Song of the Sirens

The myth

In the Odyssey, Circe warns Odysseus: whoever hears the Sirens' song never returns to wife and children, but stays in the meadow among heaps of bones. Odysseus stops his companions' ears with wax and has himself bound to the mast. As they pass, the Sirens promise he will leave wiser, for they know all that happened at Troy and across the earth. Odysseus begs to be released, but the sailors bind him tighter, as he himself had ordered. In the Argonautica, it is Orpheus who saves the crew by playing louder.

Why it has this power

A Common trap that reduces the attacking monster's ATK to zero for that battle. The warrior hears the song, forgets his sword and even forgets he ever had one: his blow does no harm, and the defender can still defeat him. It turns the strongest attack into a fatal mistake.

Did you know

In the Odyssey there are only two Sirens and their bodies are not described; the bird form comes from Greek art.

Connections

Where to get it

• 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. SIRENS (Seirenes) - Half-Bird Women of Greek Mythology — Aaron J. Atsma, Theoi Project
2. Odyssey, Book 12 — Homer (trans. A. T. Murray), Theoi Classical Texts Library
3. Siren: The Woman-Bird Creatures of Greek Mythology (World History Encyclopedia) — Mark Cartwright