Is there an archive of alternate card art that's only been available online? Someone posted a .zip containing 60+ such images from the MTGO cube here, (most with artist information) but I've occasionally come across other alternate art that isn't from that. Neither of the sites I normally use for this (magiccards.info & gatherer) have any record of these alternate art versions, but perhaps another site has a record of all of them? If not, can we gather them together here? Here are some examples of other alternate art cards I've seen:
what's with the cycle of nationality themed basic lands that appeared as MOPR rewards in 2012? Was there a particular reason for so many Earth-geographic themed lands?
you can be creative and have your own arty cards in MTGO:
Check a few examples of what i did:
Oh, that's neat! I haven't played MTGO, so I didn't know that was possible. Do other players see your custom art too?
Is the art for these unreleased promos, as the Magic Online Promo Card List calls them, available somewhere? I presume many of them use the MTGO cube art... are the others just alternate art that's already been printed?
Also, that file of 63 images I have includes alternate art Penumbra Wurm by Daarken. As far as I can tell, the card was never in MTGO cube, and it doesn't show up on the promo list either. What's going on here? Same thing goes for alternate art of:
EDIT: It looks as though the only alternate art that isn't posted on magiccards.info was used in the MTGO cube. I have 63 images used from cards there, but am missing the artist information for these:
Looks like there are 18 new arts introduced through Vintage Masters, not including art that was originally used in the MTGO cube. (moxes, dual lands, etc) I updated the file in the OP to include them:
Ancestral Recall by Ryan Pancoast
Azorius Signet by Raoul Vitale
Badlands by Daarken
Basalt Monolith by Yeong-Hao Han
Bayou by Karl Kopinski
Bazaar of Baghdad by Christopher Moeller
Black Lotus by Chris Rahn
Blue Elemental Blast by Christopher Moeller
Boros Signet by Mike Sass
Brainstorm by Chris Rahn
Bribery by Cynthia Shepard
City in a Bottle by Daniel Ljunggren
Control Magic by Clint Cearley
Desert Twister by Noah Bradley
Diabolic Edict by Franz Vohwinkel
Dimir Signet by Raoul Vitale
Emerald Medallion by Daniel Ljunggren
Erratic Portal by Ioan Dumitrescu
Eureka by Ryan Pancoast
Exile by Wolf Connelly
Fastbond by Nils Hamm
Fireblast by Mike Bierek
Force of Will by Matt Stewart
Forgotten Cave by Noah Bradley
Future Sight by Dan Scott
Fyndhorn Elves by Igor Kieryluk
Goblin Ringleader by Gabor Szikszai
Goblin Vandal by Thomas M. Baxa
Gruul Signet by Efrem Palacious
Hanna, Ship’s Navigator by Terese Nielsen
Hymn to Tourach by Greg Staples
Jet Medallion by Daniel Ljunggren
Karakas by Drew Baker
Kjeldoran Outpost by Noah Bradley
Krovikan Sorcerer by Igor Kieryluk
Lake of the Dead by Eytan Zana
Library of Alexandria by Drew Baker
Lion's Eye Diamond by Lindsey Look
Living Death by Mark Winters
Mana Drain by Mike Bierek
Mana Vault by Christine Choi
Metalworker by Jasper Sandner
Mind Twist by Seb McKinnon
Mishra’s Workshop by Sam Burley
Moat by Noah Bradley
Mox Emerald by Volkan Baga
Mox Jet by Volkan Baga
Mox Pearl by Volkan Baga
Mox Ruby by Volkan Baga
Mox Sapphire by Volkan Baga
Nether Void by Véronique Meignaud
Old Man of the Sea by Greg Staples
Orcish Lumberjack by Steve Prescott
Orzhov Signet by Martina Pilcerova
Pearl Medallion by Daniel Ljunggren
Penumbra Wurm by Daarken
Plateau by Noah Bradley
Psychatog by Izzy
Pyrokinesis by Igor Kieryluk
Rakdos Signet by Martina Pilcerova
Razorfin Hunter by Steve Prescott
Red Elemental Blast by Christopher Moeller
Regrowth by Dan Scott
Ruby Medallion by Daniel Ljunggren
Sapphire Medallion by Daniel Ljunggren
Savannah by Charles Urbach
Scrubland by Eytan Zana
Selesnya Signet by Raoul Vitale
Show and Tell by Zack Stella
Simic Signet by Mike Sass
Skullclamp by Daniel Ljunggren
Smokestack by Daniel Ljunggren
Stunted Growth by Dave Kendall
Su-Chi by Robbie Trevino
Sylvan Library by Yeong-Hao Han
Taiga by Sam Burley
Temporal Fissure by Seb McKinnon
The Abyss by Jason A. Engle
Time Vault by Yeong-Hao Han
Time Walk by Chris Rahn
Timetwister by Matt Stewart
Tropical Island by Franz Vohwinkel
Tundra by Lars Grant
Turnabout by Steve Prescott
Underground Sea by Cliff Childs
Volcanic Island by Noah Bradley
Winter Orb by Brian Snõddy
Defense of the Heart
Frost Titan
Primeval Titan
Force of Will (was this art ever released online?)
EDIT: Candelabra of Tawnos - December 2016 (source)
http://community.wizards.com/magiconline/wiki/Magic_Online_Promo_Card_List
pretty sure those titans are fake, though there is a different art primeval titan in paper
Wow, thanks! I didn't know that existed.
It looks like many of those promos do appear in paper (FNM, WPN/Gateway, Launch Party, etc) but a few don't:
Control Magic
Pyrokinesis
Regrowth
Force of Will
Hymn to Tourach
Savannah
Basalt Monolith (says alternate art, but no art is given? Is it the MTGO cube art?)
Circle of Protection: Red (alternate art again, but which? Is it just the FNM 'alpha' art?)
Anyone know why this is?
Oh, that's neat! I haven't played MTGO, so I didn't know that was possible. Do other players see your custom art too?
Is the art for these unreleased promos, as the Magic Online Promo Card List calls them, available somewhere? I presume many of them use the MTGO cube art... are the others just alternate art that's already been printed?
Paper Promos
CUBE? (I have all these)
EDIT: Found the artists for these.
Finally, I seem to be missing alternate art for these cards:
EDIT: Found the art for Ancestral Recall & Simic Signet. The others seem to be mistakenly included in the promo list.
The wizards.com spoiler doesn't show the actual online versions for many of the cards, so there may be others that are getting new art as well.
Ancestral Recall by Ryan Pancoast
Bazaar of Baghdad by Christopher Moeller
Brainstorm by Chris Rahn
City in a Bottle by Daniel Ljunggren
Desert Twister by Noah Bradley
Exile by Wolf Connelly
Fastbond by Nils Hamm
Forgotten Cave by Noah Bradley
Krovikan Sorcerer by Igor Kieryluk
Lion's Eye Diamond by Lindsey Look
Living Death by Mark Winters
Psychatog by Izzy
Skullclamp by Daniel Ljunggren
Smokestack by Daniel Ljunggren
Su-Chi by Robbie Trevino
Temporal Fissure by Seb McKinnon
Time Vault by Yeong-Hao Han
Turnabout by Steve Prescott