Paint to Power: Divining the Weather by James Griffin
I know it's cliched but I've always wanted to do it. The four seasons have been done on many cards before, after all there is four to a playset, so it makes sense.
View ArticleSparks 023: Runeclaw. A comic by Owain Davies.
It's been a few years now since [card]Runeclaw Bear[/card] replaced [card]Grizzly Bears[/card] as the bear of choice in core sets.
View ArticleSparks 024: A Jace in the Crowd. A comic by Owain Davies
Please click on the comic strip to view. Two Planeswalkers walk into a bar… This comic would have been a whole lot more topical if I’d made it a […]
View ArticlePaint to Power – The Lord of the Rings by James Griffin
So, it seems like a good time to take some time to do some altering to a theme close to my heart, Tolkien's 'Lord of the Rings'.
View ArticleSparks 025: Vampires, Werewolves, Zombies and a Dragon. A comic by Owain Davies
Another conspicuous example of WOTC shoehorning the triumvirate of popular fatties into a set.
View ArticlePaint to Power – A Tour Through History By James Griffin
I've spent the last two weeks painting for a commission of the seven wonders of the ancient world on seven iconic lands that are particularly good for Commander.
View ArticleSparks 026: Nature abhors something or other. A comic by Owain Davies
Baruch Spinoza would be a cool name for a Planeswalker.
View ArticleHow To Design Your Own MTG Card Using Magic Set Editor by Ryan Smith
A beginner's guide to using Magic Set Editor.
View ArticleMagic Cosplayer – Bringing the Multiverse to Life by Laura Jessica Cranston
I suppose I should start off by explaining that this article isn’t about cards or how to be better at playing them-- Wait! Hear me out! It won’t help you become a better Magic the Gather player, but it...
View ArticleThe Alternative (art) Scene – mtgUK MTG Altered Art Competition!
12 Months ago, I started a group on Facebook. There’s nothing special about that, lots of people do. This group came out of a conversation regarding altered cards on one of the mtgUK trading groups and...
View ArticleDark Challenge MTG Playmat Design Competition 2014
Hey guys! To celebrate our 2000th member of the MTG Altered Cards and Artwork Community Facebook Group, and our sponsorship of both the Dark Challenge events at the monthly MSI Academy series and the...
View ArticleWhat MTG Alterists Actually Do – Imperial Painter by Stuart Waddicor
Hello and welcome to my new series on altered Magic: The Gathering cards, “Painter’s Servant,” where hopefully over the coming weeks/months or (however long I get?) years we can discuss the ins and...
View ArticleMTG Altered Art: A Brief Discussion – Imperial Painter by Stuart Waddicor
It happened! I was asked back. Now this means two things: For me, it means I get to talk at you all some more about alters… For you, it means you have to listen to me talk some more about alters. Send...
View Article10 Brilliant Dark Challenge 2014 MTG Playmat Competition Entries – Please Vote!
HELLO! Last month we announced the start of the 2014 Dark Challenge MTG Playmat Design Competition and I must say, WOW! we’ve received some utterly brilliant entries– you guys are really talented! I...
View ArticleDark Challenge MTG Playmat Design Competition 2014 – Winners!
Hello! Wow, what a great set of entries! Dark Challenge would like to thank all the participants in this year’s Dark Challenge MTG Playmat Design Competition. The quality of submissions was astounding...
View ArticleDark Challenge MTG Playmat Design Competition 2015
Hey guys, It’s back! Following on from the success of our first Dark Challenge Playmat competition we’re running a second one to find another fantastic piece of art to be used on next year’s playmat....
View ArticleCommander Artist Spotlight – Mark Tedin by Christopher Cooper
A while ago, Mark Rosewater wrote about the three player demographics of Timmy, Johnny and Spike. A little while later he also explained who Melvin and Vorthos are. Often in Magic we get caught up in...
View ArticleAn interview with Magic artist Titus Lunter by Liam Casserly
One of the pro players suggested recently that he would be happy to play with cards that just had text written on them and the number values. He made the point that essentially this is just a card game...
View ArticleAltered Art Spotlight: Dr. Doom, Five Nights at Freddy’s, My Little Pony, and...
Hey everyone. My name is Wedge and I run a MTG YouTube channel called The Mana Source. We produce content daily covering a wide range of Magic news and information. One of our series, our Altered Art...
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