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Frank Zhang and Nico di Angelo playing Mythomagic.
Mythomagic is a collectible card and figurine game involved trading cards and miniature figurines. It is focused on Greek mythology.
Percy Jackson and the Olympians[]
The Titan's Curse[]
Nico di Angelo, a player of Mythomagic
Nico di Angelo is seen playing with Mythomagic cards and figures multiple times early in the story. Every time he met a mythological creature, he would often say something about their abilities within the game or whether or not he had that particular figurine.
Nico even tried to teach Grover how to play. Nico stops Dionysus from attempting to kill Percy by telling him about his card and how Dionysus is considered the weakest god card by most players, but how he thinks his powers are "totally sweet," distracting and flustering the god enough for Percy to divert his attention.
Before dying, Bianca collects the only Mythomagic figurine that Nico hasn't got yet and gives it to Percy for her brother. The figurine proves to be one of Hades and Percy realizes that the di Angelo siblings are actually Hades' children.
The Battle of the Labyrinth[]
Nico is seen burning the Mythomagic cards in a fire near the River Styx and calling it a "childish game" and saying that he "couldn't believe he ever liked this" in an Iris Message Percy was sent by Bianca di Angelo.
Near the end of the book, Percy teases Nico by saying that Hades has 4000 attack points in the game, but Nico corrects saying he has 5000, but only if the opponent attacks first.
The Heroes of Olympus[]
Frank Zhang, a former player of Mythomagic.
The Son of Neptune[]
Percy, Hazel, and Frank see several First and Second Cohort members playing Mythomagic inside their base when they should be guarding their banner during the Roman War Games. Their version of the card game is believed to feature the Roman aspects of the gods.
The House of Hades[]
Nico di Angelo and Frank are discussing the monsters waiting for them outside, katoblepones, with Triptolemus. Nico soon recalls having read about the katobleps, as it was a monster card in Mythomagic. Frank admits he has never seen that card despite having played Mythomagic himself, to which Nico informs him it was in the Africanus Extreme expansion deck.
The Senior Year Adventures[]
The Chalice of the Gods[]
To Percy's surprise, Barbara the dryad only wants a selfie with Annabeth and her autograph to help him sneak into Zeus' brunch for Rhea. Percy had expected something much more difficult such as a personal quest or a box of gold-foil collector's edition Mythomagic cards.
The Nico di Angelo Adventures[]
The Sun and the Star: A Nico di Angelo Adventure[]
Nico di Angelo tells Will Solace and Gorgyra that the game was around in the 1940s and he played it back then too. When Nico was eight and expressed an appreciation for the appearance of the Ares figure in the game, he got a homophobic reaction from his friend that triggered Nico's fear of letting people know that he's gay.
When Maria and Bianca appear to Nico in a dream, Bianca presents Nico with a Mythomagic figurine of Zeus and recites his stats and how Zeus was one of Nico's favorite. Maria comments that Nico had loved Mythomagic so much that half of the time it was impossible to pull his attention away from it, especially after the family moved to the United States.
Percy Jackson and the Olympians (TV series)[]
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Season One[]
"I Accidentally Vaporize My Pre-Algebra Teacher"[]
Grover is introduced playing Mythomagic with Percy at Yancy Academy. Later, Grover explains that he was secretly using the game to prepare Percy for the threats that he will face as a demigod.
Known Mythomagic Cards/Figurines and their Powers[]
| Card/Figurine | Powers |
| Manticore | Three thousand attack power, +5 to saving throws |
| Dionysus | Five hundred attack points. Weakest God card |
| Zeus | Lightning bolts that do 600 damage |
| Hades | 4000 attack power, 5000 if opponent attacks first. |
| Apollo | +30 health, 2000 defense |
| Athena | +100 knowledge, 3000 attack |
| Ares |
Blood rage/infinite health for 3 rounds. |
| Kronos | Infinite attack and defense power |
| Katobleps | Poisoned eyes and breath |
Hades Figurine[]
In the graphic novel.
In the game Mythomagic, the Hades figurine was the last figurine Nico needed. In The Titan's Curse, Bianca took one from The Junkyard of the Gods, causing the prototype Talos to awaken. It cost her life defeating it. Percy gives it to Nico later, but he doesn't accept it until the The Battle of the Labyrinth. The figurine is what makes Percy realize that Hades is Nico's father.
In Camp Half-Blood (Real world)[]
Some of the Camp Half-Blood Literary camps across the country, most notably the one in Austin, Texas and Decatur, Georgia have created their own versions of Mythomagic based on the one in the book. Campers (who each control one hero) team up against a single counselor (who controls all the monsters).
The game is played on Hero click boards, a miniature Greek temple or a pyramid set (for Camp Kane, but it can be used for Camp Half-Blood also). Every year, they play a championship, in which four random players are chosen to fight a boss battle (i.e.: a Titan, Cerberus, river demons, a tank, etc.). They have only had one in which nobody has died. The winner (whoever strikes the final blow) of the championship gets their own figure based on them. However, because the merchandising rights to the series were sold to Fox (along with the movie rights) and eventually Disney, no official version has been released to the general public.
Trivia[]
- The rules appear to be very complicated, with similarity in rules to the rules of real-life card games like Magic: The Gathering, and tabletop role-playing games such as Dungeons & Dragons.
- Both Nico and Frank play Mythomagic.