Let's discuss MtG art: which cards you love just for the

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>>47174549
I miss the old and weird MtG art. Now it all looks the same

can't think of any specific examples. unrelated, I always liked the art for this card. wish i could find it in a larger size

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>>47174610
We will never ever get art as weird as Stasis', and it's such a shame

This is for you, as a token of peace

>>47174610
Only site I know that hosted hi-res old art got raided by WotC a while back. Has made it a bitch to mod DotP.

>>47174658
>art as weird as Stasis',
are we talking original or the lewd "alt art"?

>>47174698
The original I've never seen the weird alt art, what is it?

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This card's art is just lovely

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>"So...you gonna breastfeed me or what?"

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I've always enjoyed the art styles from original Mirrodin.

Here's one of my faves.

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>>47174889

The first time I opened a Mirrodin pack, the first card I got was this one and I fell in love, it's so cool

>>47174949
The Myr are my favorite MTG race.

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>>47174990
My fav Myr

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Lorwyn and Kamigawa have great and strange art


What's with Kamigawa and the shoals of weird looking fish?

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>>47175105
i'm really bummed that i missed kamigawa, and lorwyn as well

>>47174889
That myr looks so sad.

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obligatory guay

>>47175206
>dat flavor text

Cheeky fuckers

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>Opportunity to name it "Foursee": Missed

>>47175229
Fairies and fae related cards usually have great art

>>47175279
Top kek

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>>47174549

fishtits da best

also progenitus original artwork is what got me interested in magic, i became a timmy as fuck player

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When it comes to guilds, the Orzhov have the best art

Just like the Vatican, I guess

>>47175317
Ah, Progenitus, how many "JUDGE!" must that "Protection from everything" must have caused...

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>For Ice Age, I want the players to really feel the ice, so I'm going to draw fucking native american themed stuff in this card

The art is awesome, don't get me wrong, but fuck me if it fits the setting

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There are two kinds of Magic players: the ones that like Foglio art and the ones that don't

>>47175371

"Is 'you' a thing?"

>>47175563

From EVERYTHING, bro

>>47175601
The level of detail is fucking impressive

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I love the whole Scars of Mirrodin art block in general. Just look at this sexy bird/skull/snake thing. Probably one of the two coolest foils I own.

>>47175317
I have a goal of one day hardcasting Progenitus. He'll be boardwiped the next turn, but it'll be worth it.

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>>47175628
Many of the Eldrazi had really awesome arts. Shame about the quality block.

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>>47175641
This is the other one of my favorite foils. I just think it's super neat.

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Time for a tough question:

Which HtT art is your favourite?

>>47175703
That looks fucking futuristic even for the Simic,it's great

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>>47175726
Bottom left, followed by top left, then top right. That spirit wolf is pretty darn neat.

Alternate art polukranos is pretty cool as well.

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huge angel fetish, this card is why I play miracles

>>47175601
"Yes, but why water?"

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Pic related is pretty cool. Not a huge fan of the setting, but it's nice to see the blown up art. Excited for the Innistrad book.

>>47175726
I play a copy of each in one of my decks, but I have to save that my favorite is definitely the Wolf followed by the top left (Hoover) followed by the people dancing followed by the dinner table. Extra bonus "epic meme" points if you play the Wolf Howl while wearing the 3 Wolf Moon Shirt

>>47175703
>human advisor mutant

Simic is the best

>>47175726
Yellow table for sure. Just to clarify, its a fox not a wolf

>>47175539
Count me in boss, I love that early cheese. Makes magic look fun.

>>47175105
japan likes fish
kamigawa is japan
.*. kamigawa likes fish Q.E.D.

>>47175726
NIGHTMARE MODE: FAVORITE DARK RITUAL ART

>>47175601
I bet Kor taste milky.

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Best art error?

>>47175641
Bringin' skeksis back.

>>47177390
For me it's either between that one with three sorcerers in a circle or the OG art with a generic looking evil wizard. I can't decide, they both tickle my hooded magician boner equally well.

>>47174843
kek

>>47177736
I agree, for me the Rebecca Guay one is the best, but that's probably just because I love all her cards.

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Bird Wizards are awesome. I love this artwork especially because of the atmosphere. Snow looks like it's whipping around and the lantern glow really makes things pop.

