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I think in this case, English Beta is the more pimp option.

The only thing that could possibly increase the pimp-itude of that deck would be opting for Guru Lands, but even that's questionable.

This. The background is as much a part of the image as the foreground, especially on iconic art like the Time Walk/Vault in question.

And seriously dude? You would find this to be 'confusing' or...

So when you see a Brainstorm altered to have [random super-hero] instead of the original art's wizard, is that suddenly unrecognizable? Or when Terese Nielson modifes the barbarian in Force of Will...

Let's see...

http://www.wizards.com/magic/magazine/article.aspx?x=judge/article/20090414a

"Cards used in a tournament may not have writing on their faces other than signatures or artistic...

Are you even a judge?

Pretty sure 99.9% of judges would have no issue with these alters if he ran them by them prior to the tournament starting, and the .1% who does is just being a dick.

The cards' art is still recognizable, I don't know why anyone would not think so. The only thing that would arguably make them illegal for sanctioned play is the faux black-bordering, but I can't...