The Twenty-Five Year Journey of Magic the Gathering

Re:The Twenty-Five Year Journey of Magic the Gathering by mcv on Saturday September 01, 2018 @05:15AM (#17891033)

I certainly do like the art. Although over the years, a lot of art has become more generic. The first sets of cards had in my opinion much more iconic art. Look at Llanowar Elves, for example.

And some cards are really pure works of art.

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Re:The Twenty-Five Year Journey of Magic the Gathering by luckettpat on Saturday September 01, 2018 @12:32PM (#17892600)

I feel like there used to be more variety and weirdness in the art style. Something like Plague Spitter https://bit.ly/2PWwvyf or Stasis https://bit.ly/2ovqWdu wouldn't happen anymore. Most of the art these days feels like generic fantasy art that could be painted on the side of a van.

I will acknowledge this may be totally unfair, old-timer nostalgia.

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Re:The Twenty-Five Year Journey of Magic the Gathering by gpderetta on Saturday September 01, 2018 @08:40PM (#17894733)

The Fascist Art Director [1] is a thing.

[1] http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiver...

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