Dual Aura Pages

Black Helicopter & Green Thing

**Dual Aura Pages**, sometimes referred to as a Dual Type Pages, are Beastie Pages that have two distinct, non-Neutral Aura Types.

## Description

Dual Aura Pages were introduced in the Seance set, though there were early prototypes shown in the Sample Cards set. They are distinguished by having an Aura Cost of two different, non-Neutral Aura Types, a Page border that is split vertically down the middle into the two different colours of the Aura Cost’s respective Aura Types, and a Trait/Terra Bonus bookmark banner on the left that is an amalgamation of both Aura Types’ bookmark banners.

Per the Rulebook, Pages that have a Neutral Aura Cost and a non-Neutral Aura Cost are not considered to be Dual Aura Pages - there must be two different non-Neutral Aura Costs for a Page to be considered a Dual Aura Page. As of Native, only Beastie Pages have appeared as Dual Aura Pages.

### Official Order of Dual Aura Pages’ Aura Types

Though it does not affect gameplay, for the purposes of correctly writing a Page’s details or identifying the ‘base’ Aura Type of a promo or rare card, a Dual Aura Page’s ‘base’, or ‘first’ Aura Type can be identified by the following factors;

* **The placement of non-Gold rarity Dual Aura Pages within the set;** despite having the same Aura Types, we can tell that Black Helicopter, a Silver Cosmic/Dark Beastie (pictured above), is a Cosmic Page first, and a Dark Page second, due to being grouped with the other Cosmic Pages in the Seance set, while Green Thing, a Bronze Dark/Cosmic Beastie (also above), is a Dark Page first and a Cosmic Page second due to being placed with the Dark Pages instead.
* **The order of the Aura Types in the Aura Cost;** similar to non-Dual Pages, the rightmost Aura Type listed next to the Life Points is the ‘first’ Aura Type despite being listed second, while the leftmost Aura Cost takes the place of a Neutral Aura payment, and can be considered the the ‘second’ Aura Type, despite appearing first in a left-to-right reading order.
* **The order of the Page border split;** in a reverse of the Aura Cost order, the ‘first’ Aura Type’s border is used for the first (left) half of the Page, the side which features the set icon, the rarity, the Traits, and the Terra Bonuses, while the ‘second’ Aura Type’s border is used on the right half of the Page’s design, the side with the Life Points and Aura Cost.
* **The design of the Page’s bookmark banner;** the bookmark-themed banner down the left side of the Page, which displays the set’s icon, the Page’s rarity, and any Traits or Terra Bonuses the Beastie may have, utilizes the physical shape, distinguishing features, and Aura symbol of the ‘first’ Aura Type’s design from that set, but is coloured in a unique way that is more associated with the ‘second’ Aura Type. In the example above, Black Helicopter, a Cosmic/Dark Page, uses Seance’s base Cosmic Page design, but coloured red like Dark’s secondary colour, while Green Thing, a Dark/Cosmic Page, uses Seance’s base Dark Page design, but colours it lime green, from Cosmic’s primarily colour.

## List of Dual Aura Combinations

The following is a list of the different Dual Aura combinations that are possible, and the ones that have actually seen Pages released for them so far. It is current as of the Native set, with the Aura Types in the rows and column headings written in alphabetical order.

## History

Prior to the release of MetaZoo Games’ inaugural core set, Cryptid Nation, the Sample Cards set showcased several early prototypes of Dual Aura Beasties, with Pages such as Babe the Blue Ox having an Aura Cost requirement of 5 Frost Aura and 1 Forest Aura. This was also the earliest example of a Beastie’s ‘base’ Aura Type (see above) being determined by the Aura Cost closest to the Life Point total, as Babe the Blue Ox’s Page border and left bookmark banner were all styled like the Frost Pages despite having two different Aura Types.

Following the beginning of MetaZoo’s official releases, the first hint of Dual Aura Pages appeared in their second core set, Nightfall, with the introduction of Artifact Essence Pages. These Artifacts only had one Aura Type for both their Aura Cost of 0 and the Page border they used, but their Effect stated that you could Fatigue them at any time to generate 1 Aura each of two different Aura Types, such as Obsidian Obelisk, a Dark Page, which generated 1 Dark Aura and 1 Earth Aura upon Fatiguing.

Artifact Essences appeared in the three subsequence sets after Nightfall; Wilderness, UFO, and Seance, but did not appear in Native due to the addition of Fusion Aura Pages.

## References

Rulebook. *MetaZoo Games*.
MetaZoo Card Set Lists. *MetaZoo HQ*. Accessed in 2023.
Obsidian Obelisk (Nightfall). *MetaZoo Games*.