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Many of these artists have distinctive art styles, which helps to make the new cards stand out to digital collectors
When combined with zero-cost artifacts and cards that untap lands such as the two cards on this list that do that simply upon being cast it was rather trivial to produce massive amounts of mana to fuel a huge Stroke of Genius aimed at your opponent, winning you the game on the spot
Cephalid Coliseum by Cliff Childs Cephalid Coliseum | Illustration by Cliff Childs Another big name when it comes to depicting lands, Cliff Childs has a tremendous talent in drawing vast scenes from the perspective of someone who just entered some cavernous enclosure
Aethersquall Ancient's activated ability is impressive if you have eight energy, but without any support it needs to wait four turns to build up enough energy to activate
While making those cards, we realized that we could design cards where you could play either side A or side B and it never transformed