Tupi · No. 049
Saci-Pererê
Real myth
One leg, a red cap, a pipe, and all the mischief in the world.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Category
- Monster
- ATK
- 1500
- DEF
- 1100
- Level
- 4
- Type
- Spirit
- Element
- Wind
- Constellations
- Feather · Fox
The myth
The Saci-Pererê is perhaps the most famous figure in Brazilian folklore, and he is made of three heritages. His name comes from Tupi and also named a bird with an insistent call; from African traditions comes the figure of the one-legged Black boy; from Europe came the magic red cap where his power lives. He smokes a pipe, appears in whirlwinds, vanishes and reappears, and is always up to mischief: he sours milk, hides things and ties knots in horses' manes. In 1918 Monteiro Lobato published a survey with dozens of accounts of the Saci, which helped fix his image.
Why it has this power
A level 4 uncommon with ATK 1500 and DEF 1100: fast, cheeky and hard to catch. It is a wind-element Spirit, because it lives in whirlwinds. Feather is the lightness of hopping on one leg; Fox, the mischief. Fused with the Pipe-Smoke Sorceress, it becomes the Saci of the Whirlwind.
Did you know
Since the 2000s, October 31 has been celebrated as Saci Day in many places across Brazil.
Connections
- Fuses into: + Pipe-Smoke Sorceress → Saci of the Whirlwind
- 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: Dona Benedita, Folk Healer of the Backlands (Heart of the Forest) — grade D: 13%
- Campaign drop: Great Pajé Ybytu (Heart of the Forest) — grade S: 17% · grade A: 17% · grade B: 17% · grade C: 17% · grade D: 17%
- 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
- Saci (Brazilian folklore) — Wikipedia
- Um estudo comparativo entre O Sacy-Perêrê: resultado de um inquérito (1918) e O Saci (1921) — Evandro do Carmo Camargo — UNESP