We recently had the chance to chat with illustrators Sarah Finnigan and Martina Fackova about the process of making art for MTG cards
Calculating the number of white-bordered Unlimited Black Lotuses is trickier
There is both narrative and story, it says both "I represent a game piece" and also, "I am showing you a narrative, come pick up the clues and pieces to understand what's going on." Additionally, fresh, new perspective, after tens of thousands of Magic cards have been created I always seek out
The saga creatures in general from FINAL FANTASY were huge flavor wins, as they're directly inspired by their video game counterparts
Let's look at that Bloodfire Colossus again
Tetsuko Umezawa does a nice job or sliding small creatures past blockers and is especially effective if you make a bunch of small token creatures