Collection: Dark Ritual Playmats

Five illustrators of a card drawn by more than twenty

Dark Ritual debuted in Limited Edition Alpha (1993) with art by Sandra Everingham, and it's still legal in Legacy, Pauper and Old School today. More than twenty artists have illustrated it since, and five of them are represented here. Justin Hampton painted it for Ice Age (1995) and Ken Meyer, Jr. for Tempest (1997). Rebecca Guay's Mercadian Masques version (1999) was the first Dark Ritual printing available in foil, and Wizard of Barge's design was released as a Secret Lair promo in 2024.

What's in this collection

Everingham's original Alpha art appears on a signed playmat, on four signed and sketched pieces labeled Book 1 to 3 and Dragon, and on a numbered Artist Proof, #1 of 25, that is also stitched. Seven playmats come from Rukh Egg Cup II Barcelona 2026: a signed and stitched Limited Edition of 100 with her reinterpretation of the card, six of them also individually sketched and numbered. A second reinterpretation of hers was made for Winc0n 2023.

Hampton's two playmats, from Eternal Weekend Europe 2025, are based on his Ice Age illustration and are both stitched, one also signed. Meyer's Tempest art comes signed, stitched and signed, and as a signed Limited Edition of 50; his "Arabian Jungle", a stitched and signed collage of several of his card illustrations, also features Dark Ritual. Guay's version is signed, and Wizard of Barge's three playmats — MagicCon Amsterdam, Chicago and Las Vegas 2024 — are stitched Limited Editions of 500 with foil detailing.

Condition and photographs

Because many of these are signed, and many are limited editions, condition and edition number matter as much as the artwork. Every listing uses real photographs of the actual playmat, so you can check the surface, the signature and (where relevant) the edition number before buying.