Aztec · No. 028

Bearer of the New Fire

Real myth

Bearer of the New Fire
Every fifty-two years, he runs with the flame that saves the world.
Rarity
Common
Category
Monster
ATK
1000
DEF
1100
Level
3
Type
Warrior
Element
Fire
Constellations
Sun · Hammer

The myth

Every 52 years, when the two Mexica calendars realigned, the “binding of the years,” xiuhmolpilli, was celebrated with the New Fire Ceremony. Every fire in the valley was put out and people waited in fear that the sun would not return. On Huixachtlan hill, today Cerro de la Estrella, priests watched the Pleiades; if they passed the zenith, the world would go on. Then a new fire was kindled, and swift runners carried lit torches to the Templo Mayor and neighboring towns, from which the flame was shared with every home.

Why it has this power

A Level 3 Common with 1000 ATK and 1100 DEF: DEF above ATK, because his mission is to guard the flame, not to attack. Fire and Sun are the renewed light; Hammer is the warrior. He is a material for the Rite of the New Fire, which calls Huitzilopochtli — the runner carrying fire to the sun god’s temple.

Did you know

The last New Fire Ceremony before the Spanish conquest was held in 1507.

Connections

  • In Tlali, Calmécac Student'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: 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

  1. Xiuhtecuhtli: The Aztec God of Fire — World History Encyclopedia — Mark Cartwright
  2. Nemontemi, “días baldíos”. Abismos periódicos del tiempo indígena (Arqueología Mexicana) — Patrick Johansson K.
  3. Huehuetéotl-Xiuhtecuhtli, dios del fuego (Arqueología Mexicana) — Eduardo Matos Moctezuma