Art card

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Mox Tantalite 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]

Back side of the art card

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, increased the number back up to 54 art cards per set release. This change was made, in part, to reflect that there are fewer art cards 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 Jun 2019 54 5% (1 in 20)[11]
Zendikar Rising Nov 2020 81 5%
Kaldheim Mar 2021 81 5%
Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Jul 2021 81 5%
Modern Horizons 2 Jul 2021 81 5%
Strixhaven: School of Mages Jul 2021 81 5%
Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Oct 2021 81 5%
Innistrad: Crimson Vow Nov 2021 81 5%
Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty Apr 2022 81 5%
Streets of New Capenna May 2022 81 5%
Baldur's Gate Jul 2022 81 5%
Dominaria United Sep 2022 81 10% (1 in 10)[7]
The Brothers' War Nov 2022 81 10%
Phyrexia: All Will Be One Feb 2023 81 10%
March of the Machine Apr 2023 81 10%
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth Jun 2023 81 10%
Commander Masters Aug 2023 81 10%
Wilds of Eldraine Sep 2023 81 10%
The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Nov 2023 81 10%
Murders at Karlov Manor Feb 2024 49 14.29% (1 in 7)[9]
Outlaws of Thunder Junction Apr 2024 54 5% (1 in 20)[10]
Modern Horizons 3 Jun 2024 54 5%
Assassin's Creed Jul 2024 20 5%
Bloomburrow Q3 2024 TBC TBC
Duskmourn: House of Horror Q4 2024 TBC TBC
Untitled "Death race" set - Codenamed "Tennis" Q1 2025 TBC TBC
Untitled Tarkir set - Codenamed "Ultimate" Q2 2025 TBC TBC
Untitled "Space opera" set - Codenamed "Volleyball" Q3 2025 TBC TBC
Untitled Lorwyn set - Codenamed "Wrestling" Q4 2025 TBC TBC
Untitled Arcavios set - Codenamed "Yachting" Q1 2026 TBC TBC
Untitled event set - Codenamed "Ziplining" Q2 2026 TBC TBC

Gallery

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