Ghoul
Ghoul noun - An evil spirit.
Usage example: in Arabic folklore, ghouls could change their shapes but had one unchanging feature: donkey's hooves for feet
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Wraith and ghoul are semantically related in phantom topic. In some cases you can use "Wraith" instead a noun "Ghoul".
Nearby Word: ghoulish
Wraith
Wraith noun - The soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people.
Usage example: the people who once lived here believed that their world was populated by wraiths and witches
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- Not Using the "Z" Word: While the Wendigo are mentioned to have many colloquial names (Ghoul, Wraith, Vampire, Goblin), Zombie is not one of them.
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Tolkien constructed the Elvish languages in a way that makes it look like old human languages have elvish loanwords in them: hence gûl becomes Arabic ghul (wraith, ghoul), and gul becomes Persian gul (sorcerer, illusion, from which English gull as in gullible).
Source: Our Ghouls Are Creepier -
Your first fight can be ended with Wraith (which can be missed since the Ghoul card can be missed if you progress too much), Sandworm's Sandstorm or the Lizardman combo since it doesn't flinch from an attack, just like a Petrified target.
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