Aztec · No. 075

Reader of the Day-Count

Real myth

Reader of the Day-Count
Your fate was written on the day you were born. She knows how to read it.
Rarity
Uncommon
Category
Monster
ATK
1500
DEF
1700
Level
5
Type
Spellcaster
Element
Light
Constellations
Sun · Fox

The myth

The tonalpouhqui, “one who counts the fates,” was the specialist who read the tonalpohualli, the 260-day ritual calendar made of 20 signs and 13 numbers. He consulted painted books called tonalamatl to learn a newborn’s destiny from the birth day, and to choose the date for a naming, a marriage, a journey or a war. Each day had patron gods and a favorable or baleful charge. The 260-day count is still kept today by ritual specialists in Maya communities of Guatemala and elsewhere in Mesoamerica.

Why it has this power

A Level 5 Uncommon with 1500 ATK and 1700 DEF: wisdom instead of strength, so DEF exceeds ATK. Light and Sun are the day, the calendar’s unit; Fox, the wit of one who reads fate. As a Spellcaster, she gains +700 from the Ritual Turquoise Mask.

Did you know

Many Mexica names were calendar dates, such as Ce Acatl, “1 Reed,” the name of Quetzalcóatl as the hero of Tula.

Connections

  • In Citlali, Priestess of the Stars's deck
  • In Yolotl, Mistress of the Mirror's deck

Where to get it

  • Campaign drop: Citlali, Priestess of the Stars (Valley of the Fifth Sun) — grade S: 17% · grade A: 17% · grade B: 17% · grade C: 13% · grade D: 9.8%
  • Campaign drop: Yolotl, Mistress of the Mirror (Valley of the Fifth Sun) — grade S: 20% · grade A: 20% · grade B: 20% · grade C: 20% · grade D: 20%
  • 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. El tonalpohualli (Arqueología Mexicana) — Enrique Vela
  2. Digital Florentine Codex (Historia general de las cosas de Nueva España) — Bernardino de Sahagún and Nahua collaborators; Getty Research Institute