{"id":44479,"date":"2025-02-19T11:26:49","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T02:26:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=44479"},"modified":"2025-02-19T11:26:52","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T02:26:52","slug":"final-fantasy-artist-yoshitaka-amano-working-on-upcoming-magic-the-gathering-final-fantasy-card-set","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/final-fantasy-artist-yoshitaka-amano-working-on-upcoming-magic-the-gathering-final-fantasy-card-set\/","title":{"rendered":"Final Fantasy artist Yoshitaka Amano working on upcoming Magic: The Gathering Final Fantasy card set"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Wizards of the Coast have released more information about their<strong> Magic: The Gathering Final Fantasy <\/strong>collaboration, due to be released on June 13. As well as a reveal of some of the cards, they have also <a href=\"https:\/\/fb.watch\/xQUxDxE4Tc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">confirmed<\/a> that Yoshitaka Amano is involved in the project.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"495\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250219-44479-001.jpg\" alt=\"Magic The Gathering Final Fantasy Commander cards\" class=\"wp-image-44493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250219-44479-001.jpg 900w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250219-44479-001-380x209.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250219-44479-001-768x422.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Although the set will feature over 100 legendary creature cards from throughout the entire Final Fantasy franchise, the Commander decks will focus on Final Fantasy VI, VII, X and XIV. A variety of double-faced and borderless cards will be included. Cards will feature summons from the series (like Final Fantasy X\u2019s version of Shiva and Final Fantasy VIII\u2019s highly destructive Jumbo Cactuar), as well as whimsical characters like Sazh\u2019s Chocobo chick (Final Fantasy XIII) and the moogle Stiltzkin (Final Fantasy IX).&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"898\" height=\"469\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 898px) 100vw, 898px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250219-44479-002.jpg\" alt=\"Magic The Gathering Final Fantasy borderless artwork cards\" class=\"wp-image-44494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250219-44479-002.jpg 898w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250219-44479-002-380x198.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250219-44479-002-768x401.jpg 768w\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Cards featuring Amano&#8217;s artwork (center) and Tetsuya Nomura&#8217;s artwork (right). Many other artists are also involved in The Magic: The Gathering Final Fantasy collaboration, with their names credited on the cards that they illustrated. <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Within the Magic: The Gathering set, special borderless Final Fantasy artist cards will prominently feature existing artwork from iconic Final Fantasy series artists. So far, Ancient Copper Dragon from Final Fantasy I, with artwork by Yoshitaka Amano, and Yuriko, the Tiger&#8217;s Shadow, featuring Tetsuya Nomura\u2019s Yuffie character art from Final Fantasy VII, have been revealed. Yoshitaka Amano has previously done artwork for Magic: The Gathering, illustrating the Liliana, Dreadhorde General card. At the time of writing, it is not known how many cards in the Final Fantasy set will feature his work.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wizards of the Coast\u2019s official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OXuc4HUEago&amp;t=683s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">First Look<\/a> video gives more examples and information on specific cards and card types that will be in the collaboration, as does the <a href=\"https:\/\/magic.wizards.com\/en\/news\/feature\/collecting-final-fantasy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">official website<\/a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wizards of the Coast have released more information about their Magic: The Gathering Final Fantasy collaboration, to be released on June 13.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":44487,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[61,3],"tags":[36,17],"class_list":["post-44479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-final-fantasy","category-news","tag-final-fantasy","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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