Enchanted Bamboo Wall

The myth

The enchanted bamboo wall is a MYTHENOR creation. But bamboo has a real place in Japanese culture. Some species grow almost a meter in a single day, and bamboo is used for fences, houses, utensils and instruments. In the Shinto ground-purification rite, jichinsai, green bamboo poles hung with shimenawa ropes mark the sacred space where the kami is received before building begins. The card imagines that boundary springing up suddenly, as fast as bamboo itself, before the enemy blade.

Why it has this power

A Common trap that negates one of the opponent's attacks. It neither destroys nor wounds: it simply raises a wall between blade and target, like the sacred boundary nothing crosses. Simple and reliable, great for shielding a fragile monster or buying a turn for a fusion.

Did you know

Bamboo flowers rarely, sometimes at intervals of over a hundred years, and many plants of one species bloom together and then die.

Connections

• In Aiko, Dojo Apprentice's deck
• In Renji, Ronin of the Snowy Roads's deck

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. Jichinsai (Ground-purification Rites): Religious Ritual or Secular Custom? — Encyclopedia of Shinto — Kokugakuin University
2. Shimenawa — Encyclopedia of Shinto — Kokugakuin University