Aztec · No. 027
Apprentice Jaguar Warrior
Inspired by: A MYTHENOR creation inspired by youths in training and the real order of jaguar warriors (ocelotl).
He wears the jaguar's skin before earning its claws.
- Rarity
- Common
- Category
- Monster
- ATK
- 1200
- DEF
- 1000
- Level
- 3
- Type
- Warrior
- Element
- Earth
- Constellations
- Feather · Hammer
The myth
Jaguar warriors, ocelomeh, formed with the eagle warriors the elite of the Mexica army. They went into battle wearing a jaguar pelt and a fanged helmet, their faces showing as if emerging from the animal’s mouth. The jaguar, the largest cat in the Americas, symbolized night, strength and Tezcatlipoca. Joining the order required capturing several enemies; before that, a youth wore only a novice’s plain clothing. This card’s apprentice wears the pelt before earning the claws — a boldness the game turns into a joke.
Why it has this power
A Level 3 Common with 1200 ATK and 1000 DEF: a bit sturdier than the eagle apprentice, as befits the cat. Earth is the forest floor; Feather and Hammer, the elite warrior in the making. Fused with any Beast, he becomes the Jaguar Knight of the Night — the boy who finally earns his claws.
Did you know
In Nahuatl, the phrase “in cuauhtli in ocelotl,” “the eagle, the jaguar,” was a poetic way of saying “the brave warriors.”
Connections
- Fuses into: + Beast → Jaguar Knight of the Night
- In Tlali, Calmécac Student's deck
- In Tepin, Veteran of the Flower War's deck
Where to get it
- Campaign drop: Tlali, Calmécac Student (Valley of the Fifth Sun) — grade B: 14% · 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
- Aztec Warfare — World History Encyclopedia — Mark Cartwright
- El jaguar en la cosmovisión mexica (Arqueología Mexicana) — Guilhem Olivier