Peace is a lie, there is only passion.
Through passion, I gain strength.
Through strength, I gain power.
Through power, I gain victory.
Through victory, my chains are broken.
The Force shall free me.
I'm going to go against the grain a bit with Heavy Mattock. It evokes a sense of older-school Magic and card art and resonates with me because it reminds of time spent in the North Woods as a kid.
I'm going to go against the grain a bit with Heavy Mattock. It evokes a sense of older-school Magic and card art and resonates with me because it reminds of time spent in the North Woods as a kid.
This is the reason why I chose 'favorite' in the thread title, rather than best, to encourage cool entries like this. It's avout choosing the card the appeals to you most for whatever reason, not trying to choose the 'best' of that artist.
Having said that, anyone who didn't vote for Bruna, Light of Alabaster was wrong!!! I kid, I kid. But Bruna was the winner
Up now, another artist of recent times. Like Winona Nelson, Lucas Graciano debuted in Innistrad block, and has just over 30 cards to his name.
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Thou shalt not have others of the same Legendary before me Thou shalt not frame images with the modern card face Thou shalt not change rules in vain Remember the Reserved List to keep it holy Honor thy Slivers and the symmetry of their abilities Thou shalt not kill mana burn Thou shalt not sacrifice depth for accessibility Thou shalt not steal combat damage from the stack Thou shalt tell a story through thy cards All must be one
Peace is a lie, there is only passion.
Through passion, I gain strength.
Through strength, I gain power.
Through power, I gain victory.
Through victory, my chains are broken.
The Force shall free me.
Nightwing Shade Actually, the skewed perspective and palette of the buildings in the background *always* remind me of music video of "
Otherside" by the Red Hot Chilli peppers.
Next up, Roger Raupp. I like to save artists of the past for spoiler season, but this also gives time for high quality images from the last two (or is it three?) releases to actually appear on MagicCards.info.
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Nods to Bruna, Light of Alabaster, Necropolis Regent, Prophet of Kruphix, and Sharpened Pitchfork
HM: Bruna, Light of Alabaster and Voice of Resurgence
HM to Chandra Pyromaster.
I don't always post about Rafiq of the Many, but when I do, I cardlink to the original artwork, and not the supplementary product version.
"I trust myself to do my duty, even unto death. It's what comes after that I'm afraid of."
"Just fight without fear. Your soul is protected by the hand of Avacyn and will never submit to evil."
Hired Torturer
HMs:
"Personally I love high-riak, low-reqars gambles. Life's best with a decent amount of riak. And f*** reqars."
Through passion, I gain strength.
Through strength, I gain power.
Through power, I gain victory.
Through victory, my chains are broken.
The Force shall free me.
My vote is also for Bruna, Light of Alabaster
HMs to:
Blightcaster In love with this card's art - so Liliana Vess-ish!
Falkenrath Exterminator
Mark of the Vampire
Hired Torturer
Prophet of Kruphix
Honorable Mentions:
Voice of Resurgence
Blightcaster
Bruna, Light of Alabaster
HMs to Necropolis Regent though.
Standard:
UR Ral Combo
Modern:
U Merfolk
R Goblins
Commander
RB Grenzo, Dungeon Warden
R Feldon of the Third Path
This is the reason why I chose 'favorite' in the thread title, rather than best, to encourage cool entries like this. It's avout choosing the card the appeals to you most for whatever reason, not trying to choose the 'best' of that artist.
Having said that, anyone who didn't vote for Bruna, Light of Alabaster was wrong!!! I kid, I kid. But Bruna was the winner
MagicCards.info link
NB there is a promo card by Nils Hamm (Grave Titan) in the selection for some reason, this card is not art of the vote.
Voting will remain open for one week. Please choose one card only as your favourite by this artist, with as many honourable mentions as you like.
When voting you may also nominate an artist for us to cover in a future vote. Artists already covered are listed in the first post. Artists nominated but not yet covered; Jeff A. Menges.
edit: Pyrewild Shaman gets my vote, I'd love it if more goblins looked like this. HMs to promo Treasury Thrull and Ordeal of Heliod
Honorable Mentions:
Grave Betrayal
Minotaur Aggressor
Vorstclaw
HMs:
Flesh (Flesh/Blood)
Ordeal of Heliod
Scourge of Valkas
Vorstclaw
Thou shalt not frame images with the modern card face
Thou shalt not change rules in vain
Remember the Reserved List to keep it holy
Honor thy Slivers and the symmetry of their abilities
Thou shalt not kill mana burn
Thou shalt not sacrifice depth for accessibility
Thou shalt not steal combat damage from the stack
Thou shalt tell a story through thy cards
All must be one
HMs to:
Nightwing Shade - reminds me of Blight from Batman Beyond.
Grave Betrayal
HM to Pyrewild Shaman for sure though.
Given the amount of eternal play it will see, I wish I was able to vote for Thoughtseize instead.
Through passion, I gain strength.
Through strength, I gain power.
Through power, I gain victory.
Through victory, my chains are broken.
The Force shall free me.
I don't always post about Rafiq of the Many, but when I do, I cardlink to the original artwork, and not the supplementary product version.
"I trust myself to do my duty, even unto death. It's what comes after that I'm afraid of."
"Just fight without fear. Your soul is protected by the hand of Avacyn and will never submit to evil."
Otherside" by the Red Hot Chilli peppers.
STANDARD
UB Midrange
Modern
U-Tron
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Voting will remain open for one week. Please choose one card only as your favourite by this artist, with as many honourable mentions as you like.
When voting you may also nominate an artist for us to cover in a future vote. Artists already covered (and their winning cards) are listed in the first post. Artists nominated but not yet covered; Jeff A. Menges.
Rootwater Depths gets my vote here, very different colours from his other cards (bar one). HMs to Skyshroud Forest, Rhystic Scrying, and Snake Basket.