Welcome back to our fortieth interview in our series There’s No Magic Without Art! This week we had the pleasure of talking with artist Richard Wright, who has illustrated 75 Magic cards since the original Ravnica set. Here’s what Richard told us. Grow from the Ashes © Wizards of the Coast Tell us a little about how you got into art, and Magic more specifically. I always enjoyed…

Welcome to our weekly interview series, “There’s No Magic Without Art”! For today’s interview we had the pleasure of talking with Steve Argyle, an artist that has created some of the Magic’s most beloved cards like Liliana of the Veil, Deathrite Shaman or Bloodbraid Elf. Here’s what Steve told us. Sketch and final art for Deathrite Shaman © Wizards…

How does a tile laying worker end up strangled in a Magic card? Can you trade a trilobite fossil for Magic cards? These are peculiar questions, because Lars Grant-West is a peculiar artist, one that has created art for over 100 Magic cards. Curious about the answers? read on! Grixis Charm © Wizards of the Coast Drag the slider left and right to see both images How did you become an…

Welcome to the 38th installment of our Magic artists interview series, ‘There’s No Magic Without Art’. For today’s interview we talked with artist Jason Felix, who has created over 100 Magic cards since the Zendikar expansion. Here’s what Jason told us. Tell us a little about how you got into art, and Magic more specifically. I have always created things as far as I can…

Not all kids want to be actors, astronauts or athletes. Some kids dream of making Magic: The Gathering cards. And some of them make it happen. Today we’re proud to share our interview with Gavin Verhey, 28, Product Architect at Wizards of the Coast. Gavin has worked on multiple products over the last 7 years, including leading design for Commander 2017 and 2018, and leading development for…

Welcome back to our weekly interview series, ‘There’s no Magic without art’. This week we had the pleasure of talking with artist Nils Hamm, who lives in Germany, and since the set Future Sight has illustrated over 150 Magic cards, including iconic ones like Delver of Secrets, Phantasmal Image and Baleful Strix. Cosplayer Christine Sprankle and Nils Hamm © Wizards of the……

For this week’s interview, we talked with legendary artist Greg Hildebrandt. Together with his brother Tim, they painted many iconic illustrations for Stars Wars, Lord of the Rings, Marvel and Magic: The Gathering, among others. Tim won the 1992 World Fantasy Award for Best Artist, and Greg won the Chesley Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement from the Association of Science Fiction and…

Magic: The Gathering took the world by storm in 1993, and its popularity spread like a wildfire from Seattle to the world. And who pulled this incredible feat? A small team of people working from a home garage. One of them was Jesper Myrfors, the original Art Director. Join us, as we continue our interview with Jesper, and go over his last years at Wizards, some of his most famous cards, and also…

What did it feel like to work on the very first Magic set, the one that would go on and change the gaming world forever? Only a handful of people in the world know it, and Jesper Myrfors is one of them. Today we’re proud to share a very special interview with Jesper, who not only was the very first Art Director of the game, but also illustrated more than 50 Magic cards, including the…

Welcome back to our weekly artist interview, today we have the pleasure of sharing our talk with Margaret Organ-Kean, who’s distinct style appears on 27 Magic cards, including the iconic Lion’s Eye Diamond. Here’s what Margaret told us. How did you become an artist? That’s an interesting question. From my point of view, it’s a bit like asking how did you become a female? It’s…