Art of Magic: The Gathering - Ixalan

The Art of Magic: The Gathering

by James Wyatt

Magnificent hardcover art books featuring the incredible images and lore of The Gathering®!

Danger and adventure await in these pages, lavishly illustrated with the award-winning art of The Gathering® !

“Just imagine what’s waiting around the bend. Adventure. Discovery. Riches for the taking. This is why I sail.”

—Captain Lannery Storm

Deep in the heart of Ixalan’s verdant jungle lies a treasure beyond imagining. Join the peoples of this plane in their search for an ancient golden city as you explore these pages, lavishly illustrated with the award-winning art of The Gathering ®!

Here you can sail with daring pirates and call on the might of earth-shaking dinosaurs. The marooned Planeswalker Jace Beleren will be your guide in his search for the true power of the golden city.

A whole world waits to be discovered. Come and join the struggle to claim the greatest treasure of Ixalan!

Genres: Art, Fantasy, Games, Fiction

240 pages, Hardcover

First published January 2, 2018

About the author

James Wyatt is an award-winning game designer at Wizards of the Coast, and now holds the position of Design Manager for Dungeons & Dragons. He was one of the lead designers for D&D 4th Edition and one of the original designers of the Eberron Campaign Setting, and has written and co-authored dozens of game supplements. He grew up in Ithaca, New York, and now lives in Washington State with his wife and son.

Reviews

[Harrison Delahunty · Rating 4 out of 5]

The art is stellar as always, and this set has a particularly unique and splashy vibe. The reading is quite a bit drier this time around.

The biggest standout for me here in terms of the actual text is Cynthia Sheppard’s appendix piece. It’s genuinely fascinating to get to see the process of building a set from the art director’s perspective, especially an art director whose work I’m particularly fond of.

[Linus Williams · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love deep-dives into art and lore and all things magic, so this is a great book for me. I'm interested in reading the rest in the series

[Micah Johnson · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fun art book for Magic the Gathering fans.

[Honor (honorbound13) · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book did an amazing job of covering every corner of the continent of Ixalan and much of the rest of the plane. It’s an amazing foundation that allows you to understand the storylines that are then explained, even if you didn’t know anything about which MTG sets have been released and in what order. Lastly, the concept art at the back is beautiful, and the thought processes included along with what was chosen as the final project adds something to the lore that you wouldn’t get without the “behind the scenes” aspect.