Man, there's some powerful stuff being reprinted here.
RJDroid
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(9 votes)
Huh. I can't believe they reprinted this.
I'm not complaining, but wow. :D
troll_berserker
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(4 votes)
Brilliant art. The man on the old art had a severe case of lazy eye and wasn't even controlling anything in the art.
drpvfx
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(3 votes)
Modern border at last! Now, just Foil this and Stasis, and I can die happy!
jenekee
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
So glad to see this again. With better art too!
SkyknightXi
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(5 votes)
@Troll Berserker: I think it was a case of Willich misunderstanding what "Control Magic" meant. Back when the first Alpha art was commissioned, all the artists ever really got was the card title. So Willich thought the intent was controlling a spell, rather than magic that controls a creature.
blurrymadness
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(5 votes)
Commander prints are such a neat way for them reprint powerful cards without breaking formats; making casual nicer for everyone.
DarthParallax
★☆☆☆☆ (1.2/5.0)(6 votes)
And as a result, the original Control Magic art actually makes the spell look difficult to cast....which I found fun flavor in, and made it look (to me anyway) like a struggle of wills. This new art both does not show any challenge to the dominance at all (which, I'll say that worked okay on Mind Control), but ALSO this is....just...too bright xP I don't know why, but this card looks SO DIGITAL. And not even good-digital like World of Warcraft.
This card doesn't look MTGO. It looks like Yu-Gi-Oh! -_-
Must say, very let down by the summation of this and Basalt Monolith. Monolith's art ranks an 'okay', and it's hard to make a rock look epic anyway. If the Control Magic art had carried its weight and been more epic, these two would have been more of my favorite cards in the set.
As it is, they fail to surpass Baleful Strix in awesome. If Control Magic had more careful art direction, they *would* have beat Baleful Strix in awesome, could have, but didn't.
This creature doesn't even look like it has much of a mind to control, so the spell is all around unimpressive -_- And it's not just because it's a fire demon. Replace that whatever-he-is that reminds me of the credits from Scooby-Doo, with maybe Rakdos the Defiler or Malfegor, and we would have no problem. :P
This card is still 'wooo Control Magic....neat! :o ' but it COULD have become as awesome-classic as the Jace Arts Fact or Fiction or Counterspell. It did not do that. :P When you get a B-, but you're CAPABLE of an A+, you did a bad job.
lorendorky
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(3 votes)
This art looks like it would go very nice in a deck with Counterbalance.
SerGarlan
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(3 votes)
I find it disgusting that they brought this back. But it could be just because I prefer the art in Mind control
Kryptnyt
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Never liked the older art of this. This art more depicts the domination of a creature. And look how awesome that creature is! I bet the other player is mad as hell.
Magnor_Criol
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
So very, very happy that this art is in physical form at last. Such cool looking artwork. Among the best from the C13 product as far as I'm concerned.
avimkv
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Artwork of Jace Beleren enslaving an Inferno Titan? Cool...
Tiggurix
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Uh, DarthParallax, have you even SEEN any Yu-Gi-Oh! illustrations? They do not look anything like this one. They're usually drawn in a very cartoonish manga style, quite unlike the "realistic" style the art direction of WotC seems to prefer as of late. I mean, I get that hating on Yu-Gi-Oh! is the popular thing to do around here, but at least be correct about it!
jonrds
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Fun card to see again. Its actually running 2-3 times as expensive as the old prints right now. Which is a shame, considering I really, really hate the old art. I'm usually a fan of the classic look, but the old printings make that dude look so confused. I honestly wonder if he's the one being controlled and is surprised at some activated ability of his that is being used without his consent. That said, this isn't the best modern art either. Which is a shame, considering it deserves art at least as awesome as Mind Control. I do think this does a good job of depicting the title "Control Magic", even though the cards actual effect is limited to creatures. Hard to reconcile that discontinuity there, but "big, flaming golem thing" definitely fits the des.cription of "creature" without implying some sort of mind control (which I have to say, the actual card "Mind Control" did so dang well).
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I'm not complaining, but wow. :D
Now, just Foil this and Stasis, and I can die happy!
This card doesn't look MTGO. It looks like Yu-Gi-Oh! -_-
Must say, very let down by the summation of this and Basalt Monolith. Monolith's art ranks an 'okay', and it's hard to make a rock look epic anyway. If the Control Magic art had carried its weight and been more epic, these two would have been more of my favorite cards in the set.
As it is, they fail to surpass Baleful Strix in awesome. If Control Magic had more careful art direction, they *would* have beat Baleful Strix in awesome, could have, but didn't.
This creature doesn't even look like it has much of a mind to control, so the spell is all around unimpressive -_- And it's not just because it's a fire demon. Replace that whatever-he-is that reminds me of the credits from Scooby-Doo, with maybe Rakdos the Defiler or Malfegor, and we would have no problem. :P
This card is still 'wooo Control Magic....neat! :o ' but it COULD have become as awesome-classic as the Jace Arts Fact or Fiction or Counterspell. It did not do that. :P When you get a B-, but you're CAPABLE of an A+, you did a bad job.
That said, this isn't the best modern art either. Which is a shame, considering it deserves art at least as awesome as Mind Control. I do think this does a good job of depicting the title "Control Magic", even though the cards actual effect is limited to creatures. Hard to reconcile that discontinuity there, but "big, flaming golem thing" definitely fits the des.cription of "creature" without implying some sort of mind control (which I have to say, the actual card "Mind Control" did so dang well).