#Christopher Rush

[mtg-cards-hourly]

Rod of Ruin

Artist: Christopher Rush TCG Player Link Scryfall Link EDHREC Link

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[ouchmaster6000]

[blacklotusmuseum]

Desert Nomads Arabian Nights 1993

[tel-jilad]

The willow knows what the storm does not: that the power to endure harm outlives the power to inflict it.

This card is really intriguing to me. The Dark as a whole is one of those sets I can't help loving despite it being objectively pretty bad, and this card is a great example of what draws me to it.

[razberithreepointonefour]

Forgot I wanted to post this.

[menuthegathering]

Collector Protector {3}{W}{W}

Creature — Human Gamer

{W}, Give an opponent a nonland card you own from outside the game: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to you or Collector Protector this turn.

“Here—have a Mudhole.”

2/5

Illustrated by Christopher Rush

2004

[randomgathering]

pg 55 has the origin story of, tips for using, and background on the art for Eron the Relentless from Homelands.

This is the basis for the Goblin King designation in the deck build of mine.

[base-set-remastered]

Mewtwo - Energy Lotus

Mewtwo is a card of note for a very specific reason, and it has nothing to do with the words printed on the card. Instead, the extremely unusual part of this card is the amazing art, drawn by the late Christopher Rush. To this day, this is the only card from an artist that has also worked on Magic: the Gathering, and not only one of the few cards illustrated by a Westerner, but one of the only pieces of official Pokemon art that was allowed to be drawn by non-Japanese person. Christopher Rush is most known for illustrating the most infamous and most expensive Trading Card of all time - the Black Lotus. Straight away I knew I wanted to pay homage to all of these facts by creating a Mewtwo card inspired by Black Lotus. However, getting inspired by a card that's legendarily broken is a challenge in itself. It would not be hard to make an equally broken Pokemon card, but that would be a purely artistic endeavor - I wanted to make a card that's playable.

Mewtwo's "Energy Lotus" directly references the infamous Black Lotus by giving you instant access to three Energy. However, it also includes a number of nerfs, with the obvious one a turn end, as well as only attaching Energy from your hand. In many ways, it is what could be referred to as "Magical Christmas Land" card, which sounds incredible on paper, but might have issues with consistency. Unlike a "real" developer, I have the ability to nerf this card at any moment, but I decided I wanted to start with a stronger variant first and give it some space to shine. The unique Metronome attack gives this card utility even when its ability isn't needed anymore. Normally this kind of attack would be extremely strong, but there is a reason I decided to not let any card reach the discard pile unless it has been through the play zone first. Opening the design space in this way allows attacks like Metronome to exist, because they can only access attacks of Pokemon you've already played before.

[art-the-gathering]

storm world

[horror-art-the-gathering]

metamorphosis

[crthinks]

(Christopher Rush)

[ouchmaster6000]

[blacklotusmuseum]

Black Lotus Limited Edition Beta 1993

[jaebird88]

All these years playing WoW and Magic, and I had never known about this.

[chanstopher]

Bang Chan ✧ ATE Teaser