MTG Salvation

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If you want pumpkins then have someone alter Liliana's boobs into them.

It's not that I want pumpkins. I want the mood and atmosphere that the art description conveys. Not to mention they'd probably get Argyle to do the art if it is Lilliana, and his pieces make me physically ill.

Happy that the Liliana one is losing.

These neowalkers are pretty much guaranteed spots in art or in art cameos anyway, better give it to more original interpretations/ideas.

I could not bring myself to vote for one.

I intended to vote for the art that I liked least in order that the cooler pieces perhaps be saved for cards that I do not find pitiful. As I read through the article, though, I stopped less than halfway because I cannot bring myself to talk about this abortion of a card any more than this post. Bad taste is still in my mouth on this one.

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I could not bring myself to vote for one.

I intended to vote for the art that I liked least in order that the cooler pieces perhaps be saved for cards that I do not find pitiful. As I read through the article, though, I stopped less than halfway because I cannot bring myself to talk about this abortion of a card any more than this post. Bad taste is still in my mouth on this one.

Then do what I did. Vote for the one you would be most excited to have in foil or have a playmat of.

Went for Necromancer's Call because it seemed simple enough to not overcrowd the scene (unlike Season of the Lich imo), while still depicting something aesthetically pleasing (purple mist and a necromancer). I also liked it because it depicts the raising of the zombies (part of the card's effect and going with the necromancy theme), but it also indicates that the necromancer is actually gaining power from them as well (which shows off the other two abilities of the card, imo).

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Went for Necromancer's Call because it seemed simple enough to not overcrowd the scene (unlike Season of the Lich imo), while still depicting something aesthetically pleasing (purple mist and a necromancer). I also liked it because it depicts the raising of the zombies (part of the card's effect and going with the necromancy theme), but it also indicates that the necromancer is actually gaining power from them as well (which shows off the other two abilities of the card, imo).

This was my line of thinking as well. Though I wouldn't mind seeing season or wake either.

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.....and be done by Terese Nielsen

Terese Nielsen...:o

In that case, it doesn't matter which art description wins because we'll all win!

why dont they just paint/draft it first so we can have a better idea of the final art? all this mumbo jumbo doesnt matter if it comes out low quality.

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why dont they just paint/draft it first so we can have a better idea of the final art? all this mumbo jumbo doesnt matter if it comes out low quality.

Because it makes more sense to pay for just one art commission than four speculative commissions.

I will agree that Liliana will certainly sway the vote. People will see her name and either auto vote or stay away. I don't know how large the auto vote group is, but it will be enough to mess up the rest of the voting. Either Lily wins, or takes enough votes out of the pool that something unexpected wins.

The one problem with tying this to Liliana is that we do not know what environment this will be in and if she will still be the poster child for black PWs. So that art could feel really out of place in standard (unless they are hinting that she is here to stay for some time).

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I will agree that Liliana will certainly sway the vote. People will see her name and either auto vote or stay away. I don't know how large the auto vote group is, but it will be enough to mess up the rest of the voting. Either Lily wins, or takes enough votes out of the pool that something unexpected wins.

The one problem with tying this to Liliana is that we do not know what environment this will be in and if she will still be the poster child for black PWs. So that art could feel really out of place in standard (unless they are hinting that she is here to stay for some time).

I think it should be assumed that the "Lorwyn Five" will be around for the forseeable future, even if they sometimes take turns stepping out of the spotlight for a short while (Ajani and Liliana in M12, for example). Telling us that Liliana will still be part of the core cast of planeswalkers sometime in the next year or two isn't exactly a huge tip-off.

I want to vote for Liliana's Wake but I'll only be happy if Liz Danforth or Rebecca Guay do it. My second option is Season of the Lich

See,do you know what i think of, since its all about gaining from discard? I was a picture of Haruko pulling out different guitars from takkuns head. Gaining from losing things in the head. Get it?

Waste Not had better win, goddamn, three of these are horrifically generic and one of them has Slender Man in it for some reason.

I picked season of the lich because it was the most evocative one

I hope they don't make it too goofy with the pumpkins though!

On a side note the last description included Liliana: do we know which set this is going into? If it isn't a core set we can safely assume that Liliana will be in it since having her in the art of a rare would make no sense if she wasn't in the set

Its wierd that:
They didnt allow public submissions for card names.
They didnt allow public submissions for art descriptions.
That they made card name and art description the same vote.

It seemed like they super jumped the gun and took a lot of our control away. A very frustrating ymtc. I like the first card name the most, but I also liked season of the lich and Lilianas Wake bacause this IS going in my Lili deck pending cmc. "Wake" makes no sense here flavorwise but, whatever.

I settled on Season of the Lich because i thought the art would look the nicest.

They WILL allow public submissions for card names, though. None of these is going to be a final card name.

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Because it makes more sense to pay for just one art commission than four speculative commissions.

Also, They can submit the ONE art commission to multiple artists much easier than submitting multiple commissions to multiple artists.

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I chose Season of the Lich, because both the name and the description are very badass and strongly remind me of both Season of the Witch and the album Seasons in the Abyss by Slayer. I am glad to see that it is winning on this poll, and I do hope that it wins the actual poll on WotC's website, as well.

You are aware that the names given for each commission description are purely for testing purposes and NOT representative of the final name of the card, right?

But yes, the description does sound like it would make an awesome piece of art. I still think "Waste Not" fits better for what the card is mechanically doing...

Voted for Waste Not simply for the random reference to a card from The Dark.

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Its wierd that:
They didnt allow public submissions for card names.
They didnt allow public submissions for art descriptions.
That they made card name and art description the same vote.

It seemed like they super jumped the gun and took a lot of our control away. A very frustrating ymtc. I like the first card name the most, but I also liked season of the lich and Lilianas Wake bacause this IS going in my Lili deck pending cmc. "Wake" makes no sense here flavorwise but, whatever.

I settled on Season of the Lich because i thought the art would look the nicest.

Did you even read the article preceding the choices?

It doesn't sound like you did

first they have in-house artists. second they can put unused arts on other cards or projects. third all this mumbo jumbo has very little bearing on the final art. what if what you had in mind when you read these descriptions looked nothing like the final piece? this is the visual part, shouldn't we get to see what we're voting for?

You do.....in the next step. After a description is picked, the artist in charge will sketch up 3 or so mockups for people to vote on.