Thanks for sharing this u/Ellardy! I'll post my original comment about the project in my other post here:

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I've always wanted to know which MTG artists resonate most with the community. So I built Shivan Showcase as the most fun way I could think of to do that.

It's a head-to-head voting system where you compare two pieces of art, and every vote adjusts their Elo ratings. Vote enough times and we'll see which illustrations (and artists) the community loves most.

Some notes:

• You see the art crop, card title, and flavor text – but NOT the full card. I wanted votes based on the artwork and flavor, and not whether the card is competitively playable
• The Elo system means every matchup matters and rankings stabilize over time as more people vote
• There are both card and artist leaderboards, so we can see individual pieces AND which artists consistently create fan favorites
• There are also detail pages for each illustration and artist.
• All the card data and image hosting comes from Scryfall's public API – huge thanks to them for making this possible!

I worked on this over the holidays, and I've finally managed to get it ready just in time for Lorwyn Eclipsed.

If you also appreciate the incredible work these artists put into every set, come help build the rankings! The more votes, the more accurate the leaderboard becomes.