List of illustrators

There have been numerous artists that have illustrated Magic: The Gathering cards.^[1]^[2] This is a list of illustrators in order of the set where their work(s) were first featured.

List

The number of cards that features the artist is counted according to Scryfall. Split cards or double-faced cards with both sides by the same artist are counted as separate pieces. For the last featured set only original art is accounted for: reprints are disregarded. The count includes tokens and emblems.

Artist	#	Debut set	year	Last set with new art	Year	Notes
Amy Weber	64	Alpha	1993	Microprose "Astral" set	1997	1 collaboration with Tom Wänerstrand.
Andi Rusu	14	Alpha	1993	Alliances	1996
Anson Maddocks	114	Alpha	1993	Time Spiral	2006
Brian Snõddy	129	Alpha	1993	Adventures in the Forgotten Realms	2021	1 collaboration with Paolo Parente.
Christopher Rush †	122	Alpha	1993	Commander (2011)	2011
Cornelius Brudi	9	Alpha	1993	Ice Age	1995
Dameon Willich	16	Alpha	1993	Ice Age	1995
Dan Frazier	267	Alpha	1993	Double Masters 2022	2022
Daniel Gelon	64	Alpha	1993	Time Spiral	2006
Douglas Shuler	131	Alpha	1993	Double Masters 2022	2022	1 collaboration with Liz Danforth. In the early days miscredited as Douglas Schuler
Drew Tucker	64	Alpha	1993	Double Masters 2022	2022
Fay Jones	1	Alpha	1993	Alpha	1993
Jeff A. Menges	54	Alpha	1993	Tempest	1997
Jesper Myrfors	57	Alpha	1993	Fallen Empires	1994
Julie Baroh	24	Alpha	1993	Tempest	1997
Kev Brockschmidt	4	Alpha	1993	Alpha	1993
Mark Poole	144	Alpha	1993	Double Masters 2022	2022
Mark Tedin	211	Alpha	1993	Double Masters 2022	2022
Melissa Benson	63	Alpha	1993	Urza's Legacy	1999
Quinton Hoover †	76	Alpha	1993	Morningtide	2008	2 collaborations with Val Mayerik.
Richard Thomas	44	Alpha	1993	Unhinged	2004
Rob Alexander	155	Alpha	1993	Double Masters 2022	2022
Ron Spencer	249	Alpha	1993	Double Masters 2022	2022	5 collaborations with his sister Terese Nielsen
Sandra Everingham	43	Alpha	1993	Mystery Booster	2019
Tom Wänerstrand	62	Alpha	1993	Heroes of the Realm	2021	1 collaboration with Amy Weber
Kaja Foglio	63	Arabian Nights	1993	Darksteel	2004	1 collaboration with her husband Phil Foglio
Ken Meyer Jr.	14	Arabian Nights	1993	Invasion	2000
Kristen Bishop	1	Arabian Nights	1993	Arabian Nights	1993
Susan Van Camp	43	Arabian Nights	1993	Tempest	1997
Kerstin Kaman	3	Antiquities	1994	Antiquities	1994
Margaret Organ-Kean	24	Antiquities	1994	Tempest	1997
NéNé Thomas	24	Antiquities	1994	Microprose "Astral" set	1997	2 collaborations: with Phillip Mosnes and with Catherine Buck.
Pete Venters	293	Antiquities	1994	Double Masters 2022	2022
Phil Foglio	57	Antiquities	1994	Double Masters 2022	2022	1 collaboration with his wife Kaja Foglio. Also credited as Claymore J. Flapdoodle.
Randy Asplund-Faith	24	Antiquities	1994	Alliances	1996
