Norse · No. 002

Odin, All-Father

Real myth

Odin, All-Father
He gave an eye for a sip of wisdom. He thought it cheap.
Rarity
Legendary
Category
Monster
ATK
3300
DEF
3300
Level
9
Type
Deity
Element
Wind
Constellations
Feather · Crown

The myth

Odin is chief of the Æsir, called the All-Father: god of wisdom, poetry, magic, war and the dead. To drink from Mímir's well beneath a root of Yggdrasil he gave up one of his eyes; in the Hávamál he tells how he hung nine nights on the tree, wounded by his own spear, until he seized the runes. Two ravens, Huginn and Muninn, bring him news, and the eight-legged horse Sleipnir carries him between worlds. He receives half of the fallen warriors in Valhöll. At Ragnarök he is swallowed by Fenrir and avenged by his son Víðarr.

Why it has this power

A level 9 Legendary with identical ATK 3300 and DEF 3300: one who traded an eye for wisdom strikes and guards in equal measure. The Wind element recalls the tireless wanderer and the eagle shape in which Odin stole the mead of poetry. The Feather constellation, for the ravens and for poetry, and the Crown, for the king of the gods, complete the portrait.

Did you know

The English word Wednesday comes from Woden's day, Woden being the Anglo-Saxon form of Odin.

Connections

Where to get it

  • Daily Offering: 0.0035% per pack (Legendary 0.03% per card)
  • Traveler's Pack: 0.014% per pack · 0.084% in the themed pack (Legendary 0.05% per card)
  • Bronze Reliquary: 0.028% per pack · 0.17% in the themed pack (Legendary 0.1% per card)
  • Silver Reliquary: 0.099% per pack · 0.59% in the themed pack (Legendary 0.4% per card)
  • Golden Reliquary: 0.23% per pack · 1.4% in the themed pack (Legendary 1% per card)
  • Daily Showcase: Shows up on about 0.21% of days · 6,000 gems
  • Craft with card dust: 4,800 dust

Sources

  1. Odin — Encyclopaedia Britannica
  2. Odin — Emma Groeneveld
  3. The Poetic Edda: Hovamol — Henry Adams Bellows (trad./trans.)