MTG Salvation

There's nothing I wouldn't play based on art. I love good art and generally take the best looking card I can, but I also love ugly and white bordered cards that tilt others. For example, I have played this or that

I'm still playing it, but as soon as I have the ability I will be getting an altered Daxos the Returned. Something about it just screams cartoonish Cyrano de Bergerac to me.

Glissa the Traitor. I'm buying a couple of them now, but I have to buy the Pre-Release Promo. The regular version is just so friggin ugly. Looks like a bad Medusa painting...

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Haha, I hate both versions.

Basically any card that was made by taking a real person's image and drawing it into MTG will be lackluster in my opinion. Voidmage prodigy, Solemn Simulacrum, Dark Confidant. Am I missing some?

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Snapcaster Mage and Kentaro, the Smiling Cat I believe.

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Kaja Foglio was the model for Autumn Willow.

Matt Cavotta painted himself and his wife for Shared Fate.

RK Post is getting viced in Addle.

Cmon now, they arent always bad, sometimes you get a Chosen of Markov!

http://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/ygg39/im_really_good_friends_with_magic_artist_steve/

Now I want to get my foil copy signed by both the artist and the artists model. I don't know why but I think it'd be kinda cool to have 1 side signed by each.

I'll play a card despite crappy art, but when multiple arts are available, I definitely gravitate towards the better one. I personally can't stand Treasure Mage (I swear a 7-year could do better with crayons), but I actually like Treasure Mage.

Fleshbag Marauder for sure. Both versions are terrible. I also can't stand Ron Soencer's art and generally avoid anything by him. I prefer the old card frame and the variety of styles in the older artwork. I like the goofy stuff like Foglio art and legends Moss Monster. Modern magic artwork is all a bit too similar for my tastes and a lot of the pieces don't have enough contrast to work at card size.

I'll run cards with art I don't like if it's the only version available, but will seek out different arts or the older card frame if possible. I won't run a commander with art I don't like. The only exception was Garza Zol, Plague Queen who I painted up an alternate card at oversized commander card size to run instead.

Surrak Dragonclaw. The perfectly bisected bear head stares into my soul.

Everyone in this thread is crazy.

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I don't think there's any card I've come across that I wouldn't play because of the art. There are cards with art that I don't particularly like, like most elf cards from Urza block and prior, but if the card is good enough then I'll have no problem using it.

In addition to my dislike of old borders (I avoid them whenever possible), I dislike a lot of the old art. Things like Flooded Strand I find super boring, and I'll either try to find a different art or another work around card if I have enough distaste for the art. I've avoided commanders in particular that I didn't like the art for, like The Mimeoplasm, for example.

There are no cards I won't play because I dislike the art.

There are cards I will play because I like the art.

I don't play it because it's terrible not because of the art but look at Whippoorwill. A bird flying in the air, pretty simple right? Now look at the text box. Instead of flying it has an ability that looks like it was made by a method addict. I can understand Nettling Imp's leathery wings not supporting it but this is a bird flying through the air!

Edit: I did have my Angus Mackenzie altered because of the nuclear explosion in the background plus the old art sucks.

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Instead of flying it has an ability that looks like it was made by a method addict.

Would that be the Dustin Hoffman kind or the full blown Daniel-Day Lewis?

It that Betrays is another big one for me. I can't stand it. I don't mind phallic stuff in card art. I love Ekundu Cyclops. I can't get over the giant, dangling eldrazi sausage on It. Love the eldrazi face (I think it's one of the coolest), hate the bottom half.