Egyptian · No. 118

Riddle of the Sphinx

Inspired by: The riddle of the Sphinx of Thebes in the Greek myth of Oedipus, joined with the Egyptian guardian sphinx.

Riddle of the Sphinx
Three right answers wake the one who asks the questions.
Rarity
Rare
Category
Ritual
Effect
Sacrifice 3 monsters with the right materials to summon a ritual monster.

The myth

The riddle of the sphinx is not Egyptian but Greek. In Greek mythology, the Sphinx, with a woman's head, plagued the city of Thebes in Greece with a question: what creature walks on two, three or four feet and is slower the more feet it uses? Oedipus answered correctly, the human being, who crawls in infancy, walks upright as an adult and uses a cane in old age, and the sphinx killed herself. In Egypt, sphinxes were silent guardians of temples and tombs. The MYTHENOR ritual joins both traditions.

Why it has this power

A rare ritual: it offers the Sacred Temple Cat, the Ram-Headed Warrior of Elephantine and the Oracle of the Eternal Flame to summon the Lapis Lazuli Sphinx, an epic level 9 with 2800 ATK and 3000 DEF. Three right answers wake the one who asks the questions: the feline, Amun's ram and wisdom.

Did you know

Greek sphinxes had women's heads, while Egyptian ones usually had male heads wearing the royal nemes headcloth.

Connections

Where to get it

  • 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

Sources

  1. Sphinx — Mark Cartwright (World History Encyclopedia)
  2. Great Sphinx of Giza — Joshua J. Mark (World History Encyclopedia)