Tupi · No. 027
Genipap-Painted Warrior
Inspired by: Body painting with genipap, practiced to this day by many Indigenous peoples of Brazil.
Painted for war, trained for silence.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Category
- Monster
- ATK
- 1650
- DEF
- 1400
- Level
- 5
- Type
- Warrior
- Element
- Earth
- Constellations
- Feather · Hammer
The myth
Genipap is the fruit of a native tree whose juice, reacting with skin, leaves a blue-black dye that lasts for days. Together with the red of annatto, it is used by many Indigenous peoples of Brazil for body painting. Sixteenth-century chroniclers already described painted Tupinambá. The designs are not random decoration: they express identity, age, kinship, festivals, mourning, protection and also preparation for war, and each people has its own patterns. The card, a MYTHENOR creation, honors this living tradition, in which painting the body is also telling who you are.
Why it has this power
A level 5 uncommon with ATK 1650 and DEF 1400: a complete warrior for the mid-game. It is earth-element, like the dye that comes from a tree. Feather and Hammer mark it as a fighter. Fused with the War-Canoe Paddler, it forms the War Canoe of a Hundred Oars.
Did you know
Genipap juice goes on almost clear and only darkens on the skin after a few hours.
Connections
- Fuses into: + War-Canoe Paddler → War Canoe of a Hundred Oars
- In Tapiraí, Trail Scout's deck
- In Kaelmyr, Devourer of Pantheons's deck
Where to get it
- Campaign drop: Yaraci, Forest Apprentice (Heart of the Forest) — grade S: 20% · grade A: 18%
- Campaign drop: Tapiraí, Trail Scout (Heart of the Forest) — grade S: 20% · grade A: 20% · grade B: 14%
- 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
- Jenipapo — Wikipédia
- Tupinambá people — Wikipedia