Matt Cavotta is an American

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and writer. His artwork is focused on the fantasy genre, with notable contributions to popular games such as '' Magic: The Gathering'' and ''

Dungeons & Dragons ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (commonly abbreviated as ''D&D'' or ''DnD'') is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game (TTRPG) originally created and designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson. The game was first published in 1974 by TSR (company)#Tactical ...

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Career

Cavotta wrote a weekly column for MagicTheGathering.com called "Taste the Magic" from February 2005 to September 2007. The column focused on development of the world, art, characters, and other intellectual property for ''Magic'', the first to do so comprehensively. He has also written and illustrated three unpublished children's books, and provided interior illustrations in ''

Oriental Adventures ''Oriental Adventures'' (abbreviated OA) is the title shared by two hardback rulebooks published for different Editions of Dungeons & Dragons, versions of the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (''D&D'') fantasy roleplaying game. Each version of ''Oriental ...

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Manual of the Planes The ''Manual of the Planes'' (abbreviated MoP) is a manual for the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' role-playing game. This text addresses the planar cosmology of the game universe. The original book (for use with ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' 1st Edit ...

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Deities and Demigods ''Deities & Demigods'' (abbreviated ''DDG''), alternatively known as ''Legends & Lore'' (abbreviated ''L&L'' or ''LL''), is a reference book for the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy role-playing game (D&D). The book provides descriptions and game ...

''. Cavotta is the second of three children born to his parents Mike ("Finn") and Maureen Cavotta, after his older brother Michael but before his younger sister Haley. Cavotta was raised in Moreland Hills, Ohio. He was educated at the Orange Schools in neighboring Pepper Pike, Ohio. He graduated from Orange High School in 1989. In his late high school days he played in several rock bands, mostly within the hard-rock and heavy metal genre. Cavotta is a graduate of the Columbus College of Art & Design,
with a focus on painting and illustration. After an early art career that included freelance illustration and successful projects in toy development, Cavotta gained notoriety for his ''Magic'' card illustrations. A lifelong hobby game player, he worked at Wizards of the Coast as ''Magic'' creative lead from 2004 to 2006.

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''Magic: the Gathering'' cards illustrated by Matt Cavotta
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cavotta, Matt American fantasy artists American role-playing game artists Columbus College of Art and Design alumni Living people Year of birth missing (living people)