Móðguðr, Warden of Gjallarbrú

The myth

Móðguðr is the guardian of Gjallarbrú, the bridge roofed with shining gold over the river Gjöll on the road to Hel's realm. In Gylfaginning, Hermóðr rides Sleipnir for nine nights through dark valleys to plead for Baldr's return. When he reaches the bridge, Móðguðr asks his name and lineage and remarks that the day before, five troops of dead men crossed without making the bridge ring as loudly as he alone does, and that he lacks the color of the dead. Then she shows him the way: downward and to the north.

Why it has this power

A level 6 Uncommon with ATK 1950 and DEF 2000: a guardian, stronger standing on the bridge than advancing. A Darkness Undead, under Moon and Scarab. Fused with the Frozen-Crypt Draugr, she awakens the Draugr Jarl of Náströnd, an Epic with ATK 2700.

Did you know

In the medieval Norwegian ballad Draumkvedet, Gjallarbrú reappears as a narrow bridge on the way to the afterlife.

Connections

• Fuses into: + Frozen-Crypt Draugr → Draugr Jarl of Náströnd
• In Thorvald Blackkeel's deck
• In Halvard the Grey Raven's deck

Where to get it

• Campaign drop: Thorvald Blackkeel (Yggdrasil Fjord) — grade S: 25% · grade A: 25% · grade B: 25% · grade C: 25% · grade D: 13%
• Campaign drop: Halvard the Grey Raven (Yggdrasil Fjord) — grade S: 25% · grade A: 25% · grade B: 25% · grade C: 25% · grade D: 25%
• 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. Gjallarbrua – i norrøn mytologi — Store norske leksikon
2. The Prose Edda: Gylfaginning — Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur (trad./trans.)