Japanese · No. 043
Shallow-River Kappa
Real myth
Bow to it. It bows back, and the water spills from its head.
- Rarity
- Common
- Category
- Monster
- ATK
- 1000
- DEF
- 1100
- Level
- 3
- Type
- Beast-Warrior
- Element
- Water
- Constellations
- Moon · Leviathan
The myth
The kappa is the most famous yōkai of Japan's rivers and ponds. Child-sized, it has greenish skin, a beak, a turtle shell, webbed hands and, on top of its head, a dish full of water, the sara, source of its strength. It drags horses and people into the water and challenges travelers to sumo bouts. But it is extremely polite: if you bow, it bows back, spills the water from its dish and loses its power. It loves cucumbers, and offering them can appease it. Scholars link it to the water kami, who both threaten and bless.
Why it has this power
A Common level-3 Water Beast-Warrior with 1000 ATK and 1100 DEF: a river sumo wrestler, sturdier than aggressive. Water, Moon and Leviathan tie it to deep waters and dragons. Fused with any Insect-Plant, perhaps a well-chosen cucumber, it becomes Kawatarō, Lord of the Kappa.
Did you know
Kappa-maki, the cucumber sushi roll, is named after the kappa's passion for the vegetable.
Connections
- Fuses into: + Insect-Plant → Kawatarō, Lord of the Kappa
- In Aiko, Dojo Apprentice's deck
- In Kenji, Kamo River Fisherman's deck
Where to get it
- Campaign drop: Kenji, Kamo River Fisherman (Archipelago of the Kami) — grade C: 15% · 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
- Kappa — World History Encyclopedia — Matthew Allison
- Kappa — Encyclopaedia Britannica — The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Suijin — Encyclopedia of Shinto — Kokugakuin University