Equipment, Flash, attaches to up to one target creature you control THEN that creature phases out, menace and ward 2, Equip 2. No P/T or reminder. Silver metallic outer rails now follow a real multicolor artifact printing; gold bars and WB integrated crown retained. Quiet helmet and fading face art preserved. Rare bolt is warm gold, distinct from red-orange mythics. All text clear; H02 and custom footer correct.

Dimensions: 1061 × 1482 pixels.

Image SHA-256: `4ab6363c296ecfa0ec2f160c2384f0042b72b5b4450d7cb5ceec1ad9b376ee05`