>>47174731
don't ask plz

>>47178390
Show plz

>>47175279
They didn't have too, we all got the joke anyway.

>>47177436
>implying its an error

all of his art is so comfy

also dat old mtg card balancing
>lets punish people for not buying a bunch of cards so they're stuck with ones like this

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>>47175726

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>>47180589
on second thought maybe the actual art/card in question would make my post more interesting

>>47177390
Ice Age Dark Ritual is the best one

>>47177510
Little Billy opens a pack, sees that and decides to play Magic no more

>>47180763
more like little billy opens a pack, sees that card and thinks its pretty fucking cool and becomes addicted to mtg and death metal for the rest of his life

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>>47180779
Does he also decide to buy singles for the first time and gets 4 copies of this card too?

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Best Preordain art comin' through

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This is one of my favorites in the new set

>>47180884
I got a foil one at the pre-release and it's fucking awesome. Also, the card is nit bad either.

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>>47175601
say what you want about mechanical and flavour side of nuEldrazi, but fuck me, isn't the art magnificent

>>47181153
NuEldrazi art is great

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One of my personal favorites here

>>47177390
I use Urza's and Ice Age personally, I also really like the Masques version

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>>47181363
This, however, was the image that first got me interested in Magic. Turns out Invasion block was a good time to start, go figure

>>47174990

Same here. I really liked their designs.

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Obliterators look so much worse

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>>47181439

The alternate Negator art looks way too organic for a Phyrexian imho

>>47175187
They all look kind of sad to me.
I'm new to Magic, what's the story on Myr? Aren't they all dead now?

>>47181900

this was my favourite card as a kid

>>47174549
art you posted is best ponder indeed, fishtits+parmesan cheese make this one of the best mtg arts ever

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Specually, the Italian Legends version, with a more saturated color.

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IM A FUCKING WIZARD

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>I search my deck for three skulls and put them onto the battlefield

>>47181900
NOT THE BEES

>>47182033
They got turned into phyrexians

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>>47174549
I love the Richard Kane Ferguson art

Shame he doesn't do MTG art anymore

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>>47183286
>tfw it's been almost 10 years since a new Magic card has had RKF art on it

He also gets love from me for doing the art for one of the few cards that shows Goblins as being little badasses and not bumbling retards

>>47183470
>The serene beauty of the oracle gazing across the sparkling water
>The familiar, but alien anatomy
>The slumping hand
>The bright colors in contrast with the grey waste
>The lifeless corpses
>The cute footsies

I love everything about it.

Does any other card feature nudity?

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>>47182307
Fun, fun, fun

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Esper landscapes I fucking swear.

Especially the basic lands.

Of all the places in all the blocks, Esper is my favorite. The landscape is a big part of it.

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>>47184620
jim murray is pretty good with the exaggerated body shapes

I've got a love for full-art lands of any kind. Especially the Unhinged lands, but I don't want to pay $10 per land, $20+ if the land is an island, for that set.

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Best art

>>47177436
What art error? She is clearly holding that dress with her hand.

>>47177436

>magnetic ring
>magnetic dress

Clearly intentional.

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Anyone got a higher resolution picture of this magnificent card?

>>47175317
What's progenitus's CMC accounting for the fact that multiple colors actually increases the CMC?

>>47177506

Terrible movie

Oracles Insight is by far my favorite art. Can't post because I'm on my phone though.

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>>47186549
As has been said many many times, the sweep of the dress is completely wrong for it to be held from the outside. It is visually obvious that it's supported from the inside, and that Olivia's leg was originally intended to be doing so. But, either due to forgetfulness or a need to change the art, both her legs were drawn extended below her.

>>47186720
I would love to know how you came up with that bait.

>>47175601
That fucking land though
*itchy itchy itchy itchy itchy itchy itchy*

>>47174610
I like the new and grounded MtG art. It used to look so schizophrenic.

Can't think of any specific examples.

>>47176653
Know of any place you can view books like this for free online?

>>47177506
Burning Crusade did that.

>>47174889
>Bounce your 5 Moxen and Lotus back to your hand
>Play them all again
>Tendrils

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Best bluewalker.

>>47186985
>would love to know how you came up with that bait.
Let's say you have a creature with (1)RGB as its mana cost. It's obviously harder to cast so it's CMC is affected. Instead of 4 CMC it's more like 6CMC (+1 for each colored mana in its cost beyond the first).