Anthony S. Waters	115	Legends	1994	Alara Reborn	2009	In earlier sets credited as Anthony Waters.
Bryon Wackwitz	21	Legends	1994	Alliances	1996
Edward Beard Jr.	125	Legends	1994	Ravnica: City of Guilds	2005
Harold McNeill	27	Legends	1994	Tempest	1997
Heather Hudson	193	Legends	1994	Eventide	2008	Also credited as Erica Gassalasca-Jape.
Liz Danforth	35	Legends	1994	Time Spiral	2006
Mike Kimble	19	Legends	1994	Mirage	1996
Nicola Leonard	20	Legends	1994	Tempest	1997
Richard Kane Ferguson	74	Legends	1994	Double Masters 2022	2022
Scott Kirschner	43	Legends	1994	Urza's Saga	1998
Dennis Detwiller	13	The Dark	1994	Fallen Empires	1994
Michael Whelan	1	Media insert	1994	Media insert	1994
Pat Morrissey	30	Fallen Empires	1994	Mercadian Masques	1999
Allen Williams	55	Ice Age	1995	Throne of Eldraine	2019	Also credited as L.A. Williams
Catherine Buck	1	Ice Age	1995	Ice Age	1995	Collaboration with NéNé Thomas.
James Ernest.	1	Ice Age	1995	Ice Age	1995
Mike Raabe	40	Ice Age	1995	Unhinged	2004
Phillip Mosness	1	Ice Age	1995	Ice Age	1995	Collaboration with NéNé Thomas.
Randy Gallegos	170	Ice Age	1995	Streets of New Capenna	2022
Rick Emond	7	Ice Age	1995	Ice Age	1995
Ruth Thompson	9	Ice Age	1995	Alliances	1996
Alan Rabinowitz	44	Homelands	1995	Unhinged	2004
David A. Cherry	26	Homelands	1995	Unglued	1998
Dom!	4	DCI promo	1995	Mirage	1996
Jock	5	DCI promo	1995	Mirage	1996	Also credited as JOCK.
Bill Sienkiewicz	2	Alliances	1996	Alliances	1996
Carol Heyer	2	Alliances	1996	Alliances	1996
D. Alexander Gregory	90	Alliances	1996	Magic 2013	2012	1 collaboration with Zak Plucinski.
Diana Vick	1	Alliances	1996	Alliances	1996
Greg Simanson	22	Alliances	1996	Urza's Saga	1998
John Matson	112	Alliances	1996	Archenemy	2010
Lawrence Snelly	8	Alliances	1996	Urza's Saga	1998
Rebecca Guay	157	Alliances	1996	SL: All-Natural, Totally Refreshing	2021
Terese Nielsen	202	Alliances	1996	Modern Horizons	2019	5 collaborations with her brother Ron Spencer, 2 with Philip Tan and 1 with Thomas M. Baxa.
Zak Plucinsky	8	Alliances	1996	Fifth Edition	1997	1 collaboration with Alexander d. Gregory
Adam Rex	129	Mirage	1996	SL: Out of Time	2021
Adrian Smith	28	Mirage	1996	New Phyrexia	2011
Al Davidson	2	Mirage	1996	Mirage	1996
Andrew Robinson	56	Mirage	1996	Magic 2014	2013
Bob Eggleton	19	Mirage	1996	Urza's Saga	1998
Charles Gillespie	19	Mirage	1996	Tempest	1997
Chippy	117	Mirage	1996	Dragon's Maze	2013
Cliff Nielsen	10	Mirage	1996	Weatherlight	1997
David O'Connor	13	Mirage	1996	Double Masters 2022	2022
David Ho	2	Mirage	1996	Mirage	1996
Dermot Power	25	Mirage	1996	Double Masters 2022	2022
Donato Giancola	161	Mirage	1996	Double Masters 2022	2022
Garry Leach †	21	Mirage	1996	Tempest	1997	Credited as Gary Leach.
Geofrey Darrow	10	Mirage	1996	Visions	1997	6 collaborations with I. Rabarot
Gerry Grace	19	Mirage	1996	Portal	1997
Hannibal King	27	Mirage	1996	Seventh Edition	2001
