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Strip Mine

Border extension which was challenging to make real to the original and to fade to black by the text box

If you’re interested in any of the for sale items, contact me.

A most popular alter and one which still serves as a less expensive way to pimp your legacy removal spells

Swords to Plowshares

New Art; This was painted following a trip to Iceland in which I saw this Geyser. This piece is unique and one I will never recreate.

Gush

Full art Tinker target monster and Vintage bomb, standing over the head of Darksteel Colossus his erstwhile brother

Blightsteel Colossus

Full art repaint to make this iconic piece look at night. One of my best alters if I do say so myself!

Karakas

Full new art alter on a revised dual, based on the artwork from the MTGO cube

Scrubland

New art alter based on the MTGO Cube and Vintage Champs artwork 2/2

Force of will

Exquisitely black bordered German dual land

Savannah

Border extension of this popular hate bear

Gaddock Teeg

An early border extension test. Some excellent painting, but gloss varnished which is not to everyone's taste, hence the low price.

Eight and a Half Tails

Pop out carried out by removing printer ink down to the foil layer and then painting around it to blend it in. Striking.

Condemn

Early airbrush border extension

Stone Cloaker

Classic border extension makes this legend pop

Kataki, War's Wage

Border Extension

Kodama's Reach

A sexy extension of the iconic art on a world champs card. A perfect low price pimping option for cube or commander

Wasteland

Early border extension/ pop out

Iona, Shield of Emeria

This pop out makes him look like he'll run off the card... Mothers, lock up your non-basic lands...

Goblin Ruinblaster (£7)

Flawlessly black bordered German Volcanic Island

Volcanic Island

When nature calls...paint!

Primeval Titan

Border extension makes this foil promo pop!

Enlightened Tutor

Pimped Karmic Guides are hard to find and this is about as pimped as they come with a border extension and in Chinese.

Karmic Guide

Nicely Textured border extension on this world champs card

Survival of the Fittest

A fun pop out and border extension on the time shifted frame with a pop out to boot

Aven Mindcensor

Goblin welder, the first in a series of experiments with my new secret formula for paint on foils, this pop out might as well have been printed onto the card. Enjoy! Judge Foil

Goblin Welder

Carefully colour matched border extension

Peacekeeper

Detailed pop out carefully done on only one of two 'The Dark' cards I've altered.

Preacher (£10)

Fun pop out 2/2

Slaughter Pact

Totally new artwork makes this a hit in my cube, maybe it would fit in yours?

Cultivate (£30)

Border extension on the fun police

Hokori, Dust Drinker (£15)

Border extension and atmospheric additional rocks around the text box. Chinese

Creeping Tar Pit

Pop out of the branches into which our hero is hanging. Foil Promo

Signal Pest

Fun art pop out, one that gets a lot of good comments on the table top.

Dance of the Dead

Pop out of RK Post's iconic art.

Jeska, Warrior Adept (£10)

Pop out over name box and creature box, now he looks a little MC Hammeresque...

Rune-Scarred Demon (£10)

Complex pop out on a foil cube staple

Braids, Cabal Minion (£10)

Border extension

Rampant Growth

Border extension faded to black

Primal Command

Quirky border extension with lower pop out red fishy thing; English Legends

Mana Drain (£25)

Border extension with the weird root/totem/AT-AT leg that bedecks the original.

Windswept Heath

Deceptively tricky border extension on this iconic FTV foil

Sol Ring

Detailed pop out on this pack foil legacy staple

Stifle

Pop out of the mysterious figure in the original art on this beautiful foil promo

Soltari Priest (£7)

Little atmospheric pop out. Foil; card has slight crease in one corner, but is still perfectly playable

Gideon Jura

Quick pop out which is designed to give the dragon a little more presence on the card. Foil promo

Steel Hellkite (£7)

An alter which is extremely close to my heart - black bordered and featuring a pop out, the demon is holding a copy of The Lord of the Rings

Demonic Tutor

Exceptionally carefully detailed border extension

Mindslaver

Border extension

Genesis (£15)

Border extension of a very playable promo card

Dismember

Border extension of this Commander favourite

Lignify

Border extension

Acidic Slime

Border extension and pop out as epic as this card! An EDH favourite.

Moyjin of Life's Web

This was an early alter and therefore is rather rough and ready. Hence the low price

Brooding Saurian

Pop out and. Border extension on a popular angels vs. demons angel

Reya Dawnbringer

Detailed and complex border extension

Horizon Canopy

Border extension smoothly done on an FNM foil.

Sakura Tribe Elder

Subtle pop out; the fog was truly challenging to airbrush, but we got there. Italian Legends.

Living Plane (£15)

Border extension

Stirring Wildwood

Fun pop out

Voidstone Gargoyle

Extended border on this sweet legacy staple

Lord of Atlantis

The smoothest most seamless extension I have ever done, with the alpha/beta lightning bolt artwork in the sky. Chinese.

