Magic the Gathering Alt Arts

Mar 12, 2024

The Tales of Middle-earth set released for MTG have some beautiful art, like most Magic cards. I don't play magic however and have no interesting in joining the hobby.

So I decided to collect as much art from the set as I could and make them into cards for the Lord of the Rings LCG. I did this with one rule, no card scans. All card art in these alternate arts had the pieces published to their respective artists portfolios. This is because I'm kind of picky about my cards and don't want any scan/JPEG/whatever artifacts in the final card.

I've attached some of my favorite cards to this post for your viewing pleasures.

How to Print Cards for LCGs
There’s a few methods to getting fan-made cards printed professionally. Some methods are documented by the people at A Long Extended Party. However, I will only be detailing how I get cards printed from MBPrint. They allow official backs ;) 1. Pick out a PDF that has been prepared for MBPrint.

Suggested reading

The rest can be downloaded from Google Drive below in a MBPrint compatible PDF. Or scroll down to peek at the cards without downloading

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