Aztec · No. 013

Lake Texcoco Serpent

Inspired by: A MYTHENOR creation inspired by Lake Texcoco, home of Tenochtitlan, with its canoes and chinampas.

Lake Texcoco Serpent
It swims between canoes and floating gardens, counting boats.
Rarity
Common
Category
Monster
ATK
1200
DEF
1100
Level
3
Type
Serpent
Element
Water
Constellations
Moon · Leviathan

The myth

Tenochtitlan was founded around 1325 on an island in Lake Texcoco, in the Valley of Mexico. Causeways linked the city to the shore and canals crossed it, carrying thousands of canoes loaded with people, tribute and goods. All around, chinampas — farming islands built from mud and anchored by willows — grew maize, beans, squash and flowers. Today the lake has almost vanished beneath Mexico City, but the chinampas of Xochimilco are still farmed. The serpent that counts boats is the game’s creation.

Why it has this power

A Level 3 Common with 1200 ATK and 1100 DEF: the strongest Common serpent, as it swims through an entire city. Water is the lake; Moon and Leviathan evoke night over the water and its serpent body. It is a material for the Rite of the Rain Jars, which calls Tláloc, lord of the valley’s waters.

Did you know

Lake Texcoco’s water was brackish; a dike built under Nezahualcóyotl separated the fresher water around Tenochtitlan.

Connections

  • In Cuauhtli, Lake Hunter's deck
  • In Itzel, Guardian of the Fifth Sun's deck

Where to get it

  • Comes in every duelist's starter deck.
  • 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

  1. Tenochtitlan — World History Encyclopedia — Mark Cartwright
  2. Chinampas: Mexico's Human-Made Agricultural Islands — World History Encyclopedia — Jordy Samuels
  3. Las chinampas y sus canales (Arqueología Mexicana) — Christopher T. Morehart