Shame she didn't get any new art. She's always been one of my favorite cards ever.
Nevertheless, she's one of the coolest ninjas in Kamigawa. Perhaps a little expensive, but she does an excellent job of highlighting a rarely used mechanic
TheZombifier
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(3 votes)
Our little lovely furry-ninja is here! How I had missed you! 4.5 / 5.
DarthParallax
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0)(4 votes)
Well, THIS is going to get expensive.
Commander players, grab this one while people are distracted by the Jace! it's the secret Ulamog of the set I bet! (Mid-profile, High Value)
Enchantment_Removal
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(4 votes)
Yeah. Ink-Eyes definitely rocked the standard scene back in her day. She had such a big impact, even decks that didn't run black mana included Ink-Eyes in the sideboard just to answer their opponent's Ink-Eyes!
I love you Ink-Eyes, plz don't kill me.
Mode
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0)(5 votes)
_ART RANT_
"Shame she didn't get any new art. She's always been one of my favorite cards ever." -- NARFNra
Since not all promo cards are available on Gatherer (yet), It might be worth mentioning: She does have alternate art by Ron Spears - Ink-Eyes was a pre-release promo of Betrayers of Kamigawa: http://magiccards.info/scans/en/ptc/25.jpg
It has a more veiled feeling to it, even somewhat surreal because of the vague background. But I personally prefer Wayne Reynolds original art, and I don't mind at all that they reused it:
The composition is great, there's so much energy and motion captured in this one particular moment. The crooked perspective, the tense energetic stance with just one foot taking hold of the ground, her hair and the ink dust in her eyes suggestively blown by her movement, the weapons adding more skewed lines and serving as a second frame around her - again also thanks to the chain being captured at the brink moment of its most tense position right before it snaps back. You can vividly imagine the fast-paced moment of her jumping in, being captured in slow-motion right before she thrust forward and leaves the scene just as swift as she came in. The choice of color and contrast is just as good. Aside from the apparent hot glow of her eyes and despite the white fur, she pops out just slightly from the cold, misty, barren swamp with her unsaturated, dark burgundy clothes. To top it al off, because 2.5 weapons for her hands aren't enough, she even has a barbed blade bound to her tail.
I mean seriously, look at it! Could this picture get any more badass? It's pretty much perfect in my opinion, so I don't need new art.
tankthebest
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
Agreed Mode.
I've always loved the art on this card. If you look, you'll notice there are few if any straight horizontal or vertical lines. Everything is diagonal and dynamic. Excellent work.
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Nevertheless, she's one of the coolest ninjas in Kamigawa. Perhaps a little expensive, but she does an excellent job of highlighting a rarely used mechanic
4.5 / 5.
Commander players, grab this one while people are distracted by the Jace! it's the secret Ulamog of the set I bet! (Mid-profile, High Value)
I love you Ink-Eyes, plz don't kill me.
"Shame she didn't get any new art. She's always been one of my favorite cards ever." -- NARFNra
Since not all promo cards are available on Gatherer (yet), It might be worth mentioning:
She does have alternate art by Ron Spears - Ink-Eyes was a pre-release promo of Betrayers of Kamigawa:
http://magiccards.info/scans/en/ptc/25.jpg
It has a more veiled feeling to it, even somewhat surreal because of the vague background.
But I personally prefer Wayne Reynolds original art, and I don't mind at all that they reused it:
The composition is great, there's so much energy and motion captured in this one particular moment.
The crooked perspective, the tense energetic stance with just one foot taking hold of the ground, her hair and the ink dust in her eyes suggestively blown by her movement, the weapons adding more skewed lines and serving as a second frame around her - again also thanks to the chain being captured at the brink moment of its most tense position right before it snaps back. You can vividly imagine the fast-paced moment of her jumping in, being captured in slow-motion right before she thrust forward and leaves the scene just as swift as she came in.
The choice of color and contrast is just as good. Aside from the apparent hot glow of her eyes and despite the white fur, she pops out just slightly from the cold, misty, barren swamp with her unsaturated, dark burgundy clothes.
To top it al off, because 2.5 weapons for her hands aren't enough, she even has a barbed blade bound to her tail.
I mean seriously, look at it! Could this picture get any more badass?
It's pretty much perfect in my opinion, so I don't need new art.
I've always loved the art on this card. If you look, you'll notice there are few if any straight horizontal or vertical lines. Everything is diagonal and dynamic. Excellent work.