Fallen Baldr, the Light That Returns

The myth

Slain by the mistletoe, Baldr was carried to the ship Hringhorni for his funeral. It was so heavy that only the giantess Hyrrokkin, riding a wolf with serpents for reins, could push it into the sea. His wife Nanna died of grief and was laid on the pyre with him, and Odin placed the ring Draupnir there. Baldr went to Hel's realm, and the world did not weep enough to bring him back. But the Völuspá promises that after Ragnarök the fields will bear unsown, and Baldr will return to the renewed world.

Why it has this power

A level 7 Rare, reached only by fusing Baldr with the Sharpened Mistletoe Sprout. ATK 2500 surpasses the living Baldr; DEF 2300 drops, for death has already reached him. He remains Light but becomes Undead, under Sun and Scarab, the constellation of rebirth. The light that falls and promises to return.

Did you know

In Vafþrúðnismál, Odin defeats the giant with an unanswerable question: what he whispered in Baldr's ear upon the pyre.

Connections

• Born from the fusion of: Baldr the Beautiful + Sharpened Mistletoe Sprout

Where to get it

• Born from the fusion of: Baldr the Beautiful + Sharpened Mistletoe Sprout
• It never joins the collection: you summon it mid-duel, by fusion or ritual.

Sources

1. Baldr — Joshua J. Mark
2. Balder — Store norske leksikon
3. The Poetic Edda: Voluspo — Henry Adams Bellows (trad./trans.)