Naglfar Oarsman

The myth

Naglfar is the ship that breaks its moorings at Ragnarök. In the Völuspá a ship comes from the east with the people of Muspell and Loki at the helm, and Naglfar is loosed; Snorri says the giant Hrymr commands it and that the ship floats free when the sea floods the land as the Midgard Serpent writhes. The sources speak of a crew of giants and forces of chaos but never describe the oarsmen one by one. The Naglfar Oarsman is a MYTHENOR creation imagining one of the dead waiting for departure.

Why it has this power

A level 3 Common with ATK 900 and DEF 800. A Water Undead, under Moon and Leviathan, the dark tides where the ship waits. It has two paths: it is a material for the Rite of the Gjallar Bridge, which calls Hel, and fused with any Machine it becomes Naglfar itself, an Epic with ATK 2800.

Did you know

Naglfar means something like nail-ship, though some scholars propose the name originally referred to the dead.

Connections

• Fuses into: + Machine → Naglfar, the Ship of Nails
• 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. Naglfar – i norrøn mytologi — Store norske leksikon
2. The Poetic Edda: Voluspo — Henry Adams Bellows (trad./trans.)
3. The Prose Edda: Gylfaginning — Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur (trad./trans.)