Christopher Rush
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Christopher Rush is an illustrator for Magic: The Gathering
. In total, he has illustrated over 100 cards for the series. Most of his work for Wizards of the Coast
was done on the earliest sets, where he also helped with various design and marketing issues. He is the artist of the most expensive card in the game, the Black Lotus.
While the Pokémon TCG was still run by Wizards, he did the illustration for Promo Mewtwo
#12, which was released in the April 2000 issue of Nintendo Power
. Incidentally, Christopher Rush was the first artist from outside of Japan to have illustrated a Pokémon card, and remains one of the few.
Christopher Rush continues to do freelance work illustrating cards for various games and concept art for computer games and television.
Career Note: While working on the art for Wizards of the Coast, Chris also worked as a Game Play Counselor at Nintendo of America in Redmond, WA.
Magic: The Gathering
Magic: The Gathering , also known as Magic, is the first collectible trading card game created by mathematics professor Richard Garfield and introduced in 1993 by Wizards of the Coast. Magic continues to thrive, with approximately twelve million players as of 2011...
. In total, he has illustrated over 100 cards for the series. Most of his work for Wizards of the Coast
Wizards of the Coast
Wizards of the Coast is an American publisher of games, primarily based on fantasy and science fiction themes, and formerly an operator of retail stores for games...
was done on the earliest sets, where he also helped with various design and marketing issues. He is the artist of the most expensive card in the game, the Black Lotus.
While the Pokémon TCG was still run by Wizards, he did the illustration for Promo Mewtwo
Mewtwo
is a fictional creature in Nintendo and Game Freak's Pokémon media franchise. Created by Ken Sugimori, it first appeared in the video games Pokémon Red and Blue and their sequels, and later appeared in various merchandise, spinoff titles, as well as animation adaptations of the franchise...
#12, which was released in the April 2000 issue of Nintendo Power
Nintendo Power
Nintendo Power magazine is a monthly news and strategy magazine formerly published in-house by Nintendo of America, but now run independently. As of issue #222 , Nintendo contracted publishing duties to Future US, the U.S. subsidiary of British publisher Future.The first issue published was...
. Incidentally, Christopher Rush was the first artist from outside of Japan to have illustrated a Pokémon card, and remains one of the few.
Christopher Rush continues to do freelance work illustrating cards for various games and concept art for computer games and television.
Career Note: While working on the art for Wizards of the Coast, Chris also worked as a Game Play Counselor at Nintendo of America in Redmond, WA.
List of cards by Christopher Rush
| Card name | Cost | Rarity |
|---|---|---|
| Abbey Gargoyles | 2WWW | U |
| All Hallow’s Eve | 2BB | R |
| Apprentice Sorcerer | 2U | U |
| Archangel | 5WW | R |
| Artifact Possession | 2B | C |
| Basal Thrull | BB | C |
| Black Lotus | 0 | R |
| Blacker Lotus | 0 | R |
| Blood of the Martyr | WWW | U |
| Bog Imp | 1B | C |
| Bone Flute | 3 | U |
| Booster Tutor | B | U |
| Brainstorm | U | C |
| Brass Man | 1 | U |
| Canopy Spider | 1G | C |
| Chicken Egg | 1R | C |
| Chronatog | 1U | R |
| Chronatog Totem | 3 | U |
| Circle of Protection: Black | 1W | C |
| Circle of Protection: Red | 1W | C |
| Coal Golem | 5 | U |
| Collector Protector | 3WW | R |
| Craw Giant | 3GGGG | U |
| Crookshank Kobolds | 0 | C |
| Dark Heart of the Wood | BG | C |
| Demystify | W | C |
| Descendant of Kiyomaro | 1WW | U |
| Desert Nomads | 2R | C |
| Dread Reaper | 3BBB | R |
| Elvish Pioneer | G | C |
| Elvish Scout | G | C |
| Eron the Relentless | 3RR | U |
| Field of Reality | 2U | C |
| Fire Drake | 1RR | U |
| Flying Men | U | C |
| Forbidden Lore | 2G | R |
| Forbidden Ritual | 2BB | R |
| Forest | L | |
| Fyndhorn Elder | 2G | U |
| Gauntlet of Might | 4 | R |
| Goblin Berserker | 3R | U |
| Goblin Grenade | R | C |
| Goblin Rimerunner | R | C |
| Granite Gargoyle | 2R | R |
| Green Mana Battery | 4 | R |
| Heed the Mists | 3UU | U |
| Hell Swarm | B | C |
| Icatian Infantry | W | C |
| Ihsan’s Shade | 3BBB | U |
| Imaginary Pet | 1U | R |
| Imprison | B | R |
| Indomitable Will | 1W | C |
| Infantry Veteran | W | C |
| Ishi-Ishi, Akki Crackshot | 1R | R |
| Joiner Adept | 1G | R |
| Jovial Evil | 2B | R |
| Junún Efreet | 1BB | U |
| Knights of Thorn | 3W | R |
| Kormus Bell | 4 | R |
| Krovikan Horror | 3B | R |
| Lightning Bolt | R | C |
| Lim-Dûl's Paladin | 2BR | U |
| Lotus Bloom | ||
| Malachite Talisman | 2 | U |
| Mana Flare | 2R | R |
| Mana Leak | 1U | C |
| Manabarbs | 3R | R |
| Metamorphosis | G | C |
| Moonring Mirror | 5 | R |
| Muse Vessel | 4 | R |
| Myr Quadropod | 4 | C |
| Mystic Restraints | 2UU | C |
| Nafs Asp | G | C |
| Necrite | 1BB | C |
| Nether Shadow | BB | R |
| Netherborn Phalanx | 5B | U |
| Niall Silvain | GGG | R |
| No-Dachi | 2 | U |
| Order of the Ebon Hand | BB | C |
| Opal Guardian | WWW | R |
| Overgrowth | 2G | C |
| Plains | L | |
| Powerleech | GG | U |
| Prophecy | W | C |
| Radjan Spirit | 3G | U |
| Rakdos Ickspitter | 1BR | C |
| Rakalite | 6 | R |
| Rashka the Slayer | 3WW | U |
| Rathi Dragon | 2RR | R |
| Relic Bind | 2U | R |
| Reroute | 1R | U |
| Rod of Ruin | 4 | U |
| Rukh Egg | 3R | R |
| Rukh | 0 | |
| Runesword | 6 | C |
| Safe Haven | R | |
| Seraph | 6W | R |
| Snapping Drake | 3U | C |
| Snow-Covered Plains | L | |
| Sol Grail | 3 | U |
| Soldevi Adnate | 1B | C |
| Steam Spitter | 4G | U |
| Stone Rain | 2R | C |
| Storm World | R | R |
| Su-Chi | 4 | U |
| Sunastian Falconer | 3RG | U |
| Tablet of Epityr | 1 | C |
| Tawnos’s Coffin | 4 | R |
| The Wretched | 3BB | R |
| Tomorrow, Azami’s Familiar | 5U | R |
| Tormod’s Crypt | 0 | C |
| Twinstrike | 3BR | U |
| Ur-Drago | 3UUBB | R |
| Urza’s Bauble | 0 | U |
| Utvara Scalper | 1R | C |
| Volcanic Hammer | 1R | C |
| Wellwisher | 1G | C |
| Word of Undoing | U | C |
| Yotian Soldier | 3 | C |