Magic: The Gathering artist Justine Jones singles out her favorite MTG art to date and tells the story behind each one.
While only making her MTG debut a few years ago with 2019's Kaleidoscope Killers Secret Lair release, Jones has already created artwork for a number of cards including many showcase card art for the collectible card game's two Dungeons & Dragons sets: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms and Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate.
One of those D&D cards stand out to her as one of her favorite that she's done for the game.
"[Xorn] is just my weird, non-sensical child," she comments. "It's just this completely insane thing that looks like a child made it up."
WATCH: MTG artist Justine Jones talks about her favorite pieces of Magic artwork
Another favorite of hers is her version of an iconic Magic: The Gathering card: Shivan Dragon. In her iteration, she pays homage to the creature's original artist, Melissa Benson.
"The twinkling stars in the background, the colors, and, also, I didn't play [the game] as a kid-- I only collected the cards because I liked the art," explains Jones.
But Jones' favorite piece of artwork she's created for the game is a different dragon.
"Number one would have to be The Ur-Dragon," she says. "It's my most popular art, it's one of the most popular Commanders, and it's one of the first pieces of Magic art I ever drew."
You never forget your first.
