Lapis Tower Falcon Guardian

The myth

The falcon was the noblest bird of Egypt. Horus, the falcon god, had the sun and moon as his eyes and watched the world by day and by night. In the Book of the Dead, the first Transformation chapters let the deceased take the form of the Golden Hawk and the Divine Hawk, flying freely between sky and earth. Budge notes that the souls of Ra and Osiris appear as hawks in funerary scenes. The lapis tower from which this guardian sees the whole desert is a MYTHENOR creation.

Why it has this power

An epic level 8 Bird of Wind with 2700 ATK and 2500 DEF: the strongest bird of the Necropolis below the legends and rituals. Feather beats Sun and Crown beats Scarab. It makes good use of the Golden Falcon Wings, which add +1000 to Birds: a true guardian of the sky.

Did you know

In Budge's list, the Golden Hawk is the first of the twelve forms the deceased could take through the Transformation chapters.

Connections

Where to get it

• Daily Offering: 0.012% per pack (Epic 0.15% per card)
• Traveler's Pack: 0.045% per pack · 0.23% in the themed pack (Epic 0.24% per card)
• Bronze Reliquary: 0.18% per pack · 0.94% in the themed pack (Epic 1% per card)
• Silver Reliquary: 0.49% per pack · 2.5% in the themed pack (Epic 3% per card)
• Golden Reliquary: 0.91% per pack · 4.6% in the themed pack (Epic 6% per card)
• Daily Showcase: Shows up on about 2.6% of days · 1,500 gems
• Craft with card dust: 2,400 dust
• Crossing of Myths: Can be offered as a reward during a crossing (the card stays in the crossing deck).

Sources

1. The Book of the Dead (introduction and chapter summaries) — E. A. Wallis Budge (Project Gutenberg)
2. Egyptian Ideas of the Future Life — E. A. Wallis Budge (Project Gutenberg)
3. Horus — Joshua J. Mark (World History Encyclopedia)