Egyptian · No. 013
Hot-Wind Serpent
A MYTHENOR creation — Theme: Original theme: the hot southern wind that dries the wells; in Egyptian myth, air was the god Shu.
It arrives with the south wind and dries every well it passes.
- Rarity
- Common
- Category
- Monster
- ATK
- 1100
- DEF
- 900
- Level
- 3
- Type
- Serpent
- Element
- Wind
- Constellations
- Feather · Scarab
The myth
The Hot-Wind Serpent is a MYTHENOR creation. In Egyptian myth, air had a god: Shu, child of the creator, whose name means emptiness. He was imagined standing between earth and sky, holding up the body of the goddess Nut to separate her from the earth god Geb and so make room for life. The burning desert, outside the fertile valley, belonged to Set, lord of the dry lands. This card's well-drying wind joins both ideas in a new creature.
Why it has this power
A common level 3 Serpent of Wind with 1100 ATK and 900 DEF: quick and dry as the noon air. Feather beats Sun and Scarab beats Leviathan: the wind that blows against the sun and dries up the waters of every oasis.
Did you know
In Egyptian art, Shu appears with raised arms holding up Nut, the sky, arched over the earth.
Connections
- In Oracle Bakenra's deck
- In High Priest Khaymet's deck
Where to get it
- 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
- Shu — Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Nut — Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Set (Egyptian God) — Joshua J. Mark (World History Encyclopedia)