It may be the weekend, but we've still got SO much exciting news to share -- we're not taking a day off! Prepare to ✨Ascend✨ right out of your seats, and please welcome our next incredible artist guest Anthony Palumbo!

Pardon this brief interruption to your regularly-scheduled FNM / prerelease night folks, because we've got MORE incredible artists to announce! Please welcome Andrew Mar! ✨

In one week, the Double Dragon booth returns! I'll be back with @teanwitch.bsky.social & @andrewkmar.bsky.social for the final MagicCon of 2025 We'll have all matter of playmats, prints, proofs, and a million sharpies and paint pens for signatures See you all soon at MagicCon Atlanta!! #MCAtlanta

Let's keep those exciting announcements rolling with an artist that needs no introduction: tYleR wAL -- *ahem* I mean, Tyler Walpole!

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So excited to see everyone at Magic Con Atlanta! I'll be at my booth the whole time, signing your cards and selling all kinds of prints, playmats, tokens, and pins! Also never been to Atlanta (except the airport lol) so it will be fun! #mcatlanta

GOLDSABERTOOTH STRIKES BACK: Deviously Doodled Playmats! Ten playmats, six new, four improved, and @goldsabertooth.bsky.social's most popular tokens in foil for the first time. Learn more & sign up to be notified when we launch (there's early bird stuff :]) www.kickstarter.com/projects/gol...

Still processing how much I like Through the Omenpaths, and Donny buoyed my enthusiasm even further!! Go read!!

A new art-icle on @hipstersofthecoast.com, it's my very first Grand Art Tour for a digital set! Through the Omenpaths is top tier, and I couldn't help but talk about some highlights. Check it out! www.hipstersofthecoast.com/2025/09/thro...

Please join us in welcoming our next powerhouse artist -- Winona Nelson (@winonanelson.com)! Winona has created art for over 150 unique Magic cards, and we're extremely excited for the opportunity to host her at Shoebox! ✨

The preliminary drawings I created for Strength of Will are up for auction right now until Thursday! @donnycaltrider.bsky.social can answer questions about the auction if you have them :)

Let's start this party off strong - we're not here to play. (I mean, we're here to play Magic, but you know.) We're turning Minnesota's nonbasic lands into Mountains, taking it alllll the way back to bring you a VERY special appearance from one of Magic's original artists -- Tom Wänerstrand!

The preliminary drawings I did for Strength of Will are now up for auction!

Still available!

Strength of Will Sketches by @rhondalibbey.bsky.social Auction is up! Open until Thursday mtgart.auction/SoWSketches

This ends tonight y'all! Through the Omenpaths is a really special set, and this is a perfect opportunity to collect a piece from that AND reminiscent of Bloomburrow

🎨Reliquary Tower - Van Gogh Alter by Shivan 🌝🌙How about an illustration by Ejsing altered in Van Gogh style? With the swirls and brushstrokes that characterised Van Gogh’s work they perfectly complements the colour palette and composition created by Jesper!✨🌟 #art #mtg #magicthegathering

It's me. I'm the Vorthos. Another great "Snack Time on the Stack" from @donnycaltrider.bsky.social with links worth bookmarking

Better late than never, this is an ode to Snack Time with Vorthos, which just turned twenty years old donnycaltrider.substack.com/p/vorthos-2025

Easiest shirt purchase of my life

New Babel by Titus Lunter AVAILABLE Oils & Oil Pastel on Canvas Board, 24×30cm (9.44×11.8 inch), 2025 Framed The first in Titus Lunter's inaugural series of personal paintings, he is now working on a body of work, all in traditional media, of his own vision of worlds far away. Inquire by PM

My oil and 24 karat gold painting for Strength of Will a card in Magic the Gathering’s newest release is now up for auction! If you want to have this fluffy little bun in your own Warren check out the link or reach out to my agent @donnycaltrider.bsky.social 🐰

see you tomorrow, 10am eastern! :)

Zoom in close and see the arrow is fletched with moth wings, how beautiful.