Unearth (£25)

A detailed pop out and extension which is still unfinished. If you want to buy it then I shall gladly finish it off before I send it out to you.

Crucible of worlds

Cheeky pop out makes the dragon look generally brooding

Moltensteel Dragon

Border extension on a Legacy Staple

Sword of the Meek

This quirky pop out and border extension has generated quite a few good comments in my deck.

Steely Resolve

New artwork in silhouette

Dragonmaster Outcast (£40)

Border extension with mud featured in the text box. It was an experiment, some love it, some hate it. What about you?

Wild Pair

Border extension on this foil mana fixer

Graypelt Refuge

One of my favourite border extensions of all time

Hall of the Bandit Lord

Very detailed alter which took a good long time, maybe you can spot my sig in the graffiti

Oblation

Smoothly textured border extension

Sylvan Scrying

Detailed and painstaking border extension

Yavimaya Hollow

Pop out, may not be tournament legal, but you're playing this in commander right?

Angel of Salvation

Border extension 4/4

Explore

Border extension 3/4

Explore

Border extension 2/4

Explore

Border extension 1/4

Explore

Firey pop out

Blazing Archon

Garruk in the mist, hand painted and airbrushed

Garruk Wildspeaker

Quick little Commander pop out

Kor Cartographer (£5)

Full art new art card, based on the chinese Edo tradition

Flusterstorm (£50)

Pop out with gloss varnish, an early test, so do note the poor finish on this one if you want it.

Pristine Angel

Because everyone likes snow covered lands...

Into the North

Border extension

Arashi, the Sky Asunder

Border extension

Arashi, the Sky Asunder

Tiny cheeky pop out, more of an Easter egg really

Nim Deathmantle (£3)

A very smooth border extension using the airbrush

Mangara of Corondor

Border extension

Krosan Verge

A quick extension

Celestial Crusader

Border extension which was challenging to make real to the original and to fade to black by the text box

Strip Mine

An alter that rather blurs the line between pop out and border extension, this is one of the alters I am most proud of

Dragonmaster Outcast

This was a test for new techniques involving extremely thin layers of bonding plastic to build up full art. This is one of a kind, but may not be playable in tournaments, check with your head judge.

Sol Ring

This FBB legacy staple looks great with the pop out flames. German.

Red Elemental Blast

This sunny border extension and text box tint has people divided, what do you think?

Sun Titan

A popular pop out on a sweet EDH general and reanimator target

Jin Gitaxias, Core Augur

Subtle pop out 2/2

Slaughter Pact

Border extension and pop out

Quirion Elves

Border extension. 'I Will Survive(al)'

Fauna Shaman

Who knew that mana accel came in such soldiery packages?

Steward of Valeron

Based on a winning piece I'm the Nature Photographer of the Year competition, this Bop is peeking around the bottom of the text box.

Birds of Paradise

An atmospheric extension and pop out

Bloom Tender

Cheeky little pop out

War Priest of Thune

Painstaking border extension carried out over at least 20 hours to stay true to this reserved list gem.

Gaea's Cradle

Legacy pop out 3/4

Bloodghast

Carefully airbrushed border extension to make the palace look like it is in the clouds

Eiganjo Castle

Pop out - possibly not tournament legal, check with your head judge.

Manamorphose

Atmospheric pop out for commander.

Mirri's Guile

Tricky border extension - those colours were hard to match

Wooded Bastion

This one was a bit of a cover up of a failed alter, but don't panic, it's still as smooth and professional as you would expect. It is a comlplete repaint.

Miren, the Moaning Well

Legacy Pop out, 2/4

Bloodghast

A commission which was done for someone who quit magic.

Darksteel Colossus

Painstaking border extension and pop out sensitive to the awesome original artwork on this classic

Concordant Crossroads

Border extension completed with an airbrush, something I wrote a tutorial on for MTGUK.

Saffi Eriksdotter

Homage to black lotus and dark ritual on this eternal/commander favourite

Mana Vault

Legacy staple Pop-out 1/4

Bloodghast

Border extension

Sensei's Divining Top

Border extension on this Standard favourite

Oblivion Ring

It took a good few attempts to nail the watercolour/ink look with acrylics, but got there!

Yavimaya Dryad

Subtly airbrushed pop out and border extension

Stirling Grove

This Popular Commander card gets a border extension

Nature's Lore

Extension and pop out on a popular Commander general - overrun anyone?

Kamahl, Fist of Krosa

A complete repaint to show the original artwork but at night. Fully 15 hours of work went into this one

Brushland

4/4 of a playset of Japanese Gush with an interesting extension into the name box. I like the effect!

Gush

3/4 of a playset of Japanese Gush with an interesting extension into the name box. I like the effect!

