Serpent of the Black Horizon

The myth

This serpent is an aspect MYTHENOR created for Apophis, the enemy of the sun. For the Egyptians, the sun died on the western horizon at dusk and sailed through the underworld during the night. There Apophis attacked it to prevent the dawn. Budge summarizes a tradition in which the monster hid beneath the place of sunrise, waiting to swallow the solar disk, and was only paralyzed by a spell that Thoth had given to Ra. The idea that the sky bleeds at sunset is this card's own poetry.

Why it has this power

A rare level 7 Serpent of Darkness with 2350 ATK and 2000 DEF. Moon beats Wisp and Leviathan beats Fox. Alone it is already strong; joined with the Serpent of the Sealed Chaos it forms the ancient rhyme that awakens Nehkarath, the legendary star-devouring serpent.

Did you know

According to Budge, Egyptians believed Ra survived Apophis thanks to a secret name and a spell provided by Thoth.

Connections

• Fuses into: + Serpent of the Sealed Chaos → Nehkarath, the Star-Devouring Serpent
• In Oracle Bakenra's deck
• In High Priest Khaymet's deck

Where to get it

• Campaign drop: Kaelmyr, Devourer of Pantheons (The Void Between Mythologies) — grade B: 17%
• Daily Offering: 0.11% per pack (Rare 2.8% per card)
• Traveler's Pack: 0.69% per pack · 4.2% in the themed pack (Rare 7% per card)
• Bronze Reliquary: 0.78% per pack · 4.7% in the themed pack (Rare 8% per card)
• Silver Reliquary: 1.3% per pack · 7.9% in the themed pack (Rare 15% per card)
• Golden Reliquary: 2% per pack · 12% in the themed pack (Rare 25% per card)
• Daily Showcase: Shows up on about 1.5% of days · 400 gems
• Craft with card dust: 600 dust
• Crossing of Myths: Can be offered as a reward during a crossing (the card stays in the crossing deck).

Sources

1. Apophis — Joshua J. Mark (World History Encyclopedia)
2. The Book of the Dead (introduction and chapter summaries) — E. A. Wallis Budge (Project Gutenberg)