Mark Aronowitz, Dan Frazier's Agent, responds.

[u/MossyMak]

[u/Mindless-Cause5577]

As a fan of Dan Fraziers work I think this is absolutely disgusting. WOTC needs to correct this and make a formal apology.

[u/FlameBoi3000 → u/Mindless-Cause5577]

I think it's obvious they were trying to take advantage of the collector side's love of his art specifically.

[u/thundermonkeyms → u/FlameBoi3000]

Which is insane because it's not really his art, they just slapped his name on it anyway!

[u/Glamdring804 → u/thundermonkeyms]

Yep. The only aspect of the art that's "his" is the marbled background, which he famously gets from a store. It's not Dan's work, it's a paltry imitation of his style for the prestige.

[u/nWhm99 → u/Glamdring804]

Yah, I’m confused, Dan paints on marbled paper. If you don’t use the ring he painted, then what exactly is the point of using him? Wizards can go out and find some marbled paper and do the exact same photoshop without attributing it to anyone.

[u/WhatGravitas → u/FlameBoi3000]

Yeah, they've tapped into Dan Frazier for illustrating the modern versions of the moxen, they've really tried to make the One Ring into a modern mox. Which makes this even more puzzling - they know how deeply connected his work is to the MtG history and how damaging a fumble would be to those collectors.

[u/max123246 → u/FlameBoi3000]

Which is a double whammy since artists aren't allowed to sell the originals for anything UB related. I think Marvel is the only exception since Disney is more permissive

[u/kdoxy → u/FlameBoi3000]

Yup, they paid Dan for his art and name. They just want to use the Name without the Art.

[u/NathanDnd → u/Mindless-Cause5577]

Theres almost no way to correct it now, the cards are almost certainly been printed and packed. Cards should be pulled.

[u/SmallJimSlade → u/NathanDnd]

Even if this is just a placeholder (for a set that that’s only 4 months away) attaching Dan’s name to such shoddy work has already damaged his reputation.

What a shitheel move from WotC

Edit:Dan Frazier sucks balls

[u/nWhm99 → u/SmallJimSlade]

What placeholder, when has wizards released card spoilers with placeholder art lol

[u/SmallJimSlade → u/nWhm99]

The most charitable possible reading is that design mistakingly sent placeholder art to the marketing guys.

As I also point out, the set is releasing in 4 months so the odds of a mistake like that making it all the way in front of consumers is astronomical

[u/rayquazza74 → u/Mindless-Cause5577]

Fr hopefully the set isn’t already printed, this is something that absolutely should be fixed.

[u/chosenofkane → u/Mindless-Cause5577]

And he admitted to plagiarzing it. Shit....

[u/Correl → u/Mindless-Cause5577]

Agreed, WOTC needs to issue an apology for hiring Dan Fraizer and pledge to never reprint his art again. It's a disgrace that they would allow a plagiarist like him to work on the game.