In Arthurian legend, King Uther's son was too young to take up the throne upon his father's death. A sword in a stone was set up in order to reveal who the true heir was; the only person able to pull the blade was a youthful Arthur. Depending on the version of the story, Arthur breaks this sword in a duel with Pellinore. It is after this event that Arthur receives Excalibur from the Lady of the Lake.

Status of Set 8

Note: This card was never printed. The final version from the design team has been spoiled to players on the Anachronism forums. There's no telling whether or not this card will be printed, and if it were, that it'd have the same text as the spoiled version.

As is, one will notice missing elements, since the card hasn't been finished. There's no artist or flavor text; card names and ability titles are English, rather than Old English.

Card Text

(3) Sword in the Stone (2)

Briton • Weapon • Sword • Quest (2 Hands)

Caledfwlch: Your other support cards gain +3 initiative.

Pellinore's Duel: After an opponent makes a basic attack against you, the next time you make an attack roll for an attack with this weapon, the roll gains +2.

no flavor text

Illus.: n/a • Set 8 • 43/100

Warrior Pack

Sword in the Stone comes with the Uther Pendragon warrior pack.

History in Brief

Sword in the Stone

{coming eventually}

Trivia

• In other versions of Arthur's story, this sword and Excalibur are one in the same; the Lady repairs and improves the broken sword.
• Caledfwlch is the Welsh version of "Excalibur."

Links

• Excalibur on Wikipedia