Gush

2/4 of a playset of Japanese Gush with an interesting extension into the name box. I like the effect!

Gush

Cheeky little pop out on a casual favourite foil

Blight Mamba

Classic border extension for a fun Commander Combo enabler

Umbral Mantle

Tricky border extension

Worldly Tutor

A pretty rare P3K alter which took a good lot of practice to match the painting style

Three Visits

Lovely simple but striking foil alter which really makes the talisman itself pop

Talisman of Unity

Revised dual carefully altered at length with completely new artwork showing an underground lake in Australia.

Underground Sea

New art based on the MTGO cube artwork. New art, extension and pop out. The whole works on a revised dual.

Underground Sea

Based on the MTGO Cube/ Vintage Champs artwork, with border extension on Masques Brainstorm. 4/4 of a playset

Brainstorm

Based on the MTGO Cube/ Vintage Champs artwork, with border extension on Masques Brainstorm. 3/4 of a playset

Brainstorm

Based on the MTGO Cube/ Vintage Champs artwork, with border extension on Masques Brainstorm. 2/4 of a playset

Brainstorm

Based on the MTGO Cube/ Vintage Champs artwork, with border extension on Masques Brainstorm. 1/4 of a playset

Brainstorm

Border extension and pop out. Chinese 2/2

Path to Exile

Border extension and pop out. Chinese 1/2

Path to Exile

Border extension 3/3

Lingering Souls

Border extension 2/3

Lingering Souls

Border extension 1/3

Lingering Souls

Painstaking border extension on a Chinese disenchant. Blending such smooth colours was quite the challenge

Disenchant

Extension and weird mana ball pop out.

Mana Leak

Border extension and gush of steam across the bottom

Scalding Tarn

Border alter with additional icy detail across the bottom

Glacial Fortress

Swamp full art alter on a Chinese FBB card with beta artwork

Swamp

Full art plains alter on chinese FBB plains

Plains

Border extension with toadstool pop out. Chinese

Vendilion Clique

Full art ponder based on the MPR Promo.

Ponder

A more brooding background for Terese Nielsen's beautiful piece

Swords to Plowshares

Border extension currently in my legacy deck but for sale

Thoughtsieze

Border Extension 2/2

Inquisition of Kozilek

Border extension 1/2

Inquisition of Kozilek

Border extension and pop out

Darkblast

Drawing from the Masques Brainstorm art and with a vision in the stars of the equipment they may fetch, these are some of the most striking alters I've ever produced. 3/4

Stoneforge Mystic

Drawing from the Masques Brainstorm art and with a vision in the stars of the equipment they may fetch, these are some of the most striking alters I've ever produced. 4/4

Stoneforge Mystic

Drawing from the Masques Brainstorm art and with a vision in the stars of the equipment they may fetch, these are some of the most striking alters I've ever produced. 2/4

Stoneforge Mystic

Drawing from the Masques Brainstorm art and with a vision in the stars of the equipment they may fetch, these are some of the most striking alters I've ever produced. 1/4

Stoneforge Mystic

Time consuming border extension. Chinese 3/3

Surgical Extraction

Time consuming border extension. Chinese 2/3

Surgical Extraction

Time consuming border extension. Chinese

Surgical Extraction

Exacting and careful border extension in my legacy deck 3/4

Jace, the Mind Sculptor

Exacting and careful border extension in my legacy deck 2/4

Jace, the Mind Sculptor

Exacting and careful border extension in my legacy deck 1/4

Jace, the Mind Sculptor

Border extension and pop out; Chinese; 4/4

Marsh Flats

Border extension and pop out; Chinese; 3/4

Marsh Flats

Border extension and pop out; Chinese; 2/4

Marsh Flats

Border extension and pop out; Chinese; 1/4

Marsh Flats

Border extension from my legacy deck 2/2

Flusterstorm

Border extension from my legacy deck 1/2

Flusterstorm

Border extension and floodwater pop out from my legacy deck 2/2

Spell Pierce (£20)

Border extension and floodwater pop out from my legacy deck 1/2

Spell Pierce (£20)

2/4 Chinese Tiago Chan signed by the artist and altered by me to show the Merchant Scroll. Also a meticulous border extension.

Snapcaster Mage

1/4 Chinese Tiago Chan signed by the artist and altered by me to show the Thoughtsieze Faerie. Also a meticulous border extension.

Snapcaster Mage

Straightforward border extension on a firm Commander favourite.

