Man, I'm apparently in the minority here, but I absolutely HATE playing with / against playmats featuring card art. Those things are simply not aesthetically pleasing with numerous cards on top of them.
I'd much rather get clean guild themed playmats, featuring a simple design and a guild watermark somewhere.
Man, I'm apparently in the minority here, but I absolutely HATE playing with / against playmats featuring card art. Those things are simply not aesthetically pleasing with numerous cards on top of them.
I'd much rather get clean guild themed playmats, featuring a simple design and a guild watermark somewhere.
That would be pretty sweet, I agree. Just the guild emblem on a solid colored field with the "skyline" accents that are used in all the RTR and Gatecrash advertising (and included in the fankit). Simple, clean, and classy.
Honestly I think wizards seriously missed the boat with this set, for one huge reason.
The basic lands.
Rtr's basic lands are some of the best I've ever seen. Richard Wright's "seen from above" mountain is just superb and it's an absolute crime to see this outstanding art not being flaunted on either playmats or full-art lands.
In addition, basic land art tends not to be too "busy", which is perfect for playmat art. Busy art on pkaymats makes things awkward.
We need high-res images of the art from the basics! Wizards what's going on!?
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That would be pretty sweet, I agree. Just the guild emblem on a solid colored field with the "skyline" accents that are used in all the RTR and Gatecrash advertising (and included in the fankit). Simple, clean, and classy.
The simplest solution to this problem is to keep the guild box of your favourite guild from your pre-release event, scan the logo image of the top of your box and use it to make a custom playmat.
The mat is ok in my opinion, but I would think that since Ravnica is the "City of Guilds", that the Game Day mat would show off the five different guilds from this set and not just the one.
And do the same thing for the Gatecrash Game Day, and finally show off all ten guilds for the last set's Game Day.
The mat is ok in my opinion, but I would think that since Ravnica is the "City of Guilds", that the Game Day mat would show off the five different guilds from this set and not just the one.
And do the same thing for the Gatecrash Game Day, and finally show off all ten guilds for the last set's Game Day.
Wouldn't that make much more sense?
With only so much space on the mat this gets really tough really fast...unless you want tablet of guilds as your mat art there is very little way to do this without making the mat super busy...
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With only so much space on the mat this gets really tough really fast...unless you want tablet of guilds as your mat art there is very little way to do this without making the mat super busy...
But generally, I'm one of those who dislike card art as playmat art. I was nearly tempted to purchase the Hallowed Fountain playmat, but didn't do so in the end. The only playmat I own is the M13 Bolas Insignia Playmat. If they did that with each guild it would have been awesome (and probably depressing, considering I wouldn't spend that much money buying all of them).
I hate this playmat! Why is it just Izzet? As a Rakdos player, I am very disgusted in how much Wizards is biased toward Izzet. A playmat like this should show all the guilds to truly represent Ravnica! I am extremely disappointed.
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Glad I'm not the only one who likes the cool female art they've had recently, compared to even the original Ravnica a lot of it is nothing you'd see in Izzet. Keep it classy, of course.
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Someday they will realize people show up for these promos. Considering the Top 8 and participation promos for this Game Day, I don't think I'll bother being there at all unless it's to play EDH. They seriously need to can whoever picks this stuff.
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No, it's horrible art. I have no clue why they want to use it here.
Completely disagree. It's one of the worst arts of the set.
I'd much rather get clean guild themed playmats, featuring a simple design and a guild watermark somewhere.
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That would be pretty sweet, I agree. Just the guild emblem on a solid colored field with the "skyline" accents that are used in all the RTR and Gatecrash advertising (and included in the fankit). Simple, clean, and classy.
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The basic lands.
Rtr's basic lands are some of the best I've ever seen. Richard Wright's "seen from above" mountain is just superb and it's an absolute crime to see this outstanding art not being flaunted on either playmats or full-art lands.
In addition, basic land art tends not to be too "busy", which is perfect for playmat art. Busy art on pkaymats makes things awkward.
We need high-res images of the art from the basics! Wizards what's going on!?
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And do the same thing for the Gatecrash Game Day, and finally show off all ten guilds for the last set's Game Day.
Wouldn't that make much more sense?
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With only so much space on the mat this gets really tough really fast...unless you want tablet of guilds as your mat art there is very little way to do this without making the mat super busy...
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Counterflux, please.
Actually, a Tablet of the Guilds playmat would be pretty rad.
Actually, in my opinion, the best uncommon cards for playmat arts are:
Sphere of Safety (White)
Syncopate (Blue)
Tarven Swindler (Black)
Street Spasm (Red)
Seek the Horizon (Green)
Vitu-Ghazi Guildmage (Gold)
Tablet of the Guilds (Artifact)
But generally, I'm one of those who dislike card art as playmat art. I was nearly tempted to purchase the Hallowed Fountain playmat, but didn't do so in the end. The only playmat I own is the M13 Bolas Insignia Playmat. If they did that with each guild it would have been awesome (and probably depressing, considering I wouldn't spend that much money buying all of them).
Nicol Bolas is so awesome! And so is Kokusho!
Bolas x Kokusho 4eva!!! <3
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YES. That's far and away my favorite new Shockland art.
I wouldn't mind one for the new Watery Grave, either.
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