Ian Miller	28	Mirage	1996	Double Masters 2022	2022
Janine Johnston	14	Mirage	1996	Time Spiral	2006
Jeff Miracola	132	Mirage	1996	Double Masters 2022	2022
Jennifer Law	2	Mirage	1996	Mirage	1996
John Avon	225	Mirage	1996	SL: Dr. Lair's Secretorium	2021
John Bolton	11	Mirage	1996	Champions of Kamigawa	2004
John Coulthart	23	Mirage	1996	Weatherlight	1997
John Malloy	2	Mirage	1996	Mirage	1996
Junior Tomlin	4	Mirage	1996	Mirage	1996
Kari Johnson	2	Mirage	1996	Mirage	1996
Kathryn Rathke	3	Mirage	1996	Mirage	1996
Kev Walker	458	Mirage	1996	Double Masters 2022	2022	Once credited as Evkay Alkerway
Martin McKenna	5	Mirage	1996	Mirage	1996
Mike Dringenberg	41	Mirage	1996	Eventide	2008
Mike Kerr	5	Mirage	1996	Fifth Edition	2004
Robert Bliss	16	Mirage	1996	Ravnica: City of Guilds	2005
Roger Raupp	42	Mirage	1996	Onslaught	2002
Scott M. Fischer	160	Mirage	1996	Double Masters 2022	2022
Steve Luke	29	Mirage	1996	Tempest	1997
Steve White	14	Mirage	1996	Urza's Saga	1998
Stuart Beel	2	Mirage	1996	Mirage	1996
Stuart Griffin	17	Mirage	1996	Time Spiral	2006
Thomas Gianni	28	Mirage	1996	Future Sight	2008
Tom Kyffin	16	Mirage	1996	Tempest	1997
Tony Roberts	16	Mirage	1996	Fifth Edition	1997
Una Fricker	47	Mirage	1996	Time Spiral	2006
William Donohoe	3	Mirage	1996	Mirage	1996
Zina Saunders	29	Mirage	1996	Tempest	1997
Blackie del Rio	2	Visions	1997	Fifth Edition	1997
Brian Horton	4	Visions	1997	Weatherlight	1997
Bryan Talbot	8	Visions	1997	Weatherlight	1997
Cecil Fernando	4	Visions	1997	Weatherlight	1997
Craig Hooper	1	Visions	1997	Visions	1997
David Seeley	9	Visions	1997	Fifth Edition	1997
Eric Peterson	72	Visions	1997	Mirrodin	2003
George Pratt	14	Visions	1997	Mercadian Masques	1999
Greg Spalenka	5	Visions	1997	Visions	1997
I. Rabarot	6	Visions	1997	Visions	1997	All in collaboration with Geoffrey Darrow
Jerry Tiritilly	37	Visions	1997	Onslaught	2002
Jon J Muth	5	Visions	1997	Urza's Saga	1998
Michael Danza	3	Visions	1997	Visions	1997
Nathalie Hertz	3	Visions	1997	Visions	1997
Omaha Pérez	1	Visions	1997	Visions	1997
Paul Lee	3	Visions	1997	Duel Decks: Garruk vs. Liliana	2009
Romas Kukalis	5	Visions	1997	Portal	1997
Scott Hampton	18	Visions	1997	Morningtide	2008
Tony DiTerlizzi	91	Visions	1997	Adventures in the Forgotten Realms	2021	Credited as DiTerlizzi. 3 collaborations with M.W. Kaluta.
Clint Langley	8	Fifth Edition	1997	Time Spiral	2006
Doug Keith	4	Fifth Edition	1997	Fifth Edition	1997
James Allen	4	Fifth Edition	1997	Fifth Edition	1997
Ted Naifeh	11	Fifth Edition	1997	Weatherlight	1997
Brian Durfee	3	Portal	1997	Weatherlight	1997
Colin MacNeil	13	Portal	1997	APAC lands	1998
Paolo Parente	160	Portal	1997	Double Masters 2022	2022	1 collaboration with Brian Snõddy. Also credited as Parente.
William Simpson	11	Portal	1997	Future Sight	2007
Brom	44	Weatherlight	1997	Battle for Baldur's Gate	2022
