The world of MTG is in turmoil as fans pointed out mid-MagicCon that the art for the upcoming The One Ring reissue in the new The Hobbit expansion looks too much like the artwork for the same item by Marta Nael from LOTR's 2023 crossover.
I'm no art major, but I take my MTG art very, very seriously. And the accusations proved hard to ignore, as the ring on the left, by longtime MTG artist Dan Frazier, looks like a mirrored and smudged version of Marta Nael's famous depiction of The One Ring from 2023.
Both depictions are nearly identical, featuring even matching inner reflections to the background of the original card's artwork. The only differences are the lack of the elvish writing and some inconsistencies on the lower and right sides of the ring, which betray the legendary artifact's perfect shape.
From a close-up perspective, we might be looking at the kind of forgery that would perhaps have fooled the worlds of men, dwarves, and elves, but not that of Internet sleuths.
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