Celebrating 25 Years Of Magic: The Gathering
ImagineFX|June 2018

Magic marker Visit the plane of Dominaria in the latest Magic: The Gathering set that salutes the trading card game’s past, present and exciting future

Celebrating 25 Years Of Magic: The Gathering

“Card art has many jobs to do,” says Magic: The Gathering senior art director Cynthia Sheppard. For the latest set the card art not only had to celebrate the game’s 25th anniversary, it also had to introduce characters and fit into a unique frame treatment for new card types.

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