Egyptian · No. 033
Sacred Temple Cat
Inspired by: The sacred cats of Egypt and the goddess Bastet, whose cult centered on Bubastis.
It sleeps on the altar. No one dares move it.
- Rarity
- Common
- Category
- Monster
- ATK
- 800
- DEF
- 700
- Level
- 2
- Type
- Beast
- Element
- Light
- Constellations
- Sun · Bull
The myth
Cats were highly valued in Egypt: they kept homes free of vermin, protected the crops and provided company. The goddess Bastet, linked to cats, to the protection of the home, to women and to childbirth, had her cult centered on the city of Bubastis. Herodotus says that when a cat died a natural death, the people of the house shaved their eyebrows in mourning, and that dead cats were taken to Bubastis to be embalmed and buried. This card's altar cat is a MYTHENOR creature.
Why it has this power
A common level 2 Beast of Light with 800 ATK and 700 DEF: small, but full of destiny. Sun beats Moon and Bull beats Crown. Joined with any Serpent it fuses into the Knife-Cat Who Slays the Serpent, and it is a material of the Riddle of the Sphinx, the ritual that awakens the Lapis Lazuli Sphinx.
Did you know
According to Herodotus, when a fire broke out, Egyptians cared more about saving the cats than about putting out the flames.
Connections
- Fuses into: + Serpent → Knife-Cat Who Slays the Serpent
- In Sethis, Novice Sentinel's deck
- In Oracle Bakenra's deck
Where to get it
- Campaign drop: Sethis, Novice Sentinel (The Obsidian Necropolis) — 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
- Bastet — Joshua J. Mark (World History Encyclopedia)
- Herodotus, Histories 2.66 (tr. A. D. Godley) — Herodotus / Perseus Digital Library, Tufts University
- Herodotus, Histories 2.67 (tr. A. D. Godley) — Herodotus / Perseus Digital Library, Tufts University