Tupi · No. 016
Smoke-Serpent of the Wildfire
Inspired by: The Boitatá and the idea of fire that hunts down whoever burns the forest; its fusion with the Curupira is a MYTHENOR rhyme.
It rises from the smoke of burned forest, searching for whoever lit the fire.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Category
- Monster
- ATK
- 2250
- DEF
- 1900
- Level
- 6
- Type
- Serpent
- Element
- Fire
- Constellations
- Sun · Leviathan
The myth
The Smoke-Serpent is a MYTHENOR creation, conceived as a step before the Boitatá. In folklore the Boitatá is a fire snake that protects fields and punishes those who burn them; some southern versions say it can turn into a smoldering log to frighten fire-setters. The game imagined the stage before: the smoke of a wildfire taking shape and going out to find whoever lit it. When it meets the Curupira, protector of the forest, the two stories join and become the Boitatá. The message is old: what the forest loses, it remembers.
Why it has this power
A level 6 rare with ATK 2250 and DEF 1900: strong on its own, but made to grow. It is a fire-element Serpent, with Sun and Leviathan, the same constellations as the Boitatá. Fused with the Curupira, it becomes the legendary Boitatá, with ATK 3200.
Did you know
In a letter of 1560, Father José de Anchieta was already describing the baetatá, "thing of fire", seen mostly near the sea and rivers.
Connections
- Fuses into: + Curupira, Guardian of the Forest → Boitatá, Serpent of Fire
- In Dona Benedita, Folk Healer of the Backlands's deck
- In Great Pajé Ybytu's deck
- In Jaci-Miri, Sentinel of the Forest's deck
Where to get it
- Campaign drop: Jaci-Miri, Sentinel of the Forest (Heart of the Forest) — grade S: 31% · grade A: 31% · grade B: 31% · grade C: 31% · grade D: 17%
- Campaign drop: Kaelmyr, Devourer of Pantheons (The Void Between Mythologies) — grade C: 17%
- Daily Offering: 0.11% per pack (Rare 2.8% per card)
- Traveler's Pack: 0.69% per pack · 5.2% in the themed pack (Rare 7% per card)
- Bronze Reliquary: 0.78% per pack · 5.8% in the themed pack (Rare 8% per card)
- Silver Reliquary: 1.3% per pack · 9.5% in the themed pack (Rare 15% per card)
- Golden Reliquary: 2% per pack · 14% in the themed pack (Rare 25% per card)
- Daily Showcase: Shows up on about 1.5% of days · 400 gems
- Craft with card dust: 600 dust
- Crossing of Myths: Can be offered as a reward during a crossing (the card stays in the crossing deck).
Sources
- Boitatá — Wikipedia
- Dicionário do Folclore Brasileiro — Luís da Câmara Cascudo