Share a photo in the comments if you can find it! Also, what do yuu like about the art? Do you run it in any of the decks/games you play?
This is mine for now. It’s Trapinch from the Pokemon tcg by Asako Ito. I don’t play, but there’s a stack of free singles that people leave in a box at a bg place I go to, ao I took one and keep it in my wallet as a good luck charm (and charm it does, look at rhe overaized head and cute knitted body! A single crooked thread for a mouth and a shining star iris completes the baby)
Also while I was browsing, I saw this sick Galarian Moltress by Shinji Kanda
next question please.
I’m changing my answer to this card, too
I grew up playing mtg and was mesmerized by art from Chippy and John Avon
Chippy
John Avon
John Avon lands are so distinct. You see that dramatic lighting on a basic land and you just know it’s him.
Also specifically the GBC game(s) version of this card art.
That Dragonair
I would like the users here to take note of the hats.
this full art mountain from Magic: The Gathering
I’m already a HUGE fan of the art in Streets of New Capenna but I absolutely adore this one mountain in particular, I just think it’s gorgeous
Shoutout to the close second of the alt art for Disciplined Duelist from the same set:
I have several of these mountains in my Laelia deck, they’re gorgeous
lmao i got like 50 of these mountains in various decks. I would replace every basic mountain in all my decks with it
Is that like, futurism, the style in the Mountain? Full art cards are
each set in Magic the Gathering has its own like… theme/style. Streets of New Capenna, my favorite, is full in on the art deco. There’s some other beautiful cards in that set but that Mountain is something else
Cool! Each set having a setting/art direction definitely makes for memorable cards
I play this mountain in my draft set. A+
Everything from the Rider-Waite-Smith tarot deck.
The artist was a famously unmarried woman, and that tickles me pink
that Moltres though, wow!
Oh yeah it’s the most classic tarot deck out there. I quite like the Lost Hollow one and Kitten Tarot
These are great!
Not so much an art as entire card but probably the old Uncle Istvan from MtG
Also a lot of characters from Here to Slay
Rider-Waite’s 7 of swords
It means “bold plan, risk, or a plan that may fail.” The dude has snuck into the enemy camp to steal their swords There are 2 swords left behind so if they catch him he’ll be outnumbered and fucked but if he gets away the enemy will be to a fraction of their fighting power.
If they catch him though, he’ll have five swords which is two more than Zoro three-sword style from
so he’ll be okay
All of the cards in Wingspan have amazing art but I think this one is my favorite
inspan
Geck from Inscryption, I don’t know why, it just makes me chuckle, you have tons of more powerful and complex cards with their creepy and menacing looks… and then you have Geck, it’s just Geck. No cost, no effect. There it is, Geck, and its goofy face.
Geck
One geck is good, but how about 100 gecs
Saw them live in Barcelona! Fun times !
I really love Rebecca Guay’s mtg illustrations, Bitterblossom is probably my favorite.
There’s some great artist doing mtg art still, but I wish they still used more stylized stuff like this.
I’m slowly collecting all of the mtg cards she’s ever illustrated. Except for the secret lair set she had. Not sure what that was all about
Part of it is nostalgia but I really loved the dragons designed by Kazuki Takahashi. They have this wonderful lanky look, kind of like the ones from Panzer Dragoon.
Sick dragons
Really anything from Liiga Smilshkalne, loved her stuff ever since Android Netrunner.
Gun to my head, probably Data Raven. Idk if I can find the card without a big FFG watermark so here’s the art on its own:
https://www.deviantart.com/liiga/art/Android-Netrunner-Data-Raven-Alt-Art-702036477
this flareon without question
though this one is also cool
Top one is unreal cute! It has little cakes in the reflections in its eyes
From FFG’s Android Netrunner
Inside Job was one of my fave cards when I played netrunner. The look of chaotic excitement on the hacker’s face is fun (also they’re on the toilet lmaoo)
Modern Netrunner’s art isn’t as good as the FFG days but it’s 200% more based
Most of the Board wipes have beautiful art.
I love progenitus for the scope, seeing this leviathan walking across the world.
