Niflheim Rime Drake

The myth

Niflheim, the home of mist, is the frozen northern world that existed before the earth. There lies the spring Hvergelmir, from which flow the rivers called Élivágar. Their venomous waters ran into the chasm of Ginnungagap and hardened into layers of ice and rime; when the heat of Muspelheim touched them, the thaw formed Ymir and the cow Auðumbla. Later, Niflheim was also linked with the gloomy realm of the dead. The texts mention no rime drakes: this card imagines a creature born of that primordial cold.

Why it has this power

A level 4 Common with ATK 1300 and DEF 1450: ice protects more than it wounds. Water element, as mist and frozen river, under Moon and Crown. In play it is a piece of creation: with Auðumbla and the Ember Wyrm it is a material for the Rite of Ginnungagap, which repeats the meeting of ice and fire and wakes Ymir.

Did you know

Niflheim means roughly mist-world, and the word nifl is related to German Nebel, fog.

Connections

• In Sigrun Runedaughter's deck
• In Thorvald Blackkeel's deck
• In Halvard the Grey Raven'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. Niflheim — Encyclopaedia Britannica
2. Nivlheim — Store norske leksikon
3. The Prose Edda: Gylfaginning — Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur (trad./trans.)