![]() ![]() Ertai, the Corrupted, Skyship Weatherlight and Tahngarth, Talruum Hero: the premium (foil) versions of three of Planeshift's legendary cards were printed with alternate art to make them more collectible.It is the most recent non-land example of alternate art on regular cards within a black-border set. Brothers Yamazaki from Champions of Kamigawa was printed with two different art pieces so that the same card could depict each of the two brothers.Each common card and 5 uncommons cards from Alliances have 2 pieces of art.The Urzatron lands from Antiquities had four variants. ![]() Alternate arts are mostly used for reprints, and promotional cards. Within a set, alternate art generally appears on the five basic land cards, as they are recognizable enough to avoid confusion. Throne of Eldraine is the first set in over twenty years to feature cards with multiple versions of art on non-lands. Felidar Sovereign in Battle for Zendikar). This rule was nullified with the introduction of the Two-Block Paradigm (e.g. For a time, when older cards were reprinted in new sets (non-Core Sets, and not " timeshifted"), Wizards of the Coast guaranteed that they would be printed with new art to make them more collectible. Consequently, alternate art is now only used sparingly and mostly for promotional cards. However, WotC came to believe that this impeded easy recognition of a card and that having multiple versions caused confusion when identifying a card at a glance. When these art pieces appear within the context of the same set, the cards are said to have alternate art.Ī few early sets, such as Antiquities, Fallen Empires and Alliances, experimented with alternate art for cards to make common cards more collectible. Some Magic: The Gathering cards have two or more versions with different art pieces. ![]()
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