Thousand-Year Elixir

This little gem is made by actually stripping the ink layer away from the foil and repainting over it to blend it with the card frame. Pop out

Voltaic Key

Black bordered and featuring a pop out of the wizard who is summoning gush from afar. Currently in my vintage deck

Fastbond

Pop outs of the arms and scroll brings this cool artwork clearly to the fore and looks great in deck - currently in my Vintage deck

Merchant Scroll (£10)

Foil brainstorm with moxen in the yellow lights, and time walk in the background

Brainstorm

Several trial runs were needed in order to get this one right, it has metallic highlights on the thorns to make a unique finish

Duress

Border extension on a FTV foil. Blending the paint with the card was a real challenge

Lotus Petal (£15)

A pretty unique card - extended by me and signed in silver by the original artist Volkan Braga.

Tendrils of Agony

Border extension and lightning pop out along the bottom, this foil alter was painstaking

Laboratory Maniac

Little pop out on a foil Vintage staple 4/4

Mental Misstep

Little pop out on a foil Vintage staple 3/4

Mental Misstep

Little pop out on a foil Vintage staple 2/4

Mental Misstep

Little pop out on a foil Vintage staple 1/4

Mental misstep

Border extension and pop out with a mox sitting in the rocks. 4/4 of a playset

Leyline of the Void (£25)

Border extension and pop out with a mox sitting in the rocks. 3/4 of a playset

Leyline of the Void (£25)

Border extension and pop out with a mox sitting in the rocks. 2/4 of a playset

Leyline of the Void (£25)

Border extension and pop out with a mox sitting in the rocks. 1/4 of a playset

Leyline of the Void (£25)

2/2 pop out on a foil promo

Yixilid Jailer (£7)

Pop out on foil promo 1/2

Yixilid Jailer (£7)

Fun little pop out

Xantid Swarm

Artwork altered (at some length!) to show the northern lights and a polar bear below to watch it

Snow Covered Island

Pop out 3/3 to brighten up this little vintage Shops hoser

Teferi's Realm

Pop out 2/3 to brighten up this little vintage Shops hoser

Teferi's Realm

Little Pop out to brighten up this vintage shop hoser

Teferi's Realm

1/4 of a playset of Japanese Gush with an interesting extension into the name box. I like the effect!

Gush

Pop out and border extension

Harmonic Sliver

Border extension, with pop out

Linvala, Keeper of Silence

Border extension on foil modern staple

Mistveil Plains

The only border extension I have done with fading from the artwork to the raw frame around the bottom. I like the result.

Dryad Arbor

Very complex border extension. Who puts a forest inside a cathedral anyway?!

Temple Garden

Border extension for personal collection; now for sale

Reveillark

Brainstorm with Tolarian Academy background and miniature moxen in the yellow lights. Commission

Brainstorm

6/7 Seven wonders of the ancient world commission; new art; Rhodes Colossus

Evolving Wilds

4/7 Seven wonders of the ancient world commission; new art; Temple of Artemis

Temple of the False God

3/7 Seven wonders of the ancient world commission; new art; Lighthouse of Alexandria

Command Tower

2/7 Seven wonders of the ancient world commission; new art; Hanging Gardens of Babylon

Exotic Orchard

1/7 Seven wonders of the ancient world commission; new art; Great Pyramid

Terramorphic Expanse

4/4 of a playset commission; 4 seasons; summer

Sensei's Divining Top

3/4 of a playset commission; 4 seasons; Autumn

Sensei's Divining Top

2/4 of a playset commission; 4 seasons; spring

Sensei's Divining Top

1/4 of a playset commission; 4 seasons; winter

Sensei's Divining Top

Brainstorm/ancestral recall mashup now black bordered and now for sale

Brainstorm

New, full art extension now for sale

Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite

Akroma, extremely popular pop out now for sale

Akroma, Angel of Wrath (£20)

Personal piece now for sale, border extension

Mana Crypt

New art monochrome Jace/Akroma mashup

Aura Shards

Nice Modern art extension

Life from the Loam

Turning Brushland from day to night. Complete repaint

Brushland

extended art and pop out, personal collection, for sale

Captain Sisay

Extended art, personal collection, for sale

Verdant Catacombs

Extended art, personal collection, for sale

Marsh Flats

New art personal piece for sale

Wooded Foothills (£50)

Lady in the lake new art commission

Stoneforge Mystic

Pop out commission

Daze

4/4 of a playset for my personal use, also for sale, Nuclear Apocalypse theme and one of my favourite alters ever

Doomsday (£40)

3/4 of a playset for my personal use, also for sale, Nuclear Apocalypse theme

Doomsday (£40)

2/4 of a playset for my personal use, also for sale, Nuclear Apocalypse theme

Doomsday (£40)

1/4 of a playset for my personal use, also for sale, Nuclear Apocalypse theme

Doomsday (£40)

Foil ponder showing tiny hints of other cards. Painted for my vintage deck but for sale anyway

Ponder

1/4 of a playset for my personal use based on the MTGO Cube/Vintage Champs Alternate Artwork

Force of Will

Full alter based on the MTGO alternate artwork

Tropical Island