Greek · No. 048

Satyr Piper

Real myth

Satyr Piper
His pipes make nymphs dance and shepherds lose their flocks.
Rarity
Common
Category
Monster
ATK
700
DEF
600
Level
2
Type
Beast-Warrior
Element
Wind
Constellations
Feather · Fox

The myth

Satyrs were male nature spirits with a horse's ears and tail, companions of Dionysus. They lived in forests and mountains, drinking, dancing and chasing nymphs. A fragment attributed to Hesiod calls them a worthless race, unfit for work. The most famous satyr was Marsyas, who found the aulos, the double pipe Athena had thrown away, and dared to challenge Apollo to a music contest; he lost and was flayed. In Athens, tragedies were followed by satyr plays, comic pieces with a chorus of satyrs.

Why it has this power

A Common level-2 card with 700 ATK and 600 DEF: weak in combat, because a satyr prefers music to fighting. A Wind Beast-Warrior for the breath of the pipes, he bears the Feather and Fox constellations of lightness and mischief. His value is fusion: Satyr Piper plus any Spirit yields Pan, Lord of the Wild.

Did you know

Only one satyr play survives complete: Euripides' Cyclops.

Connections

  • Fuses into: + Spirit → Pan, Lord of the Wild
  • In Nikos the Young Hoplite's deck
  • In Elena, Huntress of Artemis's deck
  • In Damon, Trireme Captain's deck

Where to get it

  • Campaign drop: Nikos the Young Hoplite (Aegean of Heroes) — 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

  1. SATYRS (Satyroi) - Fertility Spirits of Greek Mythology (Roman Fauns) — Aaron J. Atsma, Theoi Project
  2. Satyr (World History Encyclopedia) — Mark Cartwright
  3. The Library, Book 1 — Pseudo-Apollodorus (trans. J. G. Frazer), Theoi Classical Texts Library