Mökkurkálfi, the Clay Giant

The myth

Mökkurkálfi is the clay giant the giants built to help Hrungnir in his duel against Thor. According to Skáldskaparmál he stood nine leagues tall and three broad beneath the arms, and since they could find no heart big enough, they gave him a mare's heart. When Thor arrived, the mare's heart failed him: Mökkurkálfi was terrified. Þjálfi, Thor's servant, faced him, and the clay giant fell without glory while Thor defeated Hrungnir. He is perhaps the first artificial being in Norse literature.

Why it has this power

A level 6 Uncommon with ATK 1800 and DEF 2000: a vast body but a frightened heart, which is why defense exceeds attack. An Earth Machine, made of clay, under Sun and Hammer. Fused with a Warrior, it awakens Hrungnir, the giant with the heart of stone.

Did you know

Mökkurkálfi is one of the rare beings in Norse myth that was made rather than born.

Connections

• Fuses into: + Warrior → Hrungnir, the Stone-Hearted

Where to get it

• Campaign drop: Ingrid Icehunter (Yggdrasil Fjord) — grade B: 14%
• Campaign drop: Thorvald Blackkeel (Yggdrasil Fjord) — grade D: 8.7%
• 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. The Prose Edda: Skáldskaparmál — Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur (trad./trans.)
2. Thor — Encyclopaedia Britannica