“Static Detonation of Hymns”. Or something.
I was at a Magic: The Gathering tournament — has to be years ago, now — and the subject of owning original artwork came up.
“I have the original art for Detonate,” I offered.
“I can do you one better,” said another player. He’s the guy who always thinks he can do one better. He’s the guy who wears Gatorz sunglasses, but can’t actually see through them, so he props them up on his forehead and squints down under them at his cards. I don’t think I’ve ever seen him finish higher than fourth-to-last. “I have the original art for Hymn to Tourach!”
“Oh!” I said, intrigued. “The one with the people holding hands in a circle?”
“No, the van Camp!” he cried.
“The one with the wolf head?” I asked, trying to not be too obvious with incredulity.
“Yeah!” said the guy gleefully.
Internally: “What, you couldn’t afford Stasis?! That’s the second-most-ugly piece of Magic art in existence.”
Externally: “Good, hope you enjoy it. I’m quite happy with mine.”
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July 22nd, 2009 at 10h16
I am offering a $50 bounty to the first person who can find me an online gallery that has all of the Magic: The Gathering art, sans the surrounding cards. I doubt that it exists, but I figure that if WotC does it with all of their D&D art, there’s a small chance that there’s a comparable source for MtG art.
July 29th, 2009 at 20h30
I could give you a one-line GD script that does it for any given card, and like three more lines to grab all of them.