Jun 01 2023 62 mins 5
What’s the best Lightning Bolt art? And why is this such a strangely hard piece to truly nail? Join us as we review every art, from the Alpha and M10 GOATs through more Secret Lair Drops than seems reasonable.
- See all today’s cards: https://scryfall.com/search?q=%22lightning+bolt%22+unique%3Aart+prefer%3Aoldest+-layout%3Aart_series&order=released&dir=asc
- “I want a banana this big.” https://scryfall.com/card/ody/241/gorilla-titan
- The design evolution of Magic tokens: https://www.mtg.onl/evolution-of-magic-token-card-frame-design/
- TWO FACES OR A VASE??? https://gpuzzles.com/optical-illusion/two-faces-vase/
- Brigitte Roka’s “Pearl Farm” art series: https://www.brigitteroka.com/pearlfarmart
- Alexis Ziritt’s [[Gideon, Ally of Zendikar]]: https://scryfall.com/card/prcq/1/gideon-ally-of-zendikar
- Flavor text quoting Barrin: https://scryfall.com/search?q=ft%3A%22%E2%80%94barrin%22
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- Intro - 0:00
- Christopher Rush (Alpha) - 05:17
- Christopher Moeller (Magic 2010) - 09:14
- Véronique Meignaud (Player Rewards 2010) - 14:07
- Kekai Kotaki (MagicFest 2019) - 19:20
- Noah Bradley (Secret Lair Drop) - 23:26
- Brigitte Roka (Secret Lair Drop) - 25:58
- Robbie Trevino (Secret Lair Drop) - 30:10
- Alexis Ziritt (Secret Lair Drop) - 31:55
- Anato Finnstark (Strixhaven Mystical Archive - EN) - 35:44
- Ezoi (Strixhaven Mystical Archive - JP) - 40:54
- Jason Rainville (SLD) - 44:54
- Irina Nordsol (Battle for Baldur's Gate - Standard) - 47:34
- Phil Stone (Battle for Baldur's Gate - Variant) - 51:35
- Chuck Lukacs (Double Masters 2022) - 53:27
- Which to cube? - 59:01
- Outro - 1:01:40
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Music by Ikson, iksonmusic.com
- Intro - To You, by Ikson
- Outro - Summer, by Ikson
- 5:08 - Hey, by Ikson
- 1:01:29 - Sunchaser, by Ikson
