Skaði's Venom Serpent

The myth

After Baldr's death and the insults of Lokasenna, the gods caught Loki, who fled in the shape of a salmon, and bound him to three stones with the entrails of his own son. The giantess Skaði, daughter of Þjazi, fastened a venomous serpent above his face. Sigyn, Loki's wife, holds a bowl to catch the venom; when she goes to empty it the drops fall, Loki writhes, and that, says Snorri, is what men call an earthquake. He stays so until Ragnarök. The serpent is nameless in the sources.

Why it has this power

A level 5 Uncommon with ATK 1700 and DEF 1300: venom wounds more than it shields. Darkness element, for the punishment in the dark cave, under Moon and Leviathan, the serpents' constellations. It is the card that holds the Trickster: a fitting answer when Loki rules the table.

Did you know

For Snorri, earthquakes are Loki's convulsions whenever the serpent's venom drips on his face.

Connections

• In Thorvald Blackkeel's deck
• In Halvard the Grey Raven's deck

Where to get it

• Campaign drop: Thorvald Blackkeel (Yggdrasil Fjord) — grade D: 13%
• 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. Skadi — Encyclopaedia Britannica
2. Lokasenna — Encyclopaedia Britannica
3. The Prose Edda: Gylfaginning — Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur (trad./trans.)