Cloud Serpent

The myth

In Nahuatl, mixtli is cloud and coatl is serpent: mixcoatl, the “cloud serpent.” It was the name of the hunting god of the Chichimec peoples and also an image of the Milky Way, the whitish band that crosses the night sky like a serpent of mist. Clouds were central to Nahua thought: they rose from the mountains and carried the rain of the tlaloque. The game’s Cloud Serpent is a simple creature with no myth of its own, giving that metaphor a literal shape.

Why it has this power

A Level 3 Common with 900 ATK and 800 DEF: light as mist. Wind is its element; Feather and Leviathan tie it to the birds of the sky and to serpents. Its value lies ahead: fused with a Warrior it becomes Mixcóatl, the Cloud Hunter — the cloud that learns to hunt.

Did you know

Mixcóatl was also called Camaxtli in Tlaxcala, where he was the chief deity.

Connections

• Fuses into: + Warrior → Mixcóatl, the Cloud Hunter
• 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

• 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

1. Mixcoatl — World History Encyclopedia — Mark Cartwright
2. Mixcóatl, deidad de los cazadores recolectores (Arqueología Mexicana) — Tomás Jalpa Flores