MTGinktober frightens Day 25, "Scarecrow," starring Aminatou, Veil Piercer; Reaper King, and Pandora's Box!
I literally had to start drawing this to start drawing this, as I couldn't come up with any real plan of what to draw and it was already time to start so I just let things roll and follow the drawing. All I knew was I wanted these two as our main guys, along with as many "Expressions of Magic" remaining from our little list as was reasonable for the illustration. So it's just a creepy kid and her creepier buddy, who she rides into battle or whatever, while cradling her mysterious, destructive treasure.
Fun Facts: This is Aminatou's second MTGinktober appearance, after a four-year absence, but she debuted in one of my favorite illustrations of that year. Reaper King debuts, but in a way that I always am a little bummed at--basically a straight copy of the card art, which is fine for some incidental character, but not really my hope for a starring role. One of our expressions stars here, Pandora's Box, which is one of the MircroProse Shandalar exclusive cards, I believe. If anyone might wield that, it's prolly her.
Easter Eggs: Two more Expressions off the list, here--rather than her regular staff, she's got a Spear of the General, which comes from the Theros prerelease series (JOU's specifically, so I'll have to get to the other two eventually), and rather than her regular moth things, she's leading a pack of Bog Humbugs, from the Holiday Card set. And then, finally hitting every kind of test card, is Pinchy McStingbutt, from the test card series with an art credit, after already hitting the nameless ones.
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