Artist Format

[gzeiger]

Question: If a card has multiple pieces of art, can you use any version, or does it have to be one from the set illustrated by your chosen artist? I don't think I have any Weber Icys...

[Kowal]

Well, as Bryce pointed out, what's the point of an artist theme deck if you're using the art that artist didn't do?

[Jacob Orlove]

Question: If a card has multiple pieces of art, can you use any version, or does it have to be one from the set illustrated by your chosen artist? I don't think I have any Weber Icys...

Use printed color proxies. Since the format is all about the art, it shouldn't really matter if the card is real, as long as it's got the right illustration.

[Fëanor]

Rob Alexander is like the king of land (as are John Avon who rocks!!!, and Myrfors, etc.)

So it would seem great to play someone where you'll never be mana screwed. But it seems like Rob doesn't have any good cards...I must be missing something.
Has anyone built an Alexander.dec?

you know a Jeremy Jarvis deck (while nearly impossible) would be cool. Did anyone make a deck whose artist has like ten spells? example....JOCK

Like please excuse my use of the word like. I'm just like really like tired and stuff. I should like go to bed maybe...

Peace

[daboo]

Use printed color proxies. Since the format is all about the art, it shouldn't really matter if the card is real, as long as it's got the right illustration.

So proxies are legal?  If so, how many?

Sidenote: Will this format see play in any of the tournies comming up?

[Jacob Orlove]

Generally, no one is going to care if all 60 of your cards are proxies. But it's nice to at least make an effort to get the real cards. I don't think there'll be "official" tournaments, but I definitely bring my deck with me, and I know a couple other people do too.

[daboo]

Awesome.
Weber.dec lives.
I would like to see a semi organized tourney somewhere in the future though.
Maybe a side event at the next TMD Open?

[gashole]

I would like to see the "broken" shadow deck, though.

I tried to find it. I think this is about the best I could come up with so far.
Unfortunately, Janet Ausilio illustrated Soltari Monk and Soltari Priest (the two Shadow guys that come to my mind first), but little else. If there is a b0rken shadow deck, it's gotta come from either Adam Rex or Andrew Robinson.

Shadow Rex
11 Swamp
11 Plains

4 Dauthi Jacakal
4 Soltari Visionary
4 Soltari Champion
4 Soltari Emissary
4 Steadfast Guard
4 Wall of Essence

4 Pacifism
4 Soul Feast
4 Mind Rot
2 Agonizing Memories

[Togran]

RK Post has two possibilities (though he has no lands, I hope this isn't a problem.)  Both decks revolve around Morphling, obviously.  All you got to do is drop him on the table with a few mana open, and see if the other deck can deal with him.

UWr
Supermen 4
4 Morphling

Stall 'till Supermen 24
4 Coral Merfolk
4 Sandbar Merfolk
4 Fatespinner
4 Voice of All
4 Lightning Angel
4 Lumengrid Augur

Superfriends 6
3 Teferi's Moat
3 Serra's Liturgy

This is 33 spells which gives 27 lands.  The high land count comes from the UUU cost of superman (he costs 3UUU) and the WW of Voice of All.  Also the little bit of red brings out lightning Angel, who is great as well.  The deck lacks removal, but Teferi's Moat simply ends a lot of basic creature strategies.  The Augur can help drawing cards and tossing extra lands.  Basic plan is of course to stall until superman saves the day.

UB
Game Enders 7
4 Morphling
3 Avatar of Woe

Cannon Fodder 20
4 Fate Spinner
4 Coral Merfolk
4 Sandbar Merfolk
4 Lumengrid Augur
3 Hollow Specter
1 Nefashu

Superfriends 8
4 Swat
3 Unmask
1 Phyrexian Reclamation

This deck has 25 lands, which is ample for a 2 color deck.  Once again the plan is to stall until either Superman himself or the Avatar can hit the table and slaughter everything.  Swat and the Avatar serve as targeted removal.  And unmask and the specter are the only forms of Enchantment/Artifact prevention, as well as helping to keep nasty spells at bay.  The Augur once again serves as a Merfolk Looter with a Reclamation and a Nefashu thrown in as one of's.

To sum it up: Both decks revolve around Morphling --> 3UUU I win.  Magic is a duel of two planeswalkers, Morphling makes it Two Planeswalkers on one.  With limited deckbuilding capabilities of the artist format Morphling can really be the unanswerable game ender.  

Deck 1:
Strength: Teferi's Moat just stops creatures on the ground cold.  And the Serra Liturgy serves as enchant/artifact removal.  Lightning Angel and Voice of All also can be great.
Weakness: No creature removal, do disruption.

Deck Two:
Strength: Avatar of Woe is nearly as dominating as Morphling, but can fall to some targeted removal.  The avatar isn't a 5/infinite flying, nontapping, only targetable to you, but it can tap and kill creatures, which is nice.  The unmask, the specter and swat also serve as disprution and removal.

Weakness:  Any artifacts and enchantments that hit the table are going to stay there.

[daboo]

TMD Open III is comming up, I'm going to try to get a side tourney going with this.
Bring your decks!

[Aniodia]

Yeah, I took the Ed Beard deck, threw in Nicol Bolas (wh00t! :rock:), and tweaked the deck with the available cards, and got this:

Bolas Rocks your Face.dec
//Mana for me.
. 9 Mountain
. 6 Island
. 5 Swamp
. 4 Crosis' Catacombs
//No mana for you.
. 4 Aven Fogbringer
. 4 Avalanche Riders
. 4 Rain of Tears
//Hand? What hand?
. 4 Ravenous Rats
. 1 Nicol Bolas
//You mean my hand?
. 3 Raven Familiar
. 2 Mind's Eye
. 1 Mental Discipline
//Red burny-type stuff
. 4 Volcanic Hammer
. 4 Shock
. 3 Lava Axe
. 2 Viashino Cutthroat