>>47187180
Love it.

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This one is my all time favorite

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This one is gorgeous

>>47174549
>Which cards would be better with better art?
Isn't 'all of them' the only possible answer? I mean, how could a card NOT improve when you improve its art?

If you are asking for specific ideas... I'd like to see a limited edition with hyper realist pictures of famous cards, one with anime-style versions like that one red planeswalker girl that came out years ago, and maybe a B&W grimdark batman year 1 version for some key story-heavy cards.

pretty much everything by Jesper ejsing

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>>47186640
Got you covered

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>>47186828

>>47187163
That's UB Storm basically

>>47187568
Please leave

>>47175229
>not obliGuaytory

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>>47188287

>fucking scarred puma trolls back at it ag...
>wait
>WAIT
>THAT'S A BLACK ASS

>>47188337
You asked if there where other cards that featured nudity. This is one.

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>>47180627
It's a real shame Harold McNeill doesn't do magic art anymore

[Spoiler]Magic would be really improved by artsily drawn naked chicks and nazi symbolism[/spoiler]

>>47188287
That's not the real art....is it?

>>47188287
I really hate this one one because
>it's attacking alone
>it has both eyes

>>47188374
What the actual fuck

>>47188388
It really is. Look it up.

>>47188440
Just did, it's not. Or is Google keeping me away from the ebony ass art?

>>47188287
Why is that so god damned hilarious? You've sent my sides to heaven, anon.

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>no one posted this yet

You're a bunch of basic plebs if you can't understand the fine art of Richard Garfield's auntie

>>47188594

I don't understand how the art relates to the concept of stasis but I like it anyway

>>47188388
No, its just a meme someone has been trying to force for about 6 months

>>47174949
I love Myrs so much. I was looking at making a Myr deck and was searching all the cards I could to put into it.

Turns out there haven't been nearly enough good myrs printed.

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>>47188978
there are plenty of good myrs to make a deck

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>>47191348
>there are plenty of good myrs

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>>47177390

finally. an mtg thread asking all the right questions.

nothing calms me down more than a good ol fog bank.

>>47175674
And yet, everyone whines about the art somehow looking samey.

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I like Cinder Hellion's art so much I made a wallpaper of it.

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>>47193415
It is pretty cool. Super pushed common. POWER CREEP.

Anyway, more art.

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Posting a few of my favorites

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>>47193660
Sure, not official, but an old favorite of fan art

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>>47186111
>muh nigga
everything about esper was amazing. the art, the lore, the colors, the mechanics, even the card borders.

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>>47193780
best waifu coming through

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>>47187094
Sorry, no. Bought it as a gift, and will now be collecting them all. Great quality. Excited for the 2nd one.

>>47193919
Man, I would kill for a retroactive set series, looking back on magics great art pieces and world building.
>kamigawa
>lorwyn
>time spiral
>would make panties so fucking moist

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>>47193557
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>>47193732
you like wierd shit anon

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2cute4me

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howdy folks.

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also honestly can't believe this hasn't been posted yet

easily my favorite card ever too

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>>47194138
and i really like soul collector too

freaky looking chicks stealing souls and shit, i'm into it.

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A lot of my favorites have already been posted. I really liked this piece when the art was first revealed... the card itself however was a major letdown.

>>47193628
YEEEEEAH WHITE SPORE FROG!

>>47193983
>no way to know its colors

She's cute, has tiddies and all that virgin fatso pandering goodstuff, but it's not that great

>>47194076

In high res, it's incredible. The promo alt art is so fucking metal.

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>>47194076
>Not so Surgical Extraction

>>47194138
Never realized the Avatar of Woe's face was so weird

And she has a stinger too

>>47194159
Never understood why she had flying

>>47195864
Plenty of vampires in MTG have it.

>>47195926
But she has no wings, does she drag those chained fatties while she flies? Or does she spin the chains and flies like a helicopter?

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>>47195940
>But she has no wings

And?

>>47195956
With a dick that big, who needs wings?

>>47195956
At least she appears flying propelled by the force of that erection, Soul Collector is depicted on ground and carrying chains tied to some rather heavy looking souls

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My fav Howling Mine art. The old one has its charm, but I really hate the new one.

