Greek · No. 074
Daedalus the Inventor
Real myth
He built a labyrinth so well he almost never got out.
- Rarity
- Common
- Category
- Monster
- ATK
- 1500
- DEF
- 1750
- Level
- 5
- Type
- Spellcaster
- Element
- Earth
- Constellations
- Wisp · Fox
The myth
Daedalus was the great Athenian inventor and craftsman. Out of envy he killed his nephew and apprentice Talos, who had invented the saw, and fled to Crete. There he built the wooden cow for Queen Pasiphae and later the Labyrinth to hold the Minotaur. Held captive by Minos, he made wings of feathers and wax and flew away with his son Icarus, who fell into the sea. He took refuge in Sicily with King Cocalus. Apollodorus says Minos found him with a challenge: thread a spiral seashell; Daedalus tied the thread to an ant.
Why it has this power
A Common level-5 card with 1500 ATK and 1750 DEF: an inventor protects his works more than he attacks. An Earth Spellcaster, master of stone and wood, he bears the Wisp and Fox constellations, the spark of invention and cunning. Fused with any Bird, he yields Icarus, Wings of Wax.
Did you know
Plato says Daedalus's statues seemed so alive that they had to be tied down to keep them from running away.
Connections
- Fuses into: + Bird → Icarus, Wings of Wax
- In Kassandra, Daughter of the Oracle's deck
Where to get it
- Campaign drop: Kassandra, Daughter of the Oracle (Aegean of Heroes) — grade D: 14%
- 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
- Daedalus (World History Encyclopedia) — Mark Cartwright
- The Library, Epitome — Pseudo-Apollodorus (trans. J. G. Frazer), Theoi Classical Texts Library
- Metamorphoses, Book 8 — Ovid (trans. Brookes More), Theoi Classical Texts Library