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Originally Posted by TheRaizin

Probably a by-product of the toy's naming scheme to differentiate Calibur as "an evil rider" to Saber for product advertising. Somewhat the same case with the Sting Scorpion key making a rather threatening "Poison!" when activated.

I mean there's also Brave Dragon that the book clearly states itself "A God Beast that would destroy everything."

I would argue, however, that poison is morally neutral; it only has a bad reputation due its usage but it can also be used for 'good' purposes such as rat or weed extermination. And as for Brave Dragon, I would argue that 'the power to destroy everything' is just there to state that Brave Dragon is ridiculously strong, whether used for good or evil.

Literally blurting out that your book is evil, however, is a completely different matter.

And as for toy purposes, I would argue that previous villain Riders didn't necessarily have 'evil' on their collectibles (e.g. 'Lemon Energy Lockseed', 'Lupin Gunner', 'Kamen Rider Chronicle', 'Cobra Evolbottle', etc.) so it's not really necessary to differentiate Calibur as an 'evil Rider'. I mean, it certainly helped but wasn't necessary; a mere aesthetic thing.

Basically my main gripe is that having a 'heroic Rider' with 'evil' literally slapped across their henshin trinket is super sketchy (note: I'm not dissing the sword, I'm dissing the book). I guess that's why they made Kento go back to being Espada. SoL really is a crazy organisation.