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>>47195940
Some vampires have had wings, but lots of them just sort of levitate, presumably by some sort of vampire magic.

>>47196109
That vampire looks dandy as fuck

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What's your favourite full art card, guys? Mine's Hinder

>>47193955
Are those Renegade Doppelgangers in the background?

>>47196497
I'd say so

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I love me some Urza's art.

>>47196758
That's fucking awesome, man, is it yours?

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>>47196361

I also like Tidings

>>47196889
Nils Hamm is a boss. Baleful Strix, Bone Splinters, Delver, I love it all.

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It might be cliché, but Igor Kieryluk is my favorite MtG artist.

>>47196907

I agree, he's fantastic, I love his style.

>>47193628
I got one of these in foil. It's rather pretty.

Been my favorite card ever since I got into MtG back in 2004.

Will also post some more I really enjoy (mainly due to nostalgia, kek)

1/3

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>>47197023
Fuck I forgot attaching the pic

>>47175016
>colorless storm crow with vigilance
damn power creep..!

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Liliana is cute. CUTE!

>>47197313
>low tier quality
>low tier art
try again

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>>47183286
yes

>>47174669
It's amazing how one company wants to alienate their fanbase.

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>>47197241
Machines are better than flesh

Phyrexia 1
The rest 0

>>47197376
Dat cost, hot damn

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Clear the road, faggots. Legion's here!

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Twins!

>>47197773
That is a hilarious case of manface. They look like crossdressing middle-aged manlets.

Between that and Olivia's third leg, it really makes you wonder what's going on with the vampires on that shithole of a plane.

>>47174549
I think they overall did a really good job with the newest set.

>>47194138
Jesus christ, those fingernails

>>47194588
I forgot this card existed, and I'm not sure if I enjoy being reminded.

>>47181153
Weird that the spikes doesn't reflect tho

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Am I the only one who likes the Jace vs Vraska art?

>>47198565
I like it too.

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>>47197402
Your waifu is shit!
SHIT!

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hi-res waigu coming, step aside plebs
>>47198559
It's rather the space between horns and spikes not shown, but keen eye, nice

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Got one of these promo path to exiles from "buy 5 boosters, get 1 promo card"-lottery. Had to buy 3 more that evening.

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>>47198614
well in that case it was not a phase
and i'm fucking glad

>>47198559
>>47198624
I think its cause the horns lean forward, and the light source is above, so nothing's reflecting off of them

>>47198627
is this rebbeca guay?

>>47198641
Yep

>>47184620
Huh, if I'd had to guess I'd have said that it's a version of Terror. They're all pretty badass!

>>47198677
Would you believe it brings two creatures back from the graveyard instead?

>>47177907
>URG is Ice
I hated this shit so fucking much. There are nowhere near enough good Ice cards to make an Ice deck and when they make an entire tribe of Iceys, they fuck up the colors. It's like Rimescale Dragon. Piss on that shit. It would have been perfect if they made it blue or white.

>Hurr Dragons have to be red because we're enslaved to the color pie
FUCK YOU WIZARDS YOU SHITS.

>>47186111
Esper is the land of dreams. So otherworldly in such a serene way.

>>47199399
>goblin immigrants who want to live the esperian dream

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>>47200837
There goes the neighborhood.

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>>47200879
That card has some...rather evident underlying themes

Is it only me or Terese Nielsen always makes the same kinda illustration?

>>47201043
That Jund goblins are hungry and brainless, like everything on Jund and all goblins respectively?

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>>47201567
#notAllGoblins

>>47177436
Saw the speedpaint version of this. At some point the artist must have derp'd, since it looked normal before the alter to dress.

>>47201422
>embrace the harbinger
So, do I get to hug Nahiri, then?

>>47198565
jace looks like he cuts his own hair in that art.

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Walk the Aeons

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>>47174610
So much this. Even the mana symbols looked more <I'm trying to think of the perfect word for it but I can't>

I feel like they should go back to the more hand drawn/weird look. Old mana symbols, black backround and little to no CGI.

The art these days looks almost like animesque for lack of a better term. Look at Jace for example. I wish I could put my finger on it but I really like the old art with a few minor tweaks like not having the shitty odd colored backrounds/boarders and stuff or Heaven forbid, white.

