Sharpened Mistletoe Sprout

The myth

When Frigg asked everything in the world to swear not to harm Baldr, she passed over a shoot of mistletoe growing west of Valhöll, because it seemed too young to be asked for an oath. Loki, disguised as a woman, learned the secret, pulled up the mistletoe and gave it to the blind god Höðr, guiding his hand. The Völuspá describes the mistilteinn as slender and fair, growing tall above the plain. A living, sharpened mistletoe sprout as a creature is a MYTHENOR creation inspired by that fatal sprig.

Why it has this power

A level 2 Common with ATK 600 and DEF 400: small and frail, as in the myth. A Darkness Insect-Plant, under Moon and Scarab. Alone it hardly matters, but fused with Baldr it creates Fallen Baldr, the Light That Returns, a Rare with ATK 2500: the smallest being changes the fate of the greatest.

Did you know

Mistilteinn is also the name of a sword in Icelandic legendary sagas, a sign of how the sprig became a symbol of a weapon.

Connections

• Fuses into: + Baldr the Beautiful → Fallen Baldr, the Light That Returns
• In Sigrun Runedaughter'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. The Prose Edda: Gylfaginning — Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur (trad./trans.)
2. Baldr — Joshua J. Mark
3. The Poetic Edda: Voluspo — Henry Adams Bellows (trad./trans.)