Darbury Stenderu	1	Weatherlight	1997	Weatherlight	1997
Dylan Martens	2	Weatherlight	1997	Weatherlight	1997
Franz Vohwinkel	135	Weatherlight	1997	Battle for Baldur's Gate	2022
Kipling West	2	Weatherlight	1997	Weatherlight	1997
Mark Harrison	3	Weatherlight	1997	Mirrodin	2003
Patric Kochakji	2	Weatherlight	1997	Weatherlight	1997
Rogério Vilela	2	Weatherlight	1997	Weatherlight	1997
Stephen L. Walsh	2	Weatherlight	1997	Weatherlight	1997
Alan Pollack	138	Tempest	1997	Commander 2015	2015
April Lee	3	Tempest	1997	Tempest	1997
Carl Frank	17	Tempest	1997	Unstable	2017
Daren Bader	173	Tempest	1997	Battle for Baldur's Gate	2022
Doug Chaffee	48	Tempest	1997	Time Spiral	2006
Eric David Anderson	3	Tempest	1997	Tempest	1997
Janet Aulisio	4	Tempest	1997	Tempest	1997
Jason Alexander Behnke	3	Tempest	1997	Stronghold	1998
Jeff Laubenstein	25	Tempest	1997	Mercadian Masques	1999
Jeff Reitz	1	Tempest	1997	Tempest	1997
Jim Nelson	253	Tempest	1997	Double Masters 2022	2022
Joel Biske	11	Tempest	1997	Prophecy	2000
Matthew D. Wilson	65	Tempest	1997	Fifth Dawn	2004
Randy Elliott	19	Tempest	1997	Time Spiral	2006
Ron Chironna	4	Tempest	1997	Tempest	1997
Stephen Daniele	30	Tempest	1997	Unhinged	2004
Sue Ellen Brown	5	Tempest	1997	Tempest	1997
Thomas M. Baxa	127	Tempest	1997	Double Masters 2022	2022
Val Mayerik	41	Tempest	1997	Archenemy	2010	2 collaborations with Quinton Hoover.
William O'Connor †	21	Tempest	1997	Eventide	2008
Keith Parkinson †	14	Stronghold	1998	Portal Second Age	1998
M.W. Kaluta	3	Stronghold	1998	Exodus	1998	All collaborations with DiTerlizzi.
Michael Sutfin	87	Stronghold	1998	Commander 2017	2017
Ciruelo	27	Exodus	1998	Torment	2002
Mark Zug	185	Exodus	1998	Double Masters 2022	2022
rk post	124	Exodus	1998	Double Masters 2022	2022
Cris Dornaus	1	Portal Second Age	1998	Portal Second Age	1998
David Horne	4	Portal Second Age	1998	Portal Second Age	1998
Henry van der Linde	7	Portal Second Age	1998	Urza's Legacy	1999
Jeffrey R. Busch	10	Portal Second Age	1998	Portal Second Age	1998
Lubov	5	Portal Second Age	1998	Portal Second Age	1998
Matt Stawicki	2	Portal Second Age	1998	Portal Second Age	1998
Michael Weaver	4	Portal Second Age	1998	Portal Second Age	1998
Sam Wood	19	Portal Second Age	1998	Zendikar	2009
Mark Rosewater	3	Unglued	1998	SL: Extra Life 2021	2021
Andrew Goldhawk		Urza's Saga	1998
Berry		Urza's Saga	1998
Brian Despain		Urza's Saga	1998
Carl Critchlow		Urza's Saga	1998
Christopher Moeller		Urza's Saga	1998
Greg Staples		Urza's Saga	1998
Henry G. Higgenbotham		Urza's Saga	1998
Mark A. Nelson		Urza's Saga	1998			Credited as Mark Nelson for early illustrations
Robh Ruppel		Urza's Saga	1998
Ron Spears		Urza's Saga	1998
Steve Firchow		Urza's Saga	1998
Tom Fleming		Urza's Saga	1998
Vincent Evans		Urza's Saga	1998
Bradley Williams		Urza's Legacy	1999			Credited as Brad Williams.
Don Hazeltine		Urza's Legacy	1999
