One of Magic's first illustrators
Anson Maddocks illustrated 30 cards in Limited Edition Alpha (1993), Magic's very first set, and went on to work in-house at Wizards of the Coast — for a time as its Art Director — through 2008, contributing to Magic's early style guide for creatures like Slivers and the Kor. His art continues to be reprinted today, most recently in Dominaria Remastered (2023).
A tatami made with four other artists
The Ultimate Combat! tatami is a playmat for a different card game, not Magic — made by Khalsa Brain Games, the company behind our Spellground playmats, and signed and sketched by four artists together, Maddocks among them alongside Bryon Wackwitz, Mark Tedin and Melissa A. Benson.
What's in this collection
Signed pieces include Animate Dead and Llanowar Elves from Alpha (1993, also stitched for Animate Dead), Black Mana Battery and Fallen Angel from Legends, Maze of Ith from The Dark, High Tide from Fallen Empires, and Sengir Vampire and Typhoon. Serendib Efreet appears twice — one signed, one signed and stitched. Null Rod, from Eternal Weekend North America Pittsburgh 2024, is stitched. "Urza's Mine (All Four Original Artworks)" combines all four of his Antiquities (1994) illustrations of the card into one signed piece.
Condition and photographs
Because most of these are signed, several stitched and one individually sketched, condition matters as much as the artwork. Every listing uses real photographs of the actual playmat, so you can check the surface and the signature before buying.
