Easily the most powerful of the Arcbound creatures from the Mirrodin block, the energy-conduit artifact had an iconic look that was great in the era, but seems a little out of place in modern games. To those of us that played Magic back in 2004, it’s hard to forget the ever-present boogeyman that was Arcbound Ravager. The art and card designs are meant to echo these past cards, and it’s no more obvious than in Gaea’s Will. In doing so, they re-flavoured both of them using Gaea and Yavimaya the two biggest sources of green mana and opposition to Yawgmoth during the invasion of Dominaria. In Modern Horizons 2, we saw designers take a chance at re-inventing two of the most powerful cards bearing the Yawgmoth name and shift them from black to green. It’s no surprise: he’s the guy behind Magic’s biggest big-bad, and has had his name on a huge number of broken cards (due in no small part to being prominent in the Urza block, a block famous for broken cards).
Yawgmoth is a name that everyone in Magic knows. 2.) The dramatic Foils of Yawgmoth and Gaea For this set, I wouldn’t be surprised if a lot of the planeless cards or ones with no visual match, like Vectis Gloves, are creative re-uses of slush art. I can’t imagine how frustrating it must be for some artists to hear their artwork has been removed from a set due to no fault of their own, although that means it may find its way into another set when the time is right, such as Nightshade Harvester being commissioned for Eldraine before being put on a card in Commander Legends. Check out a peek into the process on Alison Luhr’s twitter as she discusses Modern Horizons 1’s Fountain of Ichor. Some skilled set designers or art directors look to use slush art whenever possible in supplemental sets like this, Masters sets, and on Commander cards. This orphaned artwork is still owned by WotC and deserves its time in the sun, but it’s now homeless.
For those unaware, slush art is artwork that Wizards of the Coast has commissioned for use in a set but had to remove due to various circumstances such as a late development change to a card that made the artwork no longer match the card mechanically. This is entirely possible because there’s no single setting and thus cards don’t have to adhere to any visual rules if they aren’t mechanical or direct references unlike in a standard set like Kaldheim. 1.) Using Slush ArtĮven more so than the first Modern Horizons, this set was excellent at not only artistic call-backs, but using “slush art” to maximum effect. Now let’s talk about some of the fun trends and some of my favorite artistic call-backs you can find in the set. Taking a look at everything Wizards has done in this absolutely bonkers set, it’s kind of crazy how well they were able to bring forward old lore and give it new life with modern art direction. And there you have it: a full review of every card from Modern Horizons 2.
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