Tupi · No. 029
War-Canoe Paddler
Inspired by: The canoes of the coastal Tupi peoples, described by sixteenth-century chroniclers.
He paddles against the current without losing the rhythm.
- Rarity
- Common
- Category
- Monster
- ATK
- 1000
- DEF
- 1100
- Level
- 3
- Type
- Warrior
- Element
- Water
- Constellations
- Moon · Leviathan
The myth
The Tupi peoples were great navigators of rivers and coasts, as the Encyclopaedia Britannica notes. Their canoes, carved from a single hollowed trunk or made of bark, carried families, cargo and warriors. Sixteenth-century accounts, such as that of Hans Staden, who lived among the Tupinambá, describe canoes full of paddlers gliding along the coast. The Tupi word for canoe, ygara, lives on in names like igarapé, the canoe path. Today paddling is still part of daily life for many Indigenous and riverside communities. The card is a MYTHENOR creation honoring those paddlers.
Why it has this power
A level 3 common with ATK 1000 and DEF 1100: steady and tough, like one who paddles against the current. It is a water-element Warrior, with Moon and Leviathan. It is an offering for the Riverside Midsummer Dance, which summons the Boto, and, fused with the Genipap-Painted Warrior, forms the War Canoe of a Hundred Oars.
Did you know
The word canoe, used in many languages, came from Indigenous peoples of the Caribbean and reached Europe with the navigators.
Connections
- Fuses into: + Genipap-Painted Warrior → War Canoe of a Hundred Oars
- In Tapiraí, Trail Scout's deck
- In Iandira, Captain of the Creek's deck
Where to get it
- Campaign drop: Tapiraí, Trail Scout (Heart of the Forest) — grade C: 14% · grade D: 13%
- 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
- Tupian — Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Tupinambá people — Wikipedia
- Igarapé — Wikipédia