Top 5 Most Irish Magic Cards

by Bill Stark | posted at 2010-03-17 02:12:00
tagged: MTG, Magic, Magic the Gathering, St. Patrick\'s Day, St. Patrick\'s, Ireland, Irish

Happy St. Patrick's Day from the gang at TheStarkingtonPost.com! In honor of the holiday, we thought we'd bring you a special treat: the top 5 Magic cards that represent Ireland. So without further ado, let's get started!

 

5. Hermit Druid

 

 

Irish history (all of the British Isles truthfully) is filled with druidic and celtic heritage. And so is Magic! But not just any Druid will do from Magic's history. No, to truly represent Ireland we needed one that could evoke a sense of druid mysticism and power too. Throw in some celticish runes and you come up with Hermit Druid. This bad boy has it all, and was so powerful in Extended that it had to be banned.

 

4. Urza's Chalice

 

 

Okay, it's an old stereotype but when you consider Ireland brought the world Whiskey (mmmm...technically it might have been the Babylonians, but who made it FAMOUS?) and Guinness, it's hard to justify a top 5 that doesn't contain a pint of some type. For this project? Urza's Chalice. One has to imagine even the ole' planeswalker himself kicks back once in awhile for a brew in a nice cold mug. And check out it's super type: "Poly Artifact." In Magic's early days before the tap symbol existed, poly artifacts were artifacts that could be used more than once in a turn. Mono artifact meant "tap to use," while continuous artifact meant the effect worked all the time. Neat!

 

3. Balduvian Barbarians

 

 

In addition to a love of a good time, Ireland is also famous for some badass redheads. Most likely to provide you that type of card in Magic? Barbarians (Berserkers are a close second). Balduvian Barbarians fit the bill nicely, right down to their viking inspired headgear. And check out that flavor text, a Balduvian tavern song. Hope the heroes of this 3/2 brought their Urza's Chalices for the post-battle party.

 

2. Storm Seeker

 

 

In the retelling of the William Wallace legend, Mel Gibson's "Braveheart," the climactic final scene shows the heroes rushing to battle after throwing Wallace's giant double-handed sword into the ground. Okay, technically they were fighting for the freedom of Scotland from England, but the Irish were fighting on their side. Also there's no day to celebrate Scotland (in the U.S.), and we weren't passing up the opportunity for this perfect tie in. So deal with it.

 

(Also, spoiler warning re: "Braveheart." Lil' late, our bad.)

 

1. Aisling Leprechaun

 

 

Was there ever any doubt in your mind that this would be #1? It's the only non-changeling Leprechaun in the game!

 

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