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Mark Poole (born August 31, 1963) is an American
fantasy Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction involving Magic (supernatural), magical elements, typically set in a fictional universe and sometimes inspired by mythology and folklore. Its roots are in oral traditions, which then became fantasy ...
artist, best known for working on the
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Biography

Poole was born on August 31, 1963, in
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. He graduated from University of South Carolina in 1986 with a BFA in fine arts and design. Poole works mostly in
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, oil and
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. He has also worked for companies such as White Wolf Publishing, Warcraft, Sony Online Entertainment,
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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

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* Battlelords * BattleTech * Deadlands: Doomtown *
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(not a CCG, but a collectible common-deck card game) *
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* Fantasy Adventures *
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* Legend of the Five Rings * Magic: the Gathering * Middle-earth *
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* Mystical Empire * Mythos * Netrunner * Redemption *
Shadowfist ''Shadowfist'' was created by Robin Laws and Jose Garcia. It was released in June 1995 as a collectible card game (CCG), but was shifted to a fixed distribution of cards as of 2013. It shares the same background as the ''Feng Shui'' role-pla ...
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Tempest of the Gods Tempest of the Gods is an out-of-print collectible card game by Black Dragon Press and was released in July 1995. The core set, called ''Limited Edition'' had 270 cards. It was a limited edition with cards having a gold-coloured border and produ ...
* Vampire: The Eternal Struggle *
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World of Warcraft ''World of Warcraft'' (''WoW'') is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) released in 2004 by Blizzard Entertainment. Set in the ''Warcraft'' fantasy universe, ''World of Warcraft'' takes place within the world of Azeroth ...


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 In religion, a prophecy is a message that has been communicated to a person (typically called a ''prophet'') by a supernatural entity. Prophecies are a feature of many cultures and belief systems and usually contain divine will or law, or prete ...
''rulebook'' (2007) * Stalking the Steel City ''gamebook'' cover (1992) * Worlds of Darkness: Second Sight ''character and setting book'' (2006)


Other credits

* '' Adventurer's Limited'' issue #1 (1995) * Clout Fantasy chip art (2005) * Cover of ''
Dragon A dragon is a reptilian legendary creature that appears in the folklore of many cultures worldwide. Beliefs about dragons vary considerably through regions, but dragons in western cultures since the High Middle Ages have often been depicted as ...
'' issue #201 (January 1994) * '' The Duelist'' interior artwork; issues #2-3 (1994) * Legends of Norrath ( digital collectible card game) *
Star Wars Galaxies ''Star Wars Galaxies'' was a ''Star Wars'' themed massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) for Microsoft Windows, developed by Sony Online Entertainment and published by LucasArts. Released on June 26, 2003, to much critical acc ...


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Official Site
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