Acclaimed painter Bob Ross is teaming with Magic: The Gathering for a new limited edition card set titled Happy Little Gathering.
Magic publisher Wizards of the Coast (WotC) is partnering with the Ross estate for two paintings that represent five of Magic's landscapes: plains, swamps, forests, islands and mountains. "I thought swamp was going to be the hardest, but it turned out to be plains, Wizards of the Coast Sr. Creative Art Director Tom Jenkot told Vice. "I did have to cheat a little with one of the plains by zooming in on the painting."
Magic: The Gathering players will be able to use these Bob Ross cards to fuel their spells, with the help of lands such as swamps, mountains, planes, islands and forests. One of the hardest cards for WotC to assimilate was a Ross painting representing the "Evolving Winds," which also allows users to transform into any of the five land types. "While there weren't a lot of options for swamps, there were some obvious choices. The island, mountain, and forest choices were plentiful," Jenkot added. "But the biggest achievement was finding a Bob Ross painting that worked for 'Evolving Wilds!' The painting has a forest, mountain, water, plains, plus an unearthly glow on the underside of the wave to hit on the evolving aspect."
The Secret Lair line of WotC cards, which reprints Magic cards updated by famous artists -- will hold the Bob Ross limited-edition set. The Happy Little Gathering will be available for pre-order staring Nov. 30 through Dec. 14.
Source: Vice