Hiya! Joe here with something a little different.

Mark Rosewater’s head-to-head battles between various aspects of Magic on Twitter are one of my favorite things he does as part of his being the “face of Magic to the community”. A while ago I thought it would be cool to do a head-to-head battle pitching various artwork that comes out over a year to help showcase the Art of Magic, as well as to just decide what the best art was for the year. The head-to-head will be done as a single elimination bracket. For the first round, voting will be open for two weeks, but it will accelerate as the year goes on and we get deeper into the brackets.

For Round 1 of 2019, it’s Bedevil vs. Prime Speaker Vannifar.

And here’s the art (click on the image to open a high resolution version in a new browser tab).

Bedevil

Prime Speaker Vannifar

Coming Soon Which art do you choose for Round 1? Bedevil Prime Speaker Vannifar Results Vote Which art do you choose for Round 1? Bedevil 366 ( 90.82 % ) Prime Speaker Vannifar 37 ( 9.18 % ) Back

Which art do you choose for Round 1? Bedevil 366 ( 90.82 % ) Prime Speaker Vannifar 37 ( 9.18 % ) Back

All of the pairings will not be fair, especially on the first level of the bracket, but they should get more interesting as the year progresses. If you have any comments, questions, or criticisms, please feel free to contact me here in the comments, on Reddit, on Twitter via @DailyArena, or on Facebook on the @DailyArenaMTG page.

Peace.

Joseph Eddy is a Father, Husband, Son, Brother, Software Developer, and Gamer. Magic is his favorite hobby, and he’s looking forward to seeing you all on Arena. He streams Magic Arena on a weekly basis (or more), but currently is unable to keep to a set schedule.