Creatures / 135
Guài Shé
怪蛇
Guài Shé – Snake
Background
Strange snakes live below immense trees in the landscape described by the passage.
An editorial reading of the card’s subject. Legendary properties belong to the story.
Classical text
Mountains & Seas · Northern Mountains
Read the full source paragraph
Travelling a further 500 li north by water and 300 li through shifting sand, one reaches Mount Huán [洹], rich in metals and jade above. Three mulberry trees grow there, all without branches, a hundred ren high. All kinds of fruit trees grow there. Below are many Guài Shé.From the English edition of Mountains & Seas. Open the reader for the Chinese editions and translator’s notes. Linked names follow the card catalogue; hover to see the original wording.
Passage printed on the card
三桑生之，其树皆无枝，其高百仞。百果树生之。其下多怪蛇。Game card text
Venom (1)
🌢 on Guài Shé give it +1/+1 instead.
The game’s adaptation, transcribed from the supplied card file. The image preserves coloured symbols and the printed layout.