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Masters 25 might be a trip down memory lane, but for many, one of the highlights of the set is the new art reimagining classic cards. Let's take a look at a few of these, plus the art descriptions that got us there.

Arcane Denial

Original Printing: Alliances

Color: Blue spell

Location: A rugged landscape of partially melted snow

Action: This is an action shot of a Human female Wizard countering a blast of purplish death magic that's about to engulf her. She does it by spreading her hands out in front up her, fingers pointed away from her. Ice-blue magical energy erupts from her hands to disperse the death magic. For the Wizard's costuming, take inspiration from the reference packet, but feel free to tweak it to make it cooler.

Mood: "Try again!"

Ihsan's Shade

Original Printing: Homelands

Color: Legendary black-aligned creature

Location: A cliff, at night, with the moon in the sky

Action: This is the condemned spirit of a once-noble legendary Human Knight who followed the goddess Serra. Now he is on an eternal quest for redemption. He displays his dishonor by painting his full plate armor black. Start with the Serran Angel armor in the Dominaria world guide, but make it for a male, and paint it black. He wears a full helm. A cloak made from inky black mist is pinned to his shoulders by the circular quartered disks of Serra, which are also painted black. The hood of his cloak is drawn up over his helm. In this shot, we see the cursed Knight at the edge of a cliff, with the moon in the sky.

Mood: Brooding

Goblin War Drums

Original Printing: Fallen Empires

Color: Red spell

Location: Craggy mountainous terrain

Action: When Goblins go to war, they work themselves into a frenzy with war drums that accompany them into battle. For this shot, show a handful of Goblin drummers heading to war on the back of a huge scaly beast. The Goblins ride in a wood-and-leather harness to which their great drums are fixed. They are pounding on the drums in unison. Because the emphasis is on the Goblin drummers, the beast only has to be implied.

Mood: Battle-frenzied

Doomsday

Doomsday | Art by Noah Bradley

Original Printing: Weatherlight

Color: Black spell

Location: Unimportant/abstract

Intention: This is an abstract representation of doomsday. We're looking for a really cool, striking composition more than a literal depiction. The spell gives you five cards to use before you lose the game, so we'd like to see five of something in the art. The original composition shows one way to incorporate that idea of fives. (Note that these five things are not associated with the five different colors.)

Action: This spell represents a powerful, evil sorcerer (yours to design, if we see them) causing the end of the world. They have five "last chances" at power before the end.

Focus: The abstract scene

Mood: Dark apocalyptic power

Ensnaring Bridge

Original Printing: Stronghold

Setting: Rath

Color: Colorless artifact

Location: Above a bottomless pit

Action: This is a long, narrow bridge made out of flowstone, a form of living liquid stone—a bridge that doesn't want to be crossed. The bridge is red-brown and striated, like sandstone. The hero Gerrard Capashen is attempting to cross the bridge, but hands of stone reach up out of the bridge to grab his legs, immobilizing him. The exact angle and composition aren't as important here—we really just want a cool, modern-Magic take on "bridge that grabs you when you try to cross it."

Mood: Malevolent intelligence where you'd least expect (or want) it.

Notes: Although the bridge is "alive," this isn't a creature card; make sure it looks more like a bridge than like a wall or an elemental.