Christopher Rush (April 6, 1965 – February 10, 2016) was an American illustrator for ''

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''. In total, he illustrated over 100 cards for the series, including the most expensive card in the game, the Black Lotus. Most of his work for

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was done on the earliest sets, where he also helped with various design and marketing issues, including the design of the symbols representing the 5 colors of mana. While the

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was still run by Wizards, Rush did the illustration for Promo

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#12, which was released in the April 2000 issue of ''

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''. He was the first artist from outside Japan to have illustrated a Pokémon card, and remains one of the few. While working on art for Wizards of the Coast, Rush also worked as a Game Play Counselor at

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in Redmond, Washington. He later continued to do freelance work, illustrating cards for various games and concept art for computer games and television. Rush died on February 10, 2016, one day after fellow ''Magic: The Gathering'' artist

Wayne England Wayne England (d. 9 February 2016) was an English artist whose work regularly appeared in role-playing games, wargaming rulebooks and magazines and was used on cards for collectible card games such as '' Magic: The Gathering''. He died on 9 Fe ...

. Rush was 50 years old.

References

External links

Official Site

Gallery of Magic cards illustrated by Rush
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rush, Christopher 1965 births 2016 deaths Game artists American illustrators