Mark Brill		Urza's Legacy	1999
Todd Lockwood		Urza's Legacy	1999
		Portal Three Kingdoms	1999
Ai Desheng		Portal Three Kingdoms	1999
Cai Tingting		Portal Three Kingdoms	1999
Chen Weidong		Portal Three Kingdoms	1999
Ding Songjian		Portal Three Kingdoms	1999
Fang Yue		Portal Three Kingdoms	1999
Gao Jianzhang		Portal Three Kingdoms	1999
Gao Yan		Portal Three Kingdoms	1999
He Jiancheng		Portal Three Kingdoms	1999
Hong Yan		Portal Three Kingdoms	1999
Huang Qishi		Portal Three Kingdoms	1999
Jack Wei		Portal Three Kingdoms	1999
Ji Yong		Portal Three Kingdoms	1999
Jiaming		Portal Three Kingdoms	1999
Jian Zhuqing		Portal Three Kingdoms	1999
Junich Inoue		Portal Three Kingdoms	1999
Junko Taguchi		Portal Three Kingdoms	1999
Kang Yu		Portal Three Kingdoms	1999
Koji		Portal Three Kingdoms	1999
Ku Xueming		Portal Three Kingdoms	1999
Kuang Sheng		Portal Three Kingdoms	1999
LHQ		Portal Three Kingdoms	1999
Li Tie		Portal Three Kingdoms	1999
Li Wang		Portal Three Kingdoms	1999
Li Xiaohua		Portal Three Kingdoms	1999
Li Youliang		Portal Three Kingdoms	1999
Li Yousong		Portal Three Kingdoms	1999
Lie Tiu		Portal Three Kingdoms	1999
Lin Yan		Portal Three Kingdoms	1999
Liu Jianjian		Portal Three Kingdoms	1999
Liu Shangying		Portal Three Kingdoms	1999
Miao Aili		Portal Three Kingdoms	1999
Mitsuaki Sagiri		Portal Three Kingdoms	1999
Qi Baocheng		Portal Three Kingdoms	1999
Qiao Dafu		Portal Three Kingdoms	1999
Qin Jun		Portal Three Kingdoms	1999
Qu Xin		Portal Three Kingdoms	1999
Quang Xuejun		Portal Three Kingdoms	1999
Shang Huitong		Portal Three Kingdoms	1999
Solomon Au Yeung		Portal Three Kingdoms	1999
Song Shikai		Portal Three Kingdoms	1999
Sun Nan		Portal Three Kingdoms	1999
Tang Xiaogu		Portal Three Kingdoms	1999
Wang Feng		Portal Three Kingdoms	1999
Wang Yuqun		Portal Three Kingdoms	1999
Wang Chiuxiong		Portal Three Kingdoms	1999
Xu Tan		Portal Three Kingdoms	1999
Xu Xiaoming		Portal Three Kingdoms	1999
Yang Guangmai		Portal Three Kingdoms	1999
Yang Hong		Portal Three Kingdoms	1999
Yang Yun Kwon		Portal Three Kingdoms	1999
Zhang Jhiazhen		Portal Three Kingdoms	1999
Zhao Dafu		Portal Three Kingdoms	1999
Zhao Tan		Portal Three Kingdoms	1999

List of illustrators

List

Magic 2014

Theros

Born of the Gods

Journey into Nyx

Magic 2015

Fate Reforged

Dragons of Tarkir

Magic Origins

Battle for Zendikar

Commander 2015

Oath of the Gatewatch

Shadows over Innistrad

Eldritch Moon

Kaladesh

Amonkhet

Hour of Devastation

HasCon 2017

Unstable

Rivals of Ixalan

Global Series: Jiang Yanggu & Mu Yanling

Arena New Player Experience

Commander 2018

Throne of Eldraine

Mystery Booster

Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths / Ikoria Commander

Core Set 2020

Secret Lair Drop Series: Summer Superdrop

Secret Lair Drop Series: Every Dog Has Its Day

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