Most unfortunate Magic Art

[sunshine]

It's not bad but they certainly failed on the art for Thornling. Way to stay in theme.

[Lifeless]

This is a famous one. Mostly because they removed the pentagram in later sets because parents were scared the game was satanic.

But what the hell is up with that pentagram anyway? Doesn't Douglas Schuler know how to draw a circle?!

This is a funny one. Doug used to come in to my store in Colorado once in a while, he's a really nice guy so I can give him a pass on the bad geometry. He signed so many FBB hippies for me, I can't give him any crap.

[Skeggi]

I can't seem to find a picture, probably because I'm at work but I believe the card was Deadshot and the guy in the picture looks a lot like OJ and he's got a knife in his hand. Then again I suppose that's only unfortunate if you're a waiter, or dating one.

If I knew how to post a picture, I would post one of muscle sliver. Why does the muscle sliver look like the alien from "Aliens" when all the other slivers look like giant, evil apostrophes? That has always vexed me. It's like Richard Kane Ferguson wanted to give Wizards a hearty "fuck you" that would be tournament playable once every five years.

On a side note: if you want to post a picture: just get the pic's URL and type [ img]URL[ /img] around it, without the spaces between the brackets. Another tip: if you want to know how someone posted a certain thing, quote him and read back how he did it.

So just what exactly is the initiation process to becoming a cleric en-Vec, and what do you mean by blows?

Lol! Good one! I think this one deserves special attention too

[Nocco]

This is one of the funniest innuendo's i've seen - the picture just completes the flavor text


So just what exactly is the initiation process to becoming a cleric en-Vec, and what do you mean by blows?

Wow, thats fucking hilarious! I need a playset of these now...

[KrzyMoose]

Ponder. Hands down, not even close.

Like, for the third best 1-mana Blue spell ever (and one of the best Blue spells ever, and thus one of the best spells ever), you'd expect the art to be at least pretty good.

But nope. The art is a complete disaster.

[Mordel]

I remember as a child, my friends and I had a house rule that this fuck flew because of his goddamn picture(!!!!!):


Knock knock

"Who's there?"

"lolsomethingthatshouldfuckingfly"



My hate for this art also started as a child too. I believe I used to call her "pimple tits" and my very first deck had like ten copies of her from Arabian Nights...

[HdH_Cthulhu]

Active Volcano semmms pretty bad

[KillemallCFH]

This art is pretty fucking awful:

[Sek'Kuar]

This art is pretty fucking awful:

It's Battle-Buddy Jesus! Lets kick some Roman Ass!

[Van Phanel]

It's Battle-Buddy Jesus! Lets kick some Roman Ass!

Here's some real Battle-Buddy Jesus.

[georgjorge]

My vote goes to Blue Mana Battery (previous page). Painting that can't have taken the artist (or his little daughter) more than two minutes.

[dahcmai]

I've always gotten a kick out of this one. looks like she's about to shove that poor guy in her crotch.

[Gheizen64]

All 7th ed for me.

[TheInfamousBearAssassin]

If the skullcap is grafted on, why is his hair still growing?

[Nihil Credo]

All 7th ed for me.

QFT. Let's get some examples...

Is this supposed to be a positive Aura?


If I had to pick, I'd rather fight a legless bloated torso than an actually healthy human, but maybe that's just me.




Creative description: "This card makes hordes of similar creatures more powerful. Make sure this is reflected in the art."



"...thanks, Alex. That's just perfect."


Speaking of which, what illustrates the concept of haste better...



...than a bunch of goblins... uh... standing still and waiting?


This one looks uninspiring, but otherwise fine...

...until you realize that, according to the art, Sisay either got her ring stolen or she pulled a Michael Jackson.


Feel free to continue, there's 330 cards in Seventh edition and I think at least a third of them are worth of outright mockery.

[TheInfamousBearAssassin]

The Shivan Dragon was pretty good.

Although that Fallen Angel. Wow. At least the other two iterations of the card had really badass artwork.

[Occam]

Surely Word of Command has to be up there on any worst art lists? It couldn't have taken more than 30 seconds to draw.

[Jak]

Surely Word of Command has to be up there on any worst art lists? It couldn't have taken more than 30 seconds to draw.

I actually like it. I'm not sure that it fits the card but it isn't "bad" art at all.

[Aggro_zombies]

Yeah, Seventh was pretty bad as far as art goes.

However, my vote goes to the Tempest Circles of Protection because they all fucking look like gray swirly shit. How the hell does monochrome mist protect me from magic of these colors?





I'm generally not a fan of any of Harold McNeill's art.

[Sek'Kuar]

I've always gotten a kick out of this one. looks like she's about to shove that poor guy in her crotch.

She probably is. Remember, GDC is the kind of person who shags you, then bags you. She is NOT nice, but you get laid first. I believe that, according to the storyline, she either robs/kills/turns you over to the authorities when you enter the post-awesome-sex deep-sleep.