Strength of Will by @rhondalibbey.bsky.social Oils and 24K Gold, 11" x 14" A Bloomburrow revisitation, painted for Through the Omenpaths Auction is LIVE: mtgart.auction/StrengthofWill

My AP drawings for MagicCon Atlanta are coming along nicely :)

Ryan delivers another absolute banger of an exploration. Must read

Getting pics together of my recent Magic the Gathering painting Strength of Will. I wanted to show a clip of the gold shining and of course a ferret has to investigate what is going on. 🤭 #Omenpaths #StrengthOfWill

Some interest but no claims yet! If you'd like to add this fantastic cover to your collection, let me know! Reasonable offers considered on behalf of the artist and payment plans available

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I will say...Through the Omenpath was a fun gift for Vorthos to have until we get to Lorwyn.

New Magic: The Gathering cover I completed for the Elspeth series! Donny is acting as my steadfast guide into the realm of MTG for the sale of this original, so please reach out to him with any inquiries!

Magic: The Gathering: Untold Stories Elspeth #4 (Finale) Variant Cover by @ibrahimmoustafa.bsky.social Ink & Mixed Media, 11" x 17" With the solicits finally out, Ibrahim Moustafa's original ink for Elspeth #4 is now available! PM for more information

Got a little artist proof auction by @juliankok.bsky.social up Check it out: www.facebook.com/share/p/1Czh...

What a nice surprise! My art for Strength of Will came out today! It was so great to get to do another piece that takes place in Bloomburrow. Soon the original painting (oil and gold leaf) and preliminary drawings will be available! Stay tuned!

You’re going to want to attend @shoebox.gg I assure you. Hurry to sign up for a hotel before we annouce the artists

One for the Word Sickos by @trasgomorph.bsky.social on @hipstersofthecoast.com! I hope Cephalid Breakfast at Tiffany's becomes a recurring feature of Rob's column www.hipstersofthecoast.com/2025/09/ceph...

I love these kind of articles. Well done @space.com www.space.com/entertainmen...

When I started looking at Magic through the Vorthos lens in 2017 after 15 years with the game, it changed everything. I found my people. It's never been a player profile, but a way of life. And it changed mine forever. Thanks Vorthos, Happy Birthday (More about this on Substack 8/31 👀🎨) #vorthos

Magic & the Self-Referential The timeline last week was much concerning video games & some creator's tendencies to only look within the medium as inspiration. It got me wondering about Magic. Not my best work, but maybe some of my more thoughtful. Read: www.hipstersofthecoast.com/2025/08/magi...

Oooh yay! The Daily Bugle secret lair I art directed for MTG Spider-Man has been spoiled! I got to work with some of my all time fav artists on this one, seriously a star-studded series!

For Magic The Gathering - Secret Lair 'Fact or Fiction'. Thank you to AD @jameelawahlgren.bsky.social ! Acrylic, coloured pencils and pastels. 13x8in on watercolor paper. Auction starts after the official release, Sep 26. Contact @donnycaltrider.bsky.social if interested.

Welcome to being an OG Be around long enough and you'll live with broken links, broken archives and incomplete past scholarship. But, the reality is just that we still here, still making. It may shift and change, but we still around. www.coolstuffinc.com/a/who-vortho... #vorthos

Happy (early) Birthday Vorthos! If you didn't know: Magic gained the term "Vorthos" 20 years ago as of the 31st! I'll link the original introduction to Vorthos article below! What does being a member of the Vorthos community mean to you? What aspect of being a Vorthos do you enjoy most? #Vorthos

alright let’s do this thing

A new article for me today on @hipstersofthecoast.com, very happy to share a wonderful interview with both Titus Lunter and @dannyschwartzart.bsky.social It's long, but a very deep dive into their two ships for Edge of Eternities...check it out! www.hipstersofthecoast.com/2025/08/a-ta...

Was delighted to write about EOE’s lands for @hipstersofthecoast.com! I talk about how EOE deals witg the tension the eminently unknown (space) into the eminently familiar (land). Featuring discussions on astrophotography, midcentury travel posters, and the art of @liiga.bsky.social and more!

Another article by @mtgplowshare.bsky.social on @hipstersofthecoast.com today! Ryan explores the delicious land design of #MTGEOE www.hipstersofthecoast.com/2025/08/find...

a must read. so so so cool.

New Article on Snack Time on The Stack Lightning in a Bottle: Cavalier of Dawn by @femkehiemstra.bsky.social donnycaltrider.substack.com/p/lightning-...