Art card
An art card is a regular sized collectible bonus card that comes with some Magic: The Gathering boosters.[1] Art cards are not Magic cards and are not for gameplay.[2] They are similar to artist proofs.
Description
The front side depicts a piece of art in a horizontal orientation. There are no foil art cards. Instead, all of them are treated with a specially developed gloss varnish that brings out the art.[3] The card backs are mostly blank, with some collector's info (Magic logo, illustration credits, legal text and collector numbers). The backs are left uncoated. They are similar to an artist's proofs and thus provide room to get an artist's signature or sketch on it. They can also be used as tokens for copy effects, proxies, or if it is for a legendary creature it could be a good way to store experience counters, life total, commander tax, etc.
History
Arts cards were first featured in the Modern Horizons Art Series. They returned for the Zendikar Rising Art Series and Kaldheim Art Series.[4] In these sets, five percent of the time, rather than a normal art card you'll get one with a gold-stamped signature of the artist.[5][6] Every art card exists in both its normal version and its signature version.
Starting with Dominaria United, Wizards of the Coast increased the rate at which gold-stamped signature art cards were found from 1-in-20 (5%) to 1-in-10 (10%).[7]
With the introduction of Play Boosters in Murders at Karlov Manor, Wizards of the Coast switched from 81 art cards being made per set down to 49. Then with Outlaws of Thunder Junction going forward, the number back up to 54 art cards per set release increased. This change was made, in part, to reflect that fewer art cards are showing up in each pack.[8] The change in numbers also necessitated a change in the odds of gold-stamped signature art cards, from 1-in-10 (10%) to 1-in-7 (~14.29%).[9] The release of Outlaws of Thunder Junction brought the odds of stamped art cards back to their initial position of 1-in-20 (5%).[10]
List of sets with art cards
| Set Name | Release Date | Number of Art Cards | Chance of Stamped Card |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modern Horizons | 2019-06 | 54 | 5% (1 in 20)[11] |
| Zendikar Rising | 2020-11 | 81 | 5% |
| Kaldheim | 2021-03 | 81 | 5% |
| Strixhaven: School of Mages | 2021-03 | 81 | 5% |
| Modern Horizons 2 | 2021-06 | 81 | 5% |
| Adventures in the Forgotten Realms | 2021-07 | 81 | 5% |
| Innistrad: Midnight Hunt | 2021-10 | 81 | 5% |
| Innistrad: Crimson Vow | 2021-11 | 81 | 5% |
| Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty | 2022-04 | 81 | 5% |
| Streets of New Capenna | 2022-05 | 81 | 5% |
| Baldur's Gate | 2022-07 | 81 | 5% |
| Dominaria United | 2022-09 | 81 | 10% (1 in 10)[7] |
| The Brothers' War | 2022-11 | 81 | 10% |
| Phyrexia: All Will Be One | 2023-02 | 81 | 10% |
| March of the Machine | 2023-04 | 81 | 10% |
| The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth | 2023-06 | 81 | 10% |
| The Lord of the Rings Holiday Release | 2023-11 | 24 | N/A† |
| Commander Masters | 2023-08 | 81 | 10% |
| Wilds of Eldraine | 2023-09 | 81 | 10% |
| The Lost Caverns of Ixalan | 2023-11 | 81 | 10% |
| Murders at Karlov Manor | 2024-02 | 49 | 14.29% (1 in 7)[9] |
| Outlaws of Thunder Junction | 2024-04 | 54 | 5% (1 in 20)[10] |
| Modern Horizons 3 | 2024-06 | 54 | 5% |
| Assassin's Creed | 2024-07 | 20 | 5% |
| Bloomburrow | 2024-08 | 54 | 5% |
| Duskmourn: House of Horror | 2024-09 | 54 | 5% |
| Magic Foundations | 2024-11 | 54 | 5% |
| Innistrad Remastered | 2025-01 | 25 | 14.29% (1 in 7)[12] |
| Aetherdrift | 2025-02 | 54 | 14.29% (1 in 7)[13] |
| Tarkir: Dragonstorm | 2025-04 | TBC | TBC |
| Final Fantasy | 2025-06 | TBC | TBC |
| Edge of Eternities | 2025-08 | TBC | TBC |
| Marvel's Spider-Man | 2025-09 | TBC | TBC |
| Marvel's Spider-Man Scene Box | 2025-09 | 6 | N.A.† |
| Avatar: The Last Airbender | 2025-11 | TBC | TBC |
| Untitled Lorwyn set - Codenamed "Wrestling" | 2026-Q1 | TBC | TBC |
| Untitled Arcavios set - Codenamed "Yachting" | 2026 | TBC | TBC |
| Untitled event set - Codenamed "Ziplining" | 2026 | TBC | TBC |
Notes
- ^† The art cards in scene boxes are designed to be displayed and aren't available with gold-stamped signatures.[14]
Gallery
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Art card back for Zendikar Rising. -
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Stat block card back for creatures in the AFR art series. -
Thrun, Breaker of Silence (Phyrexia: All Will Be One, #331) "What if?" manga style. -
References
- ↑ Blake Rasmussen, Stephen Sunu, Adam Prosak and Ryan Pancoast. "Weekly MTG: Modern Horizons special preview". Twitch.
- ↑ Wizards of the Coast (May 31, 2019). "Modern Horizons Release Notes". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (May 26, 2019). "Can you give us more information regarding the art cards?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ Magic: The Gathering Panel with Mark Rosewater | Comic-Con@Home 2020 (Video). YouTube.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (July 25, 2020). "Set Boosters". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Ari Zirulnik (January 25, 2021). "Kaldheim Product Overview". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ a b Kendall Pepple (August 30, 2022). "Dominaria United Art Cards". magicthegathering.com. Archived from the original on April 1, 2023.
- ↑ Wizards of the Coast (October 20, 2023). "Play Booster Discord Q&A". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ a b Kendall Pepple (January 30, 2024). "Murders at Karlov Manor Art Cards". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ a b Kendall Pepple (April 5, 2024). "Outlaws of Thunder Junction Art Cards". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Blake Rasmussen (May 30, 2019). "Modern Horizons Tokens and Art Series". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on May 29, 2022.
- ↑ Jubilee Finnegan (January 9, 2025). "Innistrad Remastered Art Cards". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Jubilee Finnegan (January 31, 2025). "Aetherdrift Art Cards". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Wizards of the Coast. "The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth™ Scene Box". Wizards Play Network. Retrieved on December 31, 2024.