Second Untamed Legendary Summoner Revealed!

splinterlands (68)in #splinterlands • 4 years ago

As the next 100k Untamed edition booster packs get closer to selling out, it's time to announce the second Untamed Legendary Summoner card! For those of you who may have missed it, the first Untamed Legendary Summoner was Mimosa Nightshade.

The Fire Splinter Summoner - Yodin Zaku - is the second of six total Untamed edition Legendary Summoner cards to be added into the game via airdrop. The character design was a joint effort by Splinterlands players and Kickstarter backers @neoxian and @zaku (as part of the “Selenia Sky’s War Effort” Kickstarter contribution package reward) and will be the fifth Untamed card to be airdropped to early pack purchasers!

Even though the card is being revealed now, it won’t be “unlocked” and available in the game until after the remaining ~20,000 packs are sold. Yodin will be the 15th Legendary card to be available in Untamed edition booster packs, so the chances of receiving the card in the airdrop (as well as in booster packs going forward, without the use of potions) will be approximately 0.267% or 1 in every 375 packs on average, with an average of 1 in 50 of them (or 2%) being Gold Foil. Please note that the Chain Golem was a crowdfund exclusive card and is not available in Untamed booster packs.

Show Me the Stats!

Like Mimosa, Yodin Zaku will also cost 7 mana making him most useful in higher mana cap battles. He increases both the Ranged Attack and Health of all friendly Monsters which should be a big boost to the many ranged Fire Splinter Monsters.

Most importantly, though, he also gives the Blast ability to ALL friendly Monsters as well! The Fire Splinter is all about damage and destruction, and Yodin will take that theme to the next level!

Here are some notes about Yodin's interactions with some other abilities and rulesets (for those of you who are into that sort of thing):

Monsters cannot have two of the same ability, so Monsters that already have the Blast ability will not get an additional benefit from Yodin’s Blast ability.
Monsters will not receive the Blast ability from Yodin in the Silenced Summoners ruleset.
Yodin's abilities and effects WILL apply in the Back to Basics ruleset, as this ruleset states that “Monsters lose all of their abilities”, but not that they cannot have abilities applied during a battle by the Summoner or in the future by Items or Spells.

Get In On the Airdrop!

At the time of writing there are around 20,000 Untamed booster packs available for purchase that will be eligible for the Yodin Zaku airdrop. Of course, all Untamed booster packs purchased to date either through the site or through the crowdfunding campaign are also eligible, and after the airdrop the card will be available to be found in all packs opened going forward.

These packs will also be eligible for all 9 of the remaining new Untamed card airdrops that will happen every time another set of 100,000 packs are sold. The next 4 of those will be the additional Legendary Summoner cards from the other Splinters.

We plan for the other four new Untamed Legendary Summoners to also cost 7 mana and have abilities similar in power level to Mimosa's and Yodin’s, so you’ll definitely want to get your hands on as many of those as you can to compete in the higher mana cap battles!

Yodin Zaku - Lore

Yodin Zaku was a War Demon of the times before the Splintering so long ago. He was a hybrid child born of two warring races, the Efreet and the Bulludae, the Demons of War. But he never perished. His being was imprisoned in an ancient artifact that preserved his life, and now, nearly a thousand years after the Splintering, Yodin has opened his eyes and risen from his bondage.

His parents married in secret, since their bondage was strictly forbidden by the Great Orderlies. The Efreet and the Bulludae had been at war for thousands of years, but the two noble families of both parents had themselves been locked into an especially bitter feud for centuries. When the relationship was finally discovered by the Estath authorities, the result was quite unexpected.

Their union of the unlikely couple compelled the leaders of the two warring factions into diplomacy. After wildly successful peace talks, many generations of peace and plenty followed. There was a great mingling of the two races; together, they accomplished great things, and had their growth not been suddenly halted by the catastrophic Splintering, the Estath would have driven the world forward in prosperity.

Yodin’s mother’s name was Eha Balan. She was an expert in the most ancient arts of fire, some of which are unknown to even the high priestess Mitreyya. Eha was considered throughout the Estath lands to be the best sorceress in her class. His father was an old and endlessly wise Demon known as Zer’geroth Mozran; with his mighty wings, Zer’geroth could summon powers greater than those of any Splintral Wizard.

In the era of peace, Yodin was born. As he grew his mother and father infused their ancient arts of magic and strength into what became a vast arsenal of knowledge. His mother taught him how to wield fire to an unmatched degree, and his father taught him to strike with unparalleled vengeance. Through this extensive training and deep counsel, he came to be one of the most famous Belludae Demons to ever walk the Splinterlands. He quickly rose to the rank of Great Orderly.

The Great Orderlies were the overseers of defense, offense, war, peace and prosperity in the Estath-lands. They were the silent but deadly, ever-present over-watchers. Their punishments were swift, and they brought havoc upon all who challenged them. In spite of all their toughness and the fear they evoked, the Great Orderlies also held a boundless love for growth and a deep compassion for all the living.

As with all times of peace, it came to a sudden end at the whims of a single jealous shaman. The histories do not remember his name, but the war, once rekindled, threatened the existence of both races, Efreet and Belludae. The jealous shaman captured the consciousnesses of several powerful Demons, taking over the Estath state and plunging order into turmoil and violence. The Great Orderlies were hunted down one by one and slaughtered. Those Orderlies who could not be killed were imprisoned by unbreakable enchantments in boxes, chains and cages. In a battle against a vile Efreet sorcerer, Yodin’s parents were vaporized before his eyes by the most powerful spell of lightning he had ever seen. From then, Yodin was on his own. His life became war, and he never stopped fighting until he was finally imprisoned in an enchanted chest by another Efreet sorcerer (Yodin could not be vaporized). The war, which lasted all the way until the great Splintering, became known as the Thousand Year War.

As the years passed after the Splintering, the stories of the Thousand Year War and the (presumed extinct) Belludae Demons faded from memory in the Burning Lands. The new order was the Ferexia and the Torch; they cared little for history while there were enough problems in the present. The sealed souls of the Belludae Demons have sat quietly in a region of the Burning Lands that is utterly deserted, a land which is now called The Unknown, simply waiting to be awakened.

Yodin, being trapped while fully aware, knew of his predicament. In the last few centuries of his soul bondage, he could feel the enchantments that held him growing weaker. Finally, when he could take no more captivity, Yodin Zaku used all his magical energy to summon the most powerful forces within his reach. His unlikely call was answered by a Giant Roc gliding high through the Burning Lands’ skies, who swooped down and picked up the enchanted chest in its great talons. The massive bird then flew to the precipice of Glover’s Steep, from whence it dropped the chest. When finally it struck the rocks below, the chest was broken into many pieces and the binding enchantments were shattered. Yodin Zaku’s soul began to rise, and he morphed into his favorite physical form, which he still remembered well.

Standing alone in the Unknown, Yodin looked out over the deserted lands that were once thriving with his ancestors. A tear fell from his feline eye as he thought about his long-gone mother and father, sizzling into steam as it landed on his whiskered cheekbone. Thousands of years had passed since the world Yodin knew. With raging fire in his heart and the taste of Efreet blood’s memory in his teeth, Yodin Zaku began to make his way west, toward the Molten Mountains and the cities of the Burning Lands. He walked faster and faster, eventually breaking into a full and wild run of freedom. As the air whipped by his face, Yodin hoped that there were still people left to conquer.