Anyways, I'm babbling but I would seriously be down for starting some kind of a petition to get WotC on board. I don't know if they're pandering to asians or what but by and large I think people would love going retro.

Pic related

>>47197773
Wow where do you find these full art pieces?

>>47204536
Any cool decks based around that card?

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Probably one of my faves is pic related

>>47204536
I support this but I like seeing stuff like pic related too once in awhile. Certainly not the new stuff though quality has gone way down

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>>47204592
Not that I know of just the kind of art I love

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This card always brightens my day

>>47204842
Because it's a sunrise?

>>47196829
Yes it is. Also have a Looming Shade. I'll see if my phone is willing to post it.

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>>47205344

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>>47205366
Decided to post some of my other extended art pieces I have.

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>>47205568
I like this one because the artist attempted to do the shadows in the doorway.

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>>47205593

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>>47205610
Love this one. The connecting pillars could use some more detail, but the shading on the rest of the card is just so excellent.

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>>47205636
This guy is my go to "have fun" EDH deck. The art is a work in progress. It's Goro from street fighter.

>>47197376
>>47183286
The fact that he works mainly in watercolor is fucking amazing

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>>47174549
i'll post one that would be better with different art

this guy is such a blast to play, it hurts that the art is so awful

>>47204435
dope

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>>47205651
And finally my absolute favorite extended art I have.

I love everything about this card.

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>>47175355
>Orzhov
Which card is this?

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Seb McKinnon is the best artist MTG has working on current sets

>>47205684
Debt to the Deathless

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>>47175485
Part of it was based of Inuit tribes

>>47205684
Debt to the Deathless, by the same guy that did these
>>47205711
>>47180884

>>47205651
>Goro from street fighter
God dammit anon

>>47205723
Call me nuts but I really hate that art

>>47205723
fuck that's an ugly-ass card

>>47205775
Ha. I should not be awake. Jesus.

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>>47204712
Why is all of Daarken's art such an edgefest

>>47205671
>rat teeth
>chandrafag

Never realized before, damn

>>47205798
It's fucking ugly

>>47205671
Ugh. That nose is awful.

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>>47205999
Edgefest?

>>47198631
Tesya, Envoy of Big Titties

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Nils Hamm is a current favorite

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Almost any card that was physically painted. Bliss only did a handful of cards, but the paint texture, color, and depth are amazing in every one, along with his grotesque anatomic style. You can feel the squishiness of those entrails.

>>47175539
Only fits a couple cards. Humility, Recycle, and Apathy come to mind. They did a lot off awful pieces.

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My kraj

>>47175601

I was bummed when this card turned out meh.

>>47206725
mah nigga

He literally does not have a bad piece of art.

>>47207164
Bliss got kicked because he wouldn't stop drawing dicks. Sad, but I get it.

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>>47207164
15 cards is quite a bit. Especially since Reanimate and Pacifism have the most iconic art.

It isn't like he's Clyde Caldwell, who drew the same person 6 times and called it a day.

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Kev Walker is based.

>>47195800
You aren't supposed to know her colors. She's Dimir. They did a thing where Dimir where mainly identified by the number 3. For instance, the shoulder paid with three layers.

>>47210018
She's a goddamn failure at hiding her colors. Anybody looking at her head sees her colors.

>>47175601
"After countless years of mindless consuming, one begins to ponder the taste"

>>47210018
She is also wearing a blue bandana and mainly dark and/or bluish leather. Not that hard to guess the colors involved if you have eyes (and a reason to make such definite associations of color with flavors of magic/philosophies/factions, which I'm not sure is supposed to be especially common in-setting).

>>47186335
>"Okay, League of Doom, everybody draft their own version of a hourglass? Okay let's just have a round the circle of everybody's work and then whichever we don't like we'll smash to pieces"

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>>47210045
>>47210069
I agree it's obvious for us, but probably not so for the average Ravnican.
Or that's probably what Wizards would say.
Here's one of my favorites. I almost always end up using it in any Commander deck that has green in it.

>>47188675
>>47188594
The dog is your opponent blindly hoping to make out of the lock
The painter is you balancing precariously to keep mana open to perpetuate your control
He is painting while standing still showing a dexterous move set as he tries to illustrate a win on the balance beam.
The moon represents the dread of using this card, which will make you shunned by your friends.

