Greek · No. 010

Ladon, Guardian of the Hesperides

Real myth

Ladon, Guardian of the Hesperides
A hundred heads, a hundred eyes, not one apple out of place.
Rarity
Uncommon
Category
Monster
ATK
2200
DEF
2200
Level
6
Type
Dragon
Element
Light
Constellations
Sun · Crown

The myth

Ladon was the serpent that guarded the golden apples in the garden of the Hesperides, at the far western edge of the world, near where Atlas holds up the sky. Hesiod calls it the terrible snake that guards the apples, offspring of Phorcys and Ceto; Apollodorus says it was immortal, had a hundred heads and spoke with many voices. The apples had been Earth's wedding gift to Hera. In his eleventh labor Heracles had to obtain them; in the Argonautica the Argonauts find Ladon freshly slain by the hero, with the Hesperides weeping over it.

Why it has this power

An Uncommon level-6 card with 2200 ATK and 2200 DEF: identical attack and defense, like a perfectly watchful guardian. A Light Dragon for the gleam of the golden apples, it bears the Sun and Crown constellations, the garden's sunset and Queen Hera, owner of the treasure.

Did you know

According to the mythographer Hyginus, Hera placed Ladon in the sky as the constellation Draco, which winds between the Bears.

Connections

Where to get it

  • Campaign drop: Elena, Huntress of Artemis (Aegean of Heroes) — grade B: 14%
  • Campaign drop: Kassandra, Daughter of the Oracle (Aegean of Heroes) — grade S: 20% · grade A: 20% · grade B: 20% · grade C: 13% · grade D: 10%
  • Daily Offering: 0.45% per pack (Uncommon 33% per card)
  • Welcome Pack: 1.1% per pack (Uncommon 30% per card)
  • Traveler's Pack: 0.96% per pack · 5.6% in the themed pack (Uncommon 29% per card)
  • Bronze Reliquary: 0.94% per pack · 5.5% in the themed pack (Uncommon 29% per card)
  • Silver Reliquary: 0.96% per pack · 5.6% in the themed pack (Uncommon 33% per card)
  • Golden Reliquary: 0.94% per pack · 5.5% in the themed pack (Uncommon 35% per card)
  • Daily Showcase: Shows up on about 0.98% of days · 400 gold
  • Craft with card dust: 100 dust
  • Crossing of Myths: Can be offered as a reward during a crossing (the card stays in the crossing deck).

Sources

  1. HESPERIAN DRAGON (Drakon Hesperios) - Hundred-Headed Serpent of Greek Mythology — Aaron J. Atsma, Theoi Project
  2. Hesperides (World History Encyclopedia) — Liana Miate
  3. The Library, Book 2 — Pseudo-Apollodorus (trans. J. G. Frazer), Theoi Classical Texts Library