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The Cardboard Tube of Unusual Sharpness and Popularity

The Forge-King Gragnakas was inspired in his creation of this blade by an ancient tale of a warrior who, armed only with a bizarre tube, wandered the countryside fighting bandits and protecting villagers, no matter the risk to his own life. Wielded most prominently by P'km'n the Hungry, the tube is forged of the finest Muramite cardboard and, despite the lack of an edge, has the ability to slice through any substance. Even though it has no discernible handle, the wielder need never fear, for the blade will never cut its master. Its creator thought so highly of it that he inscribed it with a name of its own. The tube is Civilization.

The Tube is one of remarkably few items and one of only three named weapons from the Cycle that never appeared in the WEB-CCG (rumors of a single Tube card were investigated, and the card was discovered to be a forgery using Parchment Cylinder art.)

Despite apparent similarity in appearance The Parchment Cylinder and The Cardboard Tube of Unusual Sharpness and Popularity are assumed by most to be two different weapons due to the fact that both are in use at the same time in Book 12.

There is some speculation that The Parchment Cylinder was the inspiration for the Tube, but this is unknown. The Cardboard Tube is a separate but similar weapon, but evidence points towards the Cardboard Tube and The Parchment Cylinder actually being the same weapon.

(See also Cylinder and Tube Theories)