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This is a recurring subject, but since there are a lot of new members and new sets added on a regular basis, I'm going for this one once again: What are your favorite artwork ever in MTG for every color, land and artifact?
Here I go for mine:
Black
1) Juzam Djinn (nothing even close)
2) The Abyss
3) Noritt
Green
1) Hidden Path
2) Heartbeat of Spring
3) Regrowth
White
1) Wrath of God (Beta)
2) Yosei, the Morning Star
3) Angry Mob (like the perspective)
Blue
1) Timetwister
2) Time Walk
3) Vesuvan Doppelganger
Red
1) Shivan Dragon (Beta)
2) Gravity Sphere
3) Lightning Dragon
Gold
1) Dakkon Blackblade (!!!!!)
2) Pernicious Deed
3) Hymn of Rebirth
Artifact
1) Time Vault
2) Icy Manipulator (Beta)
3) Memory Jar
Land
1) Kamigawa Basic Islands
2) Diamond Valley
3) Mishra's Factory (Winter)
Sure, there are runners up and yes, I do prefer the older cards because the new ones are too flashy. But they seem to be doing cards the way they used to (Promo Terror, Will-o-the-Wisp) and Rob Alexander is one of the few artists that's still there, but I won't argue on that point.
Come on! Let us know your tastes!
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« Reply #1 on: September 23, 2004, 02:52:57 pm » |
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In no particular order:
Time Walk
Devouring Strossus
Copper-Leaf Angel
Birds of Paradise(Beard)
All Lands
Juzam Djinn
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« Reply #2 on: September 23, 2004, 02:55:09 pm » |
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Anything, anything at all, done by Rebecca Guay.
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« Reply #3 on: September 23, 2004, 03:17:50 pm » |
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Black
Sengir Vampire (Torment)
Blue
Dissipate
Green
Elvish Ranger (Portal)
Red
Obliterate
White
Justice
Gold
Pernicious Deed
Artifact
Pentagram of the Ages
Land
Tarnished Citadel
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« Reply #4 on: September 23, 2004, 03:24:45 pm » |
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Harold McNeil's Nether Void is the best art in the game.
His circle of protections from the tempest block are pretty cool too.
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« Reply #5 on: September 23, 2004, 05:21:47 pm » |
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Order of the Ebon Hand.
Obviously not any of the pussy versions.
I also sort of like Time Spiral.
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« Reply #6 on: September 23, 2004, 05:57:48 pm » |
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About everything done by Terese Nielsen....and Goblin Welder!
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« Reply #7 on: September 23, 2004, 09:19:15 pm » |
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Anything, anything at all, done by Rebecca Guay. You're saying that because you want to score with her. |
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« Reply #8 on: September 23, 2004, 09:27:04 pm » |
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Nothing is more classic in the day than the original Shivan Dragon, Sengir Vampire and Serra Angel.
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« Reply #9 on: September 23, 2004, 09:36:48 pm » |
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Presence of the Master hands down.
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« Reply #10 on: September 23, 2004, 10:14:07 pm » |
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Ooh, thanks for reminding me, PacMan. I have to revise my black favourite to the new Sengir Vampire. Such good artwork, that.
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« Reply #11 on: September 23, 2004, 10:21:37 pm » |
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Anything, anything at all, done by Rebecca Guay. You're saying that because you want to score with her. Not that there's anything wrong with that. |
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« Reply #12 on: September 23, 2004, 11:39:42 pm » |
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It's pox for me.
Just something about its flavor and spreading an infection to your opponent.
Poor guy in the pox picture.probably has an STD. Should have had protection.
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« Reply #13 on: September 24, 2004, 02:22:44 am » |
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Poor guy in the pox picture.probably has an STD. Should have had protection. While I could be wrong, I always assumed the guy in the Pox picture was suffering from, well, the Pox. Art I absolutely love to death is most cards (not all) by Drew Tucker. Most notably Dandan and Argivian Blacksmith. Additionally, I really like [card]Walking Desecration[/card]'s art. |
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<BR4M> I like that. which half of god do you believe in?
<j_orlove> the half that tells me how to live my life
<j_orlove> but not the half that tells me how others should live theirs
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« Reply #14 on: September 24, 2004, 11:30:07 am » |
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Blood of the Martyr... mmm...
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« Reply #15 on: September 24, 2004, 11:47:02 am » |
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Chaos Orb and Juzam are a couple of my all-time favorites. I really like the picture on Killer Bees, too. And of course, that really cool-looking Atog (older picture) is tough to beat.
I also have to give honorable mention to the 5th edition Energy Flux's flavor text. Heraclitus rules.
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« Reply #16 on: September 24, 2004, 12:30:37 pm » |
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Ar you sure you guys aren't supposed to butcher the dude's name into 'Heraclite' or something?
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<j_orlove> I am semi-religious
<BR4M> I like that. which half of god do you believe in?
<j_orlove> the half that tells me how to live my life
<j_orlove> but not the half that tells me how others should live theirs
R.I.P. Rudy van Soest a.k.a. MoreFling
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« Reply #17 on: September 24, 2004, 12:55:28 pm » |
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::insert obligatory CoK joke reffering to 'Heraclit'::
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« Reply #18 on: September 24, 2004, 01:29:14 pm » |
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Sengir Vampire (Torment) Yeah, that was my favorite picture from that whole block. I love the purple vest. Also, in my home town, there is a Senigir Law offices. close, but too far. I like morphling's picture, because it's the first card-art to feature Ashnod, also because I like any shape-shifter art, besides Volrath's Shapeshifter. I just like the double-image ones. When I got back into magic at the middle of Mirrodin, I was so happy of the picture they printed Clone with. I think they should print a black and blue shapeshifter/assassin that buries the creature it intends to duplicate, such as duplicant, only it gains it's abilities, too. |
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« Reply #19 on: September 24, 2004, 02:07:21 pm » |
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My favorite piece of Magic art is the 7th Edition Southern Paladin.
