Ant-Born Myrmidon

The myth

The Myrmidons were the people of Aegina and later the warriors who followed Achilles to Troy. In the Metamorphoses, Ovid tells that Hera sent a terrible plague upon the island of Aegina, killing almost all its people. King Aeacus, son of Zeus, prayed beside an oak sacred to his father, where a line of ants was carrying grain, asking for as many subjects as there were ants. That night he dreamed the ants became men, and at dawn the dream came true. They were called Myrmidons, from myrmex, ant. A fragment of Hesiod already knew the tale.

Why it has this power

A Common level-3 card with 1100 ATK and 1000 DEF: small alone, but numerous and disciplined. It is an Earth Insect-Plant for having been born of ants in the soil, with the Feather and Scarab constellations of lightness and transformation. Myrmidons hold the field while the big cards arrive.

Did you know

Today myrmidon is a word for a follower who obeys without question, echoing the soldiers of Achilles.

Connections

• In Nikos the Young Hoplite's deck
• In Kassandra, Daughter of the Oracle'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. Metamorphoses, Book 7 — Ovid (trans. Brookes More), Theoi Classical Texts Library
2. Aegina (World History Encyclopedia) — Joshua J. Mark