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Magic: The Gathering owns up to crediting wrong artist in recent Aetherdrift set
Wizards of the Coast is fixing a mistaken credit with its newest card set as best it can (without reprinting the card itself).
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As an art lover, one of the things I love most about Magic:The Gathering is their decades-long perseverance in crediting the creator of each piece of art - not just on the cards themselves, but packaging and other products as well. With the recent Aetherdrift set, they do the same - but it's come to light that one of the 300+ card set accidentally credited the wrong artist.
"We are aware of an error on all treatments of the Special Guests version of Skysovereign, Consul Flagship from Aetherdrift," writes an unnamed MTG representative on its website.
The card, seen at right, has artwork attributed to Kogado Studio, a Japan-based company which Wizards of the Coast has partnered with for years. Problem is, they didn't do the piece - it was by underground Japanese artist Imiri Sakabashira. While not widely known outside of Japan, one of his manga, The Box Man, was translated and published in the US by Fantagraphics in 2010.
Neither Kogado Studio or Imiri Sakabashira has put out a statement about the mistake, although its possible that sense Sakabashira has worked with Kogada Studio in the past there might have been some crossed wires there.
Wizards of the Coast says while they're not reprinting the erroneous Skysovereign, Consul Flagship card, they have corrected the graphic file and it will appear correctly credited in MTG Arena, Gatherer, and Magic Online. While this isn't the first time an artist has been incorrectly identified in its 32-year history, it is exceedingly rare.
It's unclear how, if at all, this misprint will affect the price of the Skysovereign, Consul Flagship card on the secondary market.
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