Aztec · No. 082
Sacred Agave
Inspired by: A MYTHENOR creation inspired by the maguey (agave), a sacred plant tied to the goddess Mayahuel and to pulque.
Thorns outside, sweetness within, celebration afterward.
- Rarity
- Common
- Category
- Monster
- ATK
- 500
- DEF
- 1100
- Level
- 3
- Type
- Insect-Plant
- Element
- Earth
- Constellations
- Sun · Scarab
The myth
The maguey, metl in Nahuatl, was one of Mesoamerica’s most useful plants: its leaves gave fiber for rope and cloth, its spines served as needles and for blood self-sacrifice, and its sweet sap, aguamiel, fermented into pulque. A myth tells that Ehécatl brought the young Mayahuel down from the sky to earth; the tzitzimime tore her apart, and from her bones, buried by the wind god, grew the first maguey. Mayahuel became the plant’s goddess. Agave remains central to life in Mexico.
Why it has this power
A Level 3 Common with 500 ATK and 1100 DEF: thorns outside, sweetness within — it barely attacks, but it holds firm. Earth is the field; Sun and Scarab, the heat and the plant’s life cycle. It is a material for the Rite of the Serpent Skirt, which calls Coatlicue, and with the Rabbit of the Moon it forms the Four Hundred Rabbits.
Did you know
The word “mezcal” comes from Nahuatl mexcalli, “cooked maguey.”
Connections
- Fuses into: + Rabbit of the Moon → Centzon Tōtōchtin, the Four Hundred Rabbits
- In Tlali, Calmécac Student's deck
- In Yolotl, Mistress of the Mirror'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
- Mayahuel y el maguey (Arqueología Mexicana) — Enrique Vela
- El maguey. Mitología y ritos (Arqueología Mexicana) — Enrique Vela
- Ehecatl — World History Encyclopedia — Mark Cartwright