Rare card for Magic the Gathering: “Streets of New Capenna” “Zaitora’s Envoy” Creature - Viashino Warrior Painting monsters and creatures is not my usual stuff and that made my work on illustration fascinating.
Over the past couple months staff and students got me into Magic the Gathering x.x. And yesterday was the beginning of our school club for MTG with an even to teach students (and staff) how to play. I wish I had taken better pictures (and more throughout the event) because they don’t do it justice. The turnout was huge for my school. Over 25 kids came as well as 5 teachers, parents, and the entire family of a student whose family player-base goes back 3 generations!
A big thank you to Wizards of the Coast for providing the training decks, mats, and play guide. You’ve helped bring a lot of anxious students out of their shells and provided a safe place for them to have fun.
Retail Price: $4.99 Writer: Mairghread Scott Artist: Fabiana Mascolo Cover Artist: Main Cover: Karen S. Darboe Planeswalker Variant: Valentina Remenar Connecting Variant: Miguel Mercado Incentive Cover: Miguel Mercado Incentive Cover: Yanick Paquette Incentive Cover: Yanick Paquette Unlockable Cover: Karen S. Darboe
Synopsis: • Liliana’s hunt for the mysterious planeswalker begins! • She races to the legendary hero’s home plane, determined to find her before the Master of Metal twists her unique powers to his terrible purposes. • But this dangerous new plane holds secrets of its own, and eyes frozen shut will open for the first time in fifty years…
I’m extremely curious who this mysterious planeswalker is
Ruth, one of my wonderful patrons at Patreon.com/Tomics, suggested that I do a wallpaper based on the Three Kings/Wise-Men/Magi, and Hanby Sykes, ANOTHER wonderful patron, delivered the glorious “Magi: The Gathering” title. I’ve only played the card game a few times, but the title was too good to resist. Thanks to both of you for the suggestion!
JOKE-OGRAPHY: 1. The Three Magi are the wise men who brought Jesus gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh after His birth. "Magic: The Gathering" is a trading card game. Based on Hanby Sykes’ suggestion, I removed the C from “Magic”, making it “MAGI: The Gathering”, as if the Three Magi were avid designers of what would undoubtedly be a bestselling children’s card game. 2. Since I’m not really an MTG player, a good pal of mine helped me come up with card effects for each gift, but ultimately we went the full-art route (cards with minimal text) so those effects have gone unused. He also suggested cardconjurer.com to design the cards, which was awesome to use, and he suggested basing their designs off of the Mox gem cards with the gifts resting in hands. I made the cost of each card 0, since they’re gifts (haha get it) but originally I was going to have the gold cost a white (because gold represents kingship, and in MTG, white is connected to order), the frankincense cost a blue (because frankincense represents priesthood, and in MTG, blue is connected to intellect and prophecy), and the myrrh would cost a black (because myrrh is a burial oil that represents mortality, and in MTG, black is connected to death). How’s that for some behind-the-scenes trivia??
