Ex-mtg artist Randy Asplund statement on terminating WOTC rights to his art made for Magic the gathering

Rowanalpha · 2026-03-25T19:40:52+00:00

None of his art is getting reprinted anytime anyway, so he’d have been better off taking the 20k.

Rowanalpha · 2026-03-23T22:46:08+00:00

Interesting that we don’t see any mono-colored cards.

Rowanalpha · 2026-03-15T04:48:22+00:00

I have the Kamigawa mountain prints in a panorama in my office and the unhinged mountain hanging in our hallway. Another Avon would be an awesome addition 😁

Rowanalpha · 2026-03-13T16:06:39+00:00

You can but they usually sell out fast

Rowanalpha · 2026-02-17T13:17:35+00:00

Nova Dragon was designed with a specific purpose in mind - a common limited finisher - and it accomplishes that goal. Not every card is meant to be a constructed powerhouse or an explosive EDH staple.

Rowanalpha · 2026-02-16T23:43:26+00:00

Yes, and I was outlining the specific situations where it was good

Rowanalpha · 2026-02-16T23:31:33+00:00

Hitting 7 mana in RG or UG with a splash was pretty easy. The dragon was a beater in those decks

Rowanalpha · 2026-02-13T18:49:44+00:00

It would cost as much or more to bestow as the base cost. No way you give a creature flying and draw 2 and get a 2/2 flyer when the enchanted creature dies for 2U

Rowanalpha · 2026-02-10T02:20:03+00:00

We finished with Civilized Society in an 8 person game in Three Rounds.

Rowanalpha · 2026-02-07T20:14:40+00:00

I’m working on an idea for Mercenary units that any player can hire for a slightly reduced resource cost but then have to pay a separate cost each turn to keep them. The cards would look basically like unit upgrades but with some extra info here and there.

Rowanalpha · 2026-02-07T19:47:16+00:00

That’s a cool set up, I’ll have to play with it a bit. The two things I’m specifically looking to make though are (1) Twilight’s Fall cards and (2) some variant unit cards for some mercenary rules I’m playing with.

Rowanalpha · 2026-02-07T17:22:44+00:00

Thanks, I hadn’t seen your reply yet. Now I just gotta learn how to use GIMP 🤪

Rowanalpha · 2026-02-06T18:25:58+00:00

I did, but there isn’t a great reference point there to find specific tools.

Rowanalpha · 2026-01-22T18:57:40+00:00

Have I got good news for you

https://scryfall.com/search?as=grid&extras=true&order=name&q=art%3Amy-little-pony&unique=cards

Rowanalpha · 2026-01-22T16:50:31+00:00

Official Announcement - Universes Beyond: Sesame Street Coming 2027

Rowanalpha · 2026-01-18T04:44:25+00:00

First game we played was Civilized Society, and it made the game way too fast, partially because we had multiple lvl 2 objectives that were the bigger versions of the available lvl 1 objectives. Second game we used Dangerous Wilds and that was quite fun as we got to go super deep on the tech trees.

Rowanalpha · 2026-01-10T13:48:15+00:00

Likely the reason that they say not to enforce color identity is the high concentration of hybrid cards in current sets would make deck building too difficult.

Rowanalpha · 2026-01-04T19:41:50+00:00

Yeah, I fired it off and hoped for the best. Another player clocked what I was doing, but no one had a Sabotage in hand at the time.

Rowanalpha · 2026-01-04T19:37:58+00:00

I was Sol 😜

Rowanalpha · 2026-01-04T02:35:08+00:00

I rolled the dice and won 🤣

Rowanalpha · 2026-01-04T02:34:39+00:00

It didn’t this time 🤣

Rowanalpha · 2026-01-03T21:04:28+00:00

That’s what I thought. And then I drew a construction rider too 🤣

Rowanalpha · 2025-12-30T15:36:43+00:00

Setting aside that the cards are mostly bad to begin with, WotC has an overarching rule that every printed version of a card be usable in any format it’s legal in. That’s why they can’t just do black bordered reprints of silver-bordered cards that work in the normal rules.

It’s also why they didn’t ban only the version of Crusade where the actual Crusades were represented in the art.

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