Lesser Fire Serpent

The myth

The xiuhcoatl, fire or turquoise serpent, appears in codices such as the Borbonicus and in monumental sculpture, with a segmented body, an upturned snout and a tail shaped like a sun ray. It was Huitzilopochtli’s weapon and the insignia of the fire god Xiuhtecuhtli. At the pyramid of Tenayuca, near Mexico City, dozens of stone serpents, some identified as xiuhcoatl, surround the temple. The “lesser fire serpent” is not in the myths: it is the game imagining a hatchling of the sun’s weapon.

Why it has this power

A Level 5 Uncommon with 1800 ATK and 1400 DEF: much attack and little defense, like a new flame that has not learned to guard itself. Fire is its element; Sun and Leviathan repeat the constellations of Xiuhcóatl, the Legendary it echoes. An aggressive attacker for the middle of a duel.

Did you know

The pyramid of Tenayuca is ringed by over a hundred stone serpents, a true coatepantli, “serpent wall.”

Connections

• In Cuauhtli, Lake Hunter'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 S: 17% · grade A: 17% · grade B: 14%
• Daily Offering: 0.45% per pack (Uncommon 33% per card)
• Welcome Pack: 1.1% per pack (Uncommon 30% per card)
• Traveler's Pack: 0.96% per pack · 5.6% in the themed pack (Uncommon 29% per card)
• Bronze Reliquary: 0.94% per pack · 5.5% in the themed pack (Uncommon 29% per card)
• Silver Reliquary: 0.96% per pack · 5.6% in the themed pack (Uncommon 33% per card)
• Golden Reliquary: 0.94% per pack · 5.5% in the themed pack (Uncommon 35% per card)
• Daily Showcase: Shows up on about 0.98% of days · 400 gold
• Craft with card dust: 100 dust
• Crossing of Myths: Can be offered as a reward during a crossing (the card stays in the crossing deck).

Sources

1. La serpiente de fuego mexica (Arqueología Mexicana) — Manuel A. Hermann Lejarazu
2. Xiuhtecuhtli: The Aztec God of Fire — World History Encyclopedia — Mark Cartwright