Egyptian · No. 076
Blue Faience Ushabti
Real myth
Placed in the tomb to work in its owner's place. It never complains.
- Rarity
- Common
- Category
- Monster
- ATK
- 700
- DEF
- 900
- Level
- 3
- Type
- Machine
- Element
- Earth
- Constellations
- Sun · Scarab
The myth
The ushabti, or shabti, was a figurine placed in the tomb to work in place of the dead. When Osiris called the soul to till the fields of the afterlife, the figure would come to life and do the job. Chapter 6 of the Book of the Dead, written on the figurines themselves, gave the order: O shabti, if I am summoned, present yourself for me. They were made of stone, wood or faience, a glassy blue-green material the Egyptians called tjehenet, the gleaming one, which stood for life, fertility and the Nile.
Why it has this power
A common level 3 Machine of Earth, the earth of the fields it tills, with 700 ATK and 900 DEF: a servant, not a warrior. Sun beats Moon and Scarab beats Leviathan. With the Servant of the Broken Sarcophagus it forms the Awakened Ushabti Legion, and it is a material of the Opening of the Mouth.
Did you know
Budge reports that about seven hundred ushabtis were found in the tomb of Pharaoh Seti I.
Connections
- Fuses into: + Servant of the Broken Sarcophagus → Awakened Ushabti Legion
- In Scribe Nefru's deck
Where to get it
- Campaign drop: Scribe Nefru (The Obsidian Necropolis) — 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
- Shabti Dolls: The Workforce in the Afterlife — Joshua J. Mark (World History Encyclopedia)
- Egyptian Faience — World History Encyclopedia
- The Book of the Dead (introduction and chapter summaries) — E. A. Wallis Budge (Project Gutenberg)