I went to college

>>47200879
>Europe

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>>47193780
not esper but similar aesthetic

>>47193660
good swamp

>>47196080
>>47187441
>>47194076
>>47209999
sikk, especially those quads

>>47197030
i already posted this, nerd

>>47206225
"God decided to make an onahole to punish the wicked. Hell has never been as reluctantly chaste as ever."

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This hand of mine glows with an awesome power!

>>47210370
Its burning grip tells me to defeat you!

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>>47174658
>>47174610

>>47205636
The connecting pillars don't make much sense, given that the person depicted is a member of the Selesnya who's being hit by the blast, not a member of the Izzet League who's producing it.

>>47210939
They might just be attacking the Izzet in one of their industrial zones. And the Izzet didn't make a better place to stand while fighting over the factory or whatever because they were too busy making the thing mostly work.

>>47204398
Well, that was back in his 'living guildpact' days. Working a lot of long hours, and not really feeling a lot of mystical might. Makes sense he'd try to save time and money.

>>47211191
>not mind controlling a barber

Damn, Jace, get your shit together

>>47209210

Did he really draw dicks?

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>>47211739
Hidden, but yeah. Later variants on this card crop the art. Sue Ann Harkey was the art director who hired him, and she talks about it some here:

http://killingagoldfish.blogspot.com/2015/04/an-interview-with-sue-ann-harkey-magics.html

>>47211764
>"He will polymorph into a dick"

Bliss sure is a genius

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> look up my favorite card from back when I first started playing
>its a hundred and sixty four dollars

>>47211961
That's just the alpha and beta ones. It's been reprinted several times and can be found for less than a dollar.

>>47211961
Revised ones are a quarter each

>>47174549
Mercurial Chemister is awesome - would run as general/10
also pretty all Selesnya and BFZ Eldrazi cards

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>>47212106
Fug

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Fuck yeah Goblin Grenade

>>47212003
That's the thing though, I started playing in alpha. I was ten and playing this shit in someone's backyard. It's kind of depressing to think of all the shit I've lost over the years from moving around so much that would have been worth decent money these days.

>>47175651
Did it once with legacy elves. Mostly cause I could.

>>47212143
That motherfucker has a spear just in case

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bEST card art

i am a real sucker for flip cards not gonna lie

>>47174843
OY VEY

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>>47198627
Just ordered a japanese one of these after I one of these IRL, they're so pretty.

>>47198641
Just checked, the gateway promo is from 2009, that's seven years ago... did she even do any art for MtG after that point?

>>47212757
I don't think so. She doesn't fit the house style any more, so I don't think they commission her at all.

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>>47212791
I just remembered she did the FtV Serra Angel art, but yeah, she hasn't been commissioned for a normal set in ages

>>47212791
I get using the house style on creatures and things that physically exist, but you'd think they could at least open up a bit on sorceries, instants, and enchantments.

>>47212857
Nevermind, apparantly the art work was reused from an oversized Serra Angel from 1996

>>47212881
Personally, I'm not a fan of the restrictive house style at all, but I'm sure marketing has found that it works best with their target demo, same as everything else. I'm just not a part of that demo any more.

>>47201422
needs more undying

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don't mind me, just passing by

>>47205671
>that Chandra face emblem necklace
>literally writing that you're Chandra's bitch on your belt
>a fucking loincloth

I thought I couldn't hate this card any more than I already did thanks to that stupid Beatles haircut and sleeveless vest. Now it's even worse.

>>47212757
weeaboo confirmed

>>47212987
Captain obvious confirmed.

>>47211764
Holy shit, that article. Good read.

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>>47212719
Actually, the correct term is double faced card, since the original flip cards were in Kamigawa

>>47213285
Dis fukn guy

>>47211764
Man that's a really good article

>>47198273
Oh god I love this card. Made atogatog edh a while back a glorious shit show

>>47212601
A spear with the artists name forged into it.

>>47214902
>Mike's spike
Heh

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Not Magic, but I like this art for how absurd it is. You don't see this stuff everyday.

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>>47215578
My favorite absurd art in MtG is Mind Bomb.

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>>47215628
Reminds me of the Brian Storm from Spy Kids.

Also have a interesting take on Isaac Newton.