That guy is excellent.
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« Reply #20 on: September 24, 2004, 03:07:34 pm » |
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By the way, whos is the guy on Morphling? I might be tempted to say that it's a young Urza because he's dressed just like in Urza's Armor, but since the armor is not legendary, it might belong to any soldier. But Trollstorm thinks that it's Ashnod. Someone help! |
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« Reply #21 on: September 24, 2004, 04:32:48 pm » |
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It's NOT Ashnod. As far as I can remember, Ashnod never came into direct contact with Urza. Regardless, the outfit Morphling is 'wearing' is the standard experimenter's outfit of the Tolarian Academy, as picture on cards like [card]Exhaustion[/card] and [card]Power Taint[/card]. You can also see the telltale checkerboard pattern on [card]Academy Researchers[/card].
My favorite pieces of art:
The four Henry G. Higgenbotham pieces (Saga [card]Cathodian[/card], [card]Claws of Gix[/card], [card]Worn Powerstone[/card], and [card]Voltaic Key[/card], although they don't look nearly as good on a computer as they do IRL.
[card]Phyrexian Negator[/card], whose excellence I've written about before.
[card]Glory[/card].
[card]Frogmite[/card].
Anything by Harold McNeill, but especially [card]Enduring Renewal[/card] and [card]Flash Counter[/card].
Drew Tucker's done some good stuff. I like [card]Charcoal Diamond[/card].
The original art for [card]Regeneration[/card] is awesome. So are [card]Soldevi Digger[/card] and [card]Krovikan Horror[/card].
[card]Bottle Gnomes[/card] is good. Tempest is better than Mirrodin, but both are cute.
The Christopher Rush [card]Necrite[/card].
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« Reply #22 on: September 24, 2004, 10:55:59 pm » |
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@Bram: forgot to put the  in front of my comment on the sickness. But seriously I think he was suffering from the Black plague. The same one that devastated Europe long ago. |
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« Reply #23 on: September 25, 2004, 01:01:12 am » |
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A bunch of the incarnations have very good art (I'm thinking specifically of Genesis and Glory, but others might have been okay; I just can't remember).
Also, [card]Necropotence[/card] is awesome. As far as I can think of right now, it's my favorite piece of Magic art.
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« Reply #24 on: September 25, 2004, 01:42:23 am » |
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Wait, maybe it was Tawnos. I don't remember, alls I know is it's cool.
I asked RK Post about it, and I'm waiting for his reply.
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« Reply #25 on: September 25, 2004, 02:06:01 pm » |
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She [Ashnod] absolutely came in contact with Urza several times, although not in any friendly way, a exchange of armor were probably not the reason they met up.
My guess would have to be that it is Ashnod, or some miser.
Favorite art - Tropical Island. That card is awesome.
So is the old Shivan Dragon and surely also the Serra Angel.
Pyramids, Mishra's Factory (Spring) and Presence of the Master (Good one, bebe!) from the old sets rock.
Ball Lightning DCI foil, Two-headed Giant of Foryies, Priest of Yawgmoth(AQ), Gate to Phyrexia(AQ) and the Pentavite token.
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« Reply #26 on: September 25, 2004, 03:36:27 pm » |
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I asked RK Post about it, and I'm waiting for his reply. That's kinda like the guy who asked Shatner for the code to his safebox in the Tholian Web episode at a trekkie convention. @Matt: you forgot Expunge. @pox_reborn: even though (small)pox is a fundamentally different disease from the Black Death or (bubonic) plague (not the black plague, by the way), I do believe you're right. Smallpox is a much more complex and contagious disease than the bubonic plague ever was (pox is caused by a virus called Variola whereas the plague is caused by a germ called Yersinia Pestis and is therefore much more easily cured), but the marks on the guys body as well as the supposed medieval-like timeframe do seem to indicate the Black Death rather than Pox. |
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<j_orlove> I am semi-religious
<BR4M> I like that. which half of god do you believe in?
<j_orlove> the half that tells me how to live my life
<j_orlove> but not the half that tells me how others should live theirs
R.I.P. Rudy van Soest a.k.a. MoreFling
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« Reply #28 on: September 25, 2004, 05:41:51 pm » |
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No wonder that you haven't been doing well in a while, Mike. I typically play with nothing but these basic lands.
Plains 1
Island 2
Swamp 3
Mountain 2
Forest 3 As for really cool art, I like Necropotence, Mystic Remora, IA Counterspell, IA Swords, Lake of the Dead, and Crater Hellion.[/quote] |
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« Reply #29 on: September 25, 2004, 05:46:36 pm » |
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No wonder that you haven't been doing well in a while, Mike. I typically play with nothing but these basic lands.
Plains 1
Island 2
Swamp 3
Mountain 2
Forest 3 As for really cool art, I like Necropotence, Mystic Remora, IA Counterspell, IA Swords, Lake of the Dead, and Crater Hellion. [/quote] I admit, that's some grammarownage, Whenever the situation warrants the inclusion of basic lands in my deck list I do not use any basic lands but those shown above. And who says I haven't been doing well? Mediocre finish at Waterbury, but the tourney before that I won a mox ruby. |
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