Young Heracles

The myth

Heracles was the son of Zeus and the mortal Alcmene, and so was persecuted from the cradle by Hera, Zeus's wife. When he was eight months old, the goddess sent two serpents into his room; the baby seized and strangled them while his twin brother Iphicles cried. In his youth he learned wrestling, archery and the lyre, and killed his teacher Linus in a fit of rage. At eighteen he slew the lion of Mount Cithaeron. Apollodorus says it was the Pythia of Delphi who gave him the name Heracles; before that he was called Alcides.

Why it has this power

A Rare level-7 card with 2400 ATK and 2200 DEF: even young, Heracles already outmatches grown heroes. An Earth Warrior of pure, earthly strength, he bears the Feather and Hammer constellations. By the ancient rhyme, Young Heracles plus the Nemean Lion forms Heracles, Clad in the Lion, his first great labor.

Did you know

The name Heracles is usually read as glory of Hera, an irony for the hero the goddess persecuted most.

Connections

• Fuses into: + Nemean Lion → Heracles, Clad in the Lion
• In Damon, Trireme Captain's deck

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
• Season Pass: Premium reward of tier 10
• Crossing of Myths: Can be offered as a reward during a crossing (the card stays in the crossing deck).

Sources

1. Hercules (World History Encyclopedia) — Mark Cartwright
2. The Life of Hercules in Myth & Legend (World History Encyclopedia) — Joshua J. Mark
3. The Library, Book 2 — Pseudo-Apollodorus (trans. J. G. Frazer), Theoi Classical Texts Library