Garmr, Hound of Hel's Gate

The myth

Garmr is the hound that guards the entrance to the realm of the dead, chained before the cave Gnipahellir. In the Völuspá the refrain repeats that Garmr howls loudly, the fetter breaks and the wolf runs free, heralding Ragnarök. Grímnismál calls him the best of hounds. According to Snorri, in the final battle he breaks loose and fights the god Týr, and the two kill each other. In the poem Baldrs draumar, Odin, riding to Hel, meets a dog coming from there with its breast stained with blood, which many identify with Garmr.

Why it has this power

A level 7 Rare with ATK 2350 and DEF 1950: a guardian who attacks before asking. Darkness element, from the gates of Hel, under Moon and Bull. Fused with Loki, it forms the ancient rhyme that awakens Fenrir, the Legendary wolf with ATK 3500.

Did you know

Some scholars suspect Garmr and Fenrir may once have been the same monster in older tradition, an idea MYTHENOR uses in its fusion.

Connections

• Fuses into: + Loki the Trickster → Fenrir, Devourer of the Sun
• In Halvard the Grey Raven's deck

Where to get it

• Campaign drop: Freydís, Warden of Yggdrasil (Yggdrasil Fjord) — grade S: 17% · grade A: 17% · grade B: 17% · grade C: 17% · grade D: 15%
• Daily Offering: 0.11% per pack (Rare 2.8% per card)
• Traveler's Pack: 0.69% per pack · 3.3% in the themed pack (Rare 7% per card)
• Bronze Reliquary: 0.78% per pack · 3.7% in the themed pack (Rare 8% per card)
• Silver Reliquary: 1.3% per pack · 6.2% in the themed pack (Rare 15% per card)
• Golden Reliquary: 2% per pack · 9.4% in the themed pack (Rare 25% per card)
• Daily Showcase: Shows up on about 1.5% of days · 400 gems
• Craft with card dust: 600 dust
• Crossing of Myths: Can be offered as a reward during a crossing (the card stays in the crossing deck).

Sources

1. Garm — Store norske leksikon
2. The Poetic Edda: Voluspo — Henry Adams Bellows (trad./trans.)
3. The Poetic Edda: Baldrs Draumar — Henry Adams Bellows (trad./trans.)