Japanese · No. 017

Spawn of Orochi

Inspired by: Yamata-no-Orochi, the eight-headed serpent of the Kojiki, and the Ibuki legends that make Shuten-dōji a son of the great serpent.

Spawn of Orochi
It only has two heads. For now.
Rarity
Uncommon
Category
Monster
ATK
2200
DEF
1900
Level
6
Type
Serpent
Element
Darkness
Constellations
Moon · Leviathan

The myth

A two-headed spawn of Orochi is a MYTHENOR creation. The Kojiki and Nihon Shoki mention no children of the serpent: they only tell that Yamata-no-Orochi, with eight heads, eight tails and a body grown with moss and cypress, devoured one daughter a year of the couple Ashinazuchi and Tenazuchi until Susanoo made it drunk and slew it. But popular imagination gave the monster offspring. Medieval legends from the Mount Ibuki area say that after its defeat the serpent fathered a son with a human woman, and that son was the dreaded Shuten-dōji, king of the oni.

Why it has this power

An Uncommon level-6 Darkness Serpent with 2200 ATK and 1900 DEF: a smaller but already dangerous version of the great serpent. It inherits Orochi's Darkness and its Moon and Leviathan constellations. With the Tide Jewel it reaches 2900 attack, nearly the strength of its parent.

Did you know

The Kojiki says Orochi's belly was always smeared with blood and its eyes were red as the hōzuki fruit, the Chinese lantern plant.

Connections

  • In Kaguya, Guardian of the Torii's deck

Where to get it

  • Campaign drop: Kenji, Kamo River Fisherman (Archipelago of the Kami) — grade S: 17% · grade A: 17% · grade B: 14% · grade C: 11%
  • Daily Offering: 0.45% per pack (Uncommon 33% per card)
  • Welcome Pack: 1.1% per pack (Uncommon 30% per card)
  • Traveler's Pack: 0.96% per pack · 5.6% in the themed pack (Uncommon 29% per card)
  • Bronze Reliquary: 0.94% per pack · 5.5% in the themed pack (Uncommon 29% per card)
  • Silver Reliquary: 0.96% per pack · 5.6% in the themed pack (Uncommon 33% per card)
  • Golden Reliquary: 0.94% per pack · 5.5% in the themed pack (Uncommon 35% per card)
  • Daily Showcase: Shows up on about 0.98% of days · 400 gold
  • Craft with card dust: 100 dust
  • Crossing of Myths: Can be offered as a reward during a crossing (the card stays in the crossing deck).

Sources

  1. Yamatanoorochi — Encyclopedia of Shinto — Kokugakuin University
  2. Kushinadahime — Encyclopedia of Shinto — Kokugakuin University
  3. Warriors of Old Japan, and Other Stories (Project Gutenberg) — Yei Theodora Ozaki