Magic Art Pairs
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Posted on July 8, 2017, 8:15 p.m. by Tsuru-Hime
My Google-Fu has failed me so I apologize if this question has been asked here before but I've been unable to find any answers. What I'm looking for is matched pairs of art.
Examples include Essence Warden and Soul Warden
The M10 versions of Holy Strength and Unholy Strength
Anyone else have any other examples?
Snickles@EDH_only says... #3
Stronghold Biologist and Stronghold Machinist are part of the same art set. kinda want a playmat of it at some point, actually. and their flavor texts mirror / match each other perfectly
July 8, 2017 9:08 p.m.
Tsuru-Hime says... #4
Ooh that's exactly the kind of thing I'm looking for. Thanks and keep em' coming.
July 8, 2017 9:22 p.m.
A few more:
- Built to Last and Built to Smash
- White Knight and Black Knight
- Blue Elemental Blast and Red Elemental Blast
Some of the Aftermath card art is paired too. Like Cut / Ribbons, Heaven / Earth, Prepare / Fight, Destined / Lead and Insult / Injury (apparently Minotaur breath is really bad).
Finally, though it's not really a pair, Krenko's Command takes place in the background of Krenko, Mob Boss.
July 8, 2017 10:09 p.m. Edited.
Also, Hydroblast and Pyroblast (Both arts each fit the criteria).
EDIT: Eastern Paladin and Western Paladin
July 8, 2017 10:34 p.m. Edited.
landofMordor says... #8
Hand of Cruelty and Hand of Honor
Knight of Glory and Knight of Infamy
a few more will probably come to mind after a bit.
July 8, 2017 11:13 p.m.
MindAblaze says... #10
Angel of Flight Alabaster, Angel of Finality, Flameblade Angel (alternate art) and Clip Wings?
Probably not exactly the same but still interesting for me
July 9, 2017 1:06 a.m. Edited.
Raging_Squiggle says... #11
Forcefield and Mox Jet portray the exact same art. The dude in force field is pushing the aura(?) from the jet away from himself.
July 9, 2017 1:30 a.m.
SteelSentry says... #12
You mentioned Essence Warden and Soul Warden, but a lot of the timeshifted cards are linked (Spirit Link and Vampiric Link, the Akromas, Crovax, Ascendant Hero and Ascendant Evincar)
July 9, 2017 2:25 a.m.
Hallowed Fountain
art from BoZ Expedition and World Breaker (look at the background).
July 9, 2017 2:29 a.m.
Wasn't there a cycle of lands that were all part of the same painting?
EDIT: The book in Enlightened Tutor shows art from Idyllic Tutor.
July 9, 2017 9:28 a.m. Edited.
Tsuru-Hime says... #15
@Redace878: All of the John Avon lands from Kamigawa form a single panorama.They did pairs of friendly/enemy lands in Shadowmoor that form a single picture.The set of Plains from Ice Age form a single image when put side by side.
@Raging_Squiggle: That one is certainly a new one to me. Never would have figured that one out on my own.
@MindAblaze: I like that cycle. I was aware of the connection between Flameblade Angel and Clip Wings but I didn't know it extended back to the original Innistrad set.
BTW: Does anyone know how to specify which set to use when employing the card links in a post?
July 9, 2017 10:07 a.m.
Tsuru-Hime: You can add in the three letter set identifier after the card name, and before the closing brackets like (HOU) for Hour of Devastation, (LEA) for Alpha, (7ED) for 7th, and so forth. If you're confused about what to use, the deck builder/card list can help immensely.
The difference between Battlefield Forge and Battlefield Forge.
July 9, 2017 10:37 a.m.
freakman13 says... #17
Sun Titan, Terminate, and Animate Dead are all linked art.
July 9, 2017 10:50 a.m.
freakman13 says... #18
Animate Dead sorry wrong one, I forgot they did a new art.
July 9, 2017 10:54 a.m.
One more: Prophecy and Ihsan's Shade
Also, here's a Semi-Comprehensive Collection of Magic Polyptychs and Diptychs, including almost all the panoramic Lands. Here's the related thread on r/MagicTCG too.
July 9, 2017 11:24 a.m.
I've always liked how Make a Wish turned into Grapple with the Past, too.
July 9, 2017 11:32 a.m.
MindAblaze says... #23
I like the leylines and their corresponding lands too, that was a nice one.
July 9, 2017 11:50 p.m.
Forgot until just now: The full-art Lands from AKH vs HOU ...
July 10, 2017 7:31 a.m.
Tsuru-Hime says... #26
I've been finding some more recently but the best one from a Standard set I've found so far is Chandra's Revolution and Pia's Revolution
Just need to have a Cathartic Reunion beside them.
July 20, 2017 10:09 a.m.
didn't Johanne Voss do something involving Dark Impostor and a couple other cards? I think it was an instant or sorcery where the Dark Impostor was sneaking up on somebody, then another spell depicting the kill scene, then in the creature card we see the character fleeing the scene? I didn't dream that up, did I?
July 21, 2017 4:44 p.m.
Tsuru-Hime says... #28
I just did a search through all of the art listed under Johannes Voss and I couldn't find anything.
@MindAblaze Do you know which set the lands matching the leylines were from? I'm having difficulty finding them.
July 21, 2017 5:27 p.m.
MindAblaze says... #29
Leyline of Sanctity > Magic 2011 Basic #233
Leyline of Vitality > Basic 244
I actually think the other ones don't have matches despite being led to believe it...
Phaetion says... #2
Wrath of God and Damnation are another pair.
July 8, 2017 8:41 p.m.