What's in a Mox? Original MTG artist Dan Frazier talks about creating Magic's Moxes.

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2 ай бұрын

O.G. #MagicTheGathering, Dan Frazier, talks about how he developed the artwork for #MTG's cycle of Mox cards.
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@Cer000s 2 ай бұрын

This man is a treasure himself.

@specb211 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for making this interview. Dan was so gracious to show up to GPs and sign cards for free and tell stories about them.

@JohnFromAccounting 2 ай бұрын

One of my favourite Dan Frazier cards is Goblin Gardener. It looks exactly how you expect it to. You know immediately that it's a goblin and he's doing gardening.

@hermodnitter3902 2 ай бұрын

Cockartice is one of my all time favorite MTG artworks! Dan Frazier is such an iconic artist

@christhemagnif 12 күн бұрын

Mahamoti Djinn has been my favorite card since ‘94. The incredible art back then was a big reason Magic was so instantly popular and successful. Mr. Frazier was kind enough to sign a bunch of cards for me a while back. Very nice guy

@MEGAMIGA 2 ай бұрын

At the end of the '90, I met Mr. Frazier in Paris, during a board game/RPG convention. I talked a bit with him and he drew me a dragon head. I remember being blown away by his speed! Still have my drawing in a frame!

@MrThejuzam 2 ай бұрын

Had u sign all my beta Moxen in the 90's - hope we meet again

@shanonkallhoff2431 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for your art. I've been playing since 1994 and I will always spot your work from across a room. Yours and Ron Spencer's ;)

@boblemedieval 2 ай бұрын

Love the comment about them being like icons, that's truly it, the recognizable part has been lacking in recent years, and I find myself often going back to the clearer art style from earlier in MtG's history.

@MEGAMIGA 2 ай бұрын

I heartfully agree! Back then, there were many different styles, from Dan Frazier's to the Foglios', from Drew Tucker's to Quinton Hoover's. Nowadays, styles have been formatted. They are of the "RPG-style" type. I think it is a great shame!

@DemonBlanka 2 ай бұрын

So glad I got recommended this. Dan's such a charming and humble fellow. It's cool to hear that even if he was smashing them out quick and dirty he fully understood what the art needed to be from a game design standpoint. "Icons" is such a funny double entendre in this context.

@katielowen 2 ай бұрын

My grandpa had a bunch of these I need to let my mom know before she cleans out her house

@christopherlundgren1700 2 ай бұрын

The only Secret Lairs I've ever bought were the Signet series by Dan Frazier. His impact on the vibe of the game in the early days (along with other luminaries like Mark Tedin and Ron Spencer) can't be overstated.

@Mrtfarrugia 2 ай бұрын

If he only knew what they would be worth in the future the conversation would have been. Wizards: We will give you a hundred bucks for each artwork. Dan: Just give me 10 copies of each mox printed.

@drluigee21 2 ай бұрын

Ha! This guy is super likable

@10kfreemen 2 ай бұрын

The goat! So sick.

@Cosper79 2 ай бұрын

I can't remember where the info came from now, but long ago I read or was told that if you owed people money but couldn't pay it you were suppose to call them every week and let them know you were working on it and you would pay them ASAP. So someone at wotc back then came across the same information.

@thejudge2352 2 ай бұрын

It's Toby's Jones brother

@StrangeGamer859 2 ай бұрын

They should have paid him in Moxes

@GleepGlop2 2 ай бұрын

Was Sword of the Ages background done on computer?

@mikotagayuna8494 2 ай бұрын

I like how he said that MtG art should be iconic so that it would be instantly recognizable upside down across the table. Now, we have so many cards with so much forgettable MtG art thanks to soulless style guides.

@ich3730 2 ай бұрын

i might be wrong, but frazier didnt say that in the video. As i understand it, that was what WOTC wanted from him. He didnt say "thats how i think it should be" he said "thats what the company wanted from me"

@magic_claw 2 ай бұрын

He didn’t say that. That was the art director’s brief to him.

@Trisket 2 ай бұрын

Nah, the real problem today is there are so many different versions of cards they're no longer able to become iconic.

@JohnFromAccounting 2 ай бұрын

Jesper Myrfors gave him that instruction.

@zaneghiskhan 2 ай бұрын

I think the iconic and memorable cards will be more or less determined by time. The strongest cards that will continue to see play in the future will have their art more easily identifiable

@TheTrueFool 2 ай бұрын

It is funny how the simplest decisions we make in life can end up having the biggest impact.

@LibrarianOfLeng 2 ай бұрын

I remember hearing that his least favorite art work he did was Fire Covenant

@chazzanschutz6096 2 ай бұрын

Nah, it's the wards, he refuses to sign them because he hates them so much.

@zerozerosud 2 ай бұрын

@@chazzanschutz6096wow, that's crazy to me. Did he say why? His wards are some of the most iconic Magic cards ever. I remember learning how to play with some friends' older cards and already thinking that the wards had some of the coolest art!

@Woke-CardBoard 2 ай бұрын

That was wonderful. Only one problem. Reprint the reserved list!!! Hear hear!!! Charge!!!

@Aiviymatoc 2 ай бұрын

pretty sure soldevi simulacrum is just his self portrait

@AlfredThompsonIV 2 ай бұрын

I heard Jester's Cap was also modeled after themselves.

@PulledPurk 2 ай бұрын

big oof at the artist that bailed

@haiio1348 2 ай бұрын

is he saying, they dismissed his first moxes 5:30 ?

@henkdachief 2 ай бұрын

no i think he ment he was asked to do even more cards after the initial 18

@MagicUntapped 2 ай бұрын

@@henkdachief That's exactly correct. An artist bailed.

@matthewcecil8552 2 ай бұрын

Funny how he thinks $100 isn't much in the 90's. I'm a molecular geneticist and my last job offer was for $22/hour in 2024...

@videoartistMC 2 ай бұрын

for a painting? it’s not…

@matthewcecil8552 2 ай бұрын

@videoartistMC lol. Got paid more than a scientist that saving lives... seems fair.

@videoartistMC 2 ай бұрын

@@matthewcecil8552 how can u be this obtuse, a painter sells a painting for $100, sure it’s a lot at once but they might not sell anything for a couple months afterwards. they have no salary, benefits, guaranteed income, so they need to be paid accordingly. at face value it can seem like a large sum but this guy i’m sure was making a fraction of what you make when you look at a years income. not to mention if he put 10 hours into something and sold it for $100 that’s 10/hr

@thewhiteniinja 2 ай бұрын

@@matthewcecil8552 for someone presumably educated you seem pretty uninformed about how artists make their money. Do you think they get paid by the hour? also... 22/hour... construction workers make more than that on average in my state. you're either very very junior, or not in the US ( like this artist is /was)