Rands posts about Magic: The Gathering historyさんのイラストまとめ

Comic books have long been a part of Magic's storytelling.

One of MTGs most iconic stories—The Brother's War—has been told in both US comics & Japanese manga

These two panels show the same scene, Mishra & Ashnod arriving on Phyrexia, as interpreted through each of those mediums

Happy 6th b'day to all the Dragons of Tarkir!! 🎉🎂🐉

KALDRA TOKEN ART

When in play with the other 2 "Kaldra" artifacts from Mirrodin block, the Helm of Kaldra can create a 4/4 token that represents the avatar of Kaldra

Though an official paper token hasn't been printed, this official art was commissioned for a MTG Online token ⤵️

@IamParkinglot Duelist #10

The infamous card Memory Jar just turned 22 earlier this month!

...if you look closely at its art, you can see that it depicts a number of Urza's memories escaping from the smashed jar. Among them are iconic Magic images like an elderly Uzra, Tolarian Academy & Uzra in his armor

TORMENT—Magic's first set to eschew color-balance—arrived 19yrs ago today.

Unlike other expansions Torment has ~30% more B cards than U or R & ~50% more than W or G

Torment also introduces the keyword 'Madness' & reprints Sengir Vampire in boosters for the first time since 4ED.

Jump back 8yrs ago today & GATECRASH is being released!

In this expansion, for the first time since Ravnica block ~7yrs earlier (2006), these five guilds—Boros Legion, House Dimir, Gruul Clans, Orzhov Syndicate, & Simic Combine—each finally received brand new cards & mechanics.

These are some of the coolest fan tokens from Magic's early days

These 4 are from the first token series by Arai Jin ("Crazy Clowns"). They were initially sold at a Japanese fan convention in 1997

Of course, there they sold out instantly & nowadays originals are worth a fortune

The graphic novel, "Path of the Planeswalker", was published 11yrs ago today. It collected the earliest official webcomics from the post-mending storyline

Iconic moments from the collection include Jace pursuing Chandra, Liliana dueling Garruk & Tezzeret encountering Nicol Bolas

Artist Ron Spencer famously used to hide the names of his friends in some of his Magic card illustrations.

Here are a few of the best examples:
("Mike", "Mark", "Chad")