Greek · No. 119

Rite of Hephaestus's Forge

Inspired by: Hephaestus's forge on Olympus, described in the Iliad, and the tradition that Talos was made by Hephaestus and given to King Minos.

Rite of Hephaestus's Forge
Bronze, gold and lightning: the lame smith knows what to do.
Rarity
Common
Category
Ritual
Effect
Sacrifice 3 monsters with the right materials to summon a ritual monster.

The myth

The rite is a MYTHENOR creation inspired by the smith god's workshop. In the Iliad, Hephaestus works in a house of bronze on Olympus, with twenty bellows that blow on the furnaces by themselves, and there he forges Achilles' new arms, including the famous shield. His works included the golden handmaids, the wheeled tripods and, in one of the versions Apollodorus records, the bronze giant Talos, given to King Minos to guard Crete. Hephaestus was lame; the Iliad says he was thrown from heaven, and he leaned on his golden handmaids.

Why it has this power

A Common ritual: with the Walking Tripod of Hephaestus, the Golden Maiden of Hephaestus and the Thundering Sentinel of Olympia on your field, the three Machines are melted in the forge and Talos, the Bronze Colossus, arises with 2800 attack and 2900 defense. Bronze, gold and lightning: the smith knows what to do.

Did you know

The shield Hephaestus forges for Achilles fills more than a hundred lines of the Iliad, with cities, fields, festivals and the ocean.

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

Sources

  1. Iliad, Book 18 — Homer (trans. A. T. Murray), Theoi Classical Texts Library
  2. TALOS - Bronze Cretan Giant of Greek Mythology — Aaron J. Atsma, Theoi Project
  3. HEPHAESTUS (Hephaistos) - Greek God of Smiths & Metalworking (Roman Vulcan) — Aaron J. Atsma, Theoi Project