5 Of My Favorite MTG Cards (Green Edition 2.0)

Happy St. Patrick’s Week fellow Otaku & Metalheads!

This coming Friday is the day where we all don our most green clothes, crack open the closest Guinness or other form of alcohol, and overall be merry about the Irish saint driving out all of the snakes from the Emerald Isle. As someone who is part Irish, the incoming holiday means just a little more to me than some. So, to celebrate the occasion, I got some green themed goodies in store for you. Today’s post is one I did last year, showing off some of my favorite MTG cards that just so happened to be as green as a four-leafed clover, and just for fun I’m doing it again! So without further delay, here are 4 of my favorite MTG cards that are green......2.0!

1) Ruxa, Patient Professor (Strixhaven Commander)

Our list begins with a bit of a strange one, but also from one of my top 3 sets of all time! Hailing from the Quandrix school, this bear of a teacher is all about teaching the basics. So much so, that she gives bonuses & helps out creatures that don’t have any abilities. Doesn’t matter if it’s base creatures or creature tokens, Ruxa lives up to her name of being a patient sage to her students. If you’re willing to take your time, you’ll find that Ruxa is a pretty potent professor!

2) Isao, Enlightened Bushi (Betrayers Of Kamigawa)

And here we come to another odd one on this list. When we first visited Kamigawa back in the mid 2000s, our first glimpse at that plane’s samurai was among the colors of White, Red, and Black. Betrayers was a big departure from that triad of colors, and we were given the lone Green samurai of the original block. Further adding to the weirdness is that he can actually prevent samurai from dying. Granted, you need a little bit of mana open to do it, but he can prevent a swordman from going into the beyond. It’s a little strange, especially since there has be hardly any Green samurai released since Isao came out, but the concept is cool!

3) Old Gnawbone (Adventures In The Forgotten Realms)

Overpowered as hell!

This gigantic green dragon that prowls the woods is an absolute monster! Not only does she have some beastly stats herself, but she & any other creatures you control can generate absolute tons of wealth. All of the treasure you create can be incredibly massive, especially if you have other big beefy critters that can deal a lot of damage. With all of that treasure lying around, you can definitely cast some other big things, and that’s always a plus for me!

4) God-Eternal Rhonas (War Of The Spark)

Before we had the Phyrexians finally spread their evil across the Multiverse, the last big threat players faced was that of Nicol Bolas & his attempt to regain his former power. Taking over the plane of Ravnica in an effort to harvest the sparks of planeswalkers, he brought with him an army that our heroes had a tough time dealing with, and heading parts of his army were the zombified dead gods of the world Amonkhet. One of them was Rhonas, the former god of strength, was now leading a portion of this army. Because of his state, he’s got new ways to boost your creatures, and can even come back from the dead! Thankfully, our heroes were able to imprison Bolas seemingly for good, and the gods could rest in piece.

5) Baru, Fist Of Krosa (Future Sight)

I realized when I made this 2nd list, that pretty much all of the creatures picked were legendary, so let’s end things on a legendary mechanic. Grandeur was an intriguing idea outside of commander: have multiple copies of a legendary creature that had Grandeur, and discard them to activate an effect. It was certainly interesting, but given it was only on five creature that were also Futureshifted (The gimmick of the 3rd part of the Time Spiral block), it’s obvious that it probably wasn’t going to be used much......but it was at least a neat concept!  

And those were 5 more of my favorite green MTG cards. Like last time, I certainly had quite the selection, but they all happened to fit the moment. So, with this first celebration of one of the most vibrant colors completed, join me on St. Patrick’s Day itself for a 2nd look at an Irish band that could have been. See you soon!




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Here’s a link to last year’s list:

5 Of My Favorite MTG Cards (Green Edition)