Mark Poole (born August 31, 1963) is an American

fantasy Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction that involves supernatural or Magic (supernatural), magical elements, often including Fictional universe, imaginary places and Legendary creature, creatures. The genre's roots lie in oral traditions, ...

artist, best known for working on the first set of ''Magic: the Gathering'' collectible card game, cards.

Biography

Poole was born on August 31, 1963, in Goldsboro, North Carolina. He graduated from University of South Carolina in 1986 with a BFA in fine arts and design. Poole works mostly in Acrylic paint, acrylic, Oil paint, oil and digital art, digital media. He has also worked for companies such as White Wolf Publishing, Warcraft, Sony Online Entertainment, Upper Deck Company, Upper Deck and Ziggurat Games. His work was featured at FantasyCon in July 2014. His artwork featured on the ''Magic: the Gathering'' basic Island card from the "Summer Magic 1994" set fetches about $600.

Collectible card game credits

* ''Anachronism (game), Anachronism'' * ''Battlelords'' * ''BattleTech Collectible Card Game, BattleTech'' * ''Doomtown, Deadlands: Doomtown'' * ''Dragon Storm (game), Dragon Storm'' (not a CCG, but a List of collectible card games#Collectible common-deck card games, collectible common-deck card game) * ''Dune (card game), Dune'' * ''Fantasy Adventures'' * ''Galactic Empires'' * ''Guardians (card game), Guardians'' * ''Legend of the Five Rings'' * ''Magic: the Gathering'' * ''Middle-earth Collectible Card Game, Middle-earth'' * ''Mortal Kombat Kard Game, Mortal Kombat'' * ''Mystical Empire'' * ''Mythos (card game), Mythos'' * ''Netrunner'' * ''Redemption (card game), Redemption'' * ''Shadowfist'' * ''Tempest of the Gods'' * ''Vampire: The Eternal Struggle'' * ''Warhammer 40,000 Collectible Card Game, Warhammer 40,000'' * ''Warlords (card game), Warlords'' * ''World of Warcraft Trading Card Game, World of Warcraft''

Role-playing game credits

* Cover of ''Aftermath Technology'' ''gamebook'' (1992) * ''Aria: Canticle of the Monomyth'' ''gamebook'' (1994) * ''Babylon 5 Project'' ''Sourcebook'', and ''Earthforce Sourcebook'' (1997) * ''Dungeons & Dragons'' ''Magic Item Compendium Sourcebook'', and ''Magic of Incarnum Sourcebook'' (2007) * ''Fantasy Role Playing Gamer's Bible'' (1996) * ''Promethean: The Created'' ''Pandora's book'', ''Pandora's box'', ''Strange Alchemies'' game supplements (2006) * ''Prophecy (game), Prophecy'' ''rulebook'' (2007) * ''Stalking the Steel City'' ''gamebook'' cover (1992) * ''Worlds of Darkness#Publication history, Worlds of Darkness: Second Sight'' ''character and setting book'' (2006)

Other credits

* ''Adventurer's Limited'' issue #1 (1995) * Hidden City Entertainment#Products, Clout Fantasy chip art (2005) * Cover of ''Dragon (magazine), Dragon'' issue #201 (January 1994) * ''The Duelist (magazine), The Duelist'' interior artwork; issues #2-3 (1994) * Legends of Norrath (digital collectible card game) * Star Wars Galaxies

References

External links

Official Site
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