Aztec · No. 006
Popocatépetl Volcano Dragon
Inspired by: A MYTHENOR creation inspired by Popocatépetl, the active volcano revered since pre-Hispanic times. The dragon is the game’s invention.
When the mountain smokes, that is him breathing.
- Rarity
- Common
- Category
- Monster
- ATK
- 1300
- DEF
- 1000
- Level
- 4
- Type
- Dragon
- Element
- Fire
- Constellations
- Sun · Crown
The myth
Popocatépetl means “smoking mountain” in Nahuatl. Together with its neighbor Iztaccíhuatl, it dominates the skyline of the Valley of Mexico. In Mesoamerican thought, great mountains were sacred beings, homes of the tlaloque who keep water and clouds; offerings were brought there to ask for rain. The devotion is still alive: communities in the region still climb its slopes with offerings for the volcano, which they affectionately call Don Goyo. The game imagines the mountain’s smoke as the breath of a sleeping dragon.
Why it has this power
A Level 4 Common with 1300 ATK and 1000 DEF: the heat of a still-young volcano in your deck. Fire is the lava; Sun and Crown recall the summit that touches the sky and reigns over the valley. It is a solid early attacker, with the highest ATK among this mythology’s Common dragons.
Did you know
The Mexica held that mountain water came from inside the mountains, so Popocatépetl was also seen as a source of rain, not only of fire.
Connections
- In Cuauhtli, Lake Hunter's deck
- In Tepin, Veteran of the Flower War's deck
- In Itzel, Guardian of the Fifth Sun's deck
Where to get it
- Campaign drop: Cuauhtli, Lake Hunter (Valley of the Fifth Sun) — grade C: 13% · grade D: 13%
- Daily Offering: 0% per pack (Common 64% per card)
- Welcome Pack: 0.97% per pack (Common 70% per card)
- Traveler's Pack: 0.88% per pack · 5.2% in the themed pack (Common 64% per card)
- Bronze Reliquary: 0.86% per pack · 5.1% in the themed pack (Common 62% per card)
- Silver Reliquary: 0.67% per pack · 4% in the themed pack (Common 49% per card)
- Golden Reliquary: 0.46% per pack · 2.7% in the themed pack (Common 33% per card)
- Daily Showcase: Shows up on about 0.69% of days · 150 gold
- Craft with card dust: 40 dust
- Crossing of Myths: Can be offered as a reward during a crossing (the card stays in the crossing deck).
Sources
- Xiuhtépetl, Xalliquéhuac, Popocatépetl (Arqueología Mexicana) — Manlio Barbosa Cano
- Los volcanes en la cosmovisión mesoamericana (Arqueología Mexicana) — Johanna Broda