Christopher Rush
| Christopher Rush | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1965 |
| Died | February 10, 2016 |
| Known for | illustration |
| Notable work | Power Nine among other MTG works |
| Website |
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Christopher Rush (1965 – February 10, 2016) was an American illustrator for Magic: The Gathering.[1] In total, he illustrated over 100 cards for the series, including the most expensive card in the game, the Black Lotus. 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, including the design of the symbols representing the 5 colors of mana.[2]
While the Pokémon TCG was still run by Wizards, Rush did the illustration for Promo Mewtwo #12, which was released in the April 2000 issue of Nintendo Power. Incidentally, he was the first artist from outside Japan to have illustrated a Pokémon card, and remains one of the few.
While working on art for Wizards of the Coast, Rush also worked as a Game Play Counselor at Nintendo of America in Redmond, Washington. He later continued to do freelance work, illustrating cards for various games and concept art for computer games and television.
Rush died on February 10, 2016, one day after fellow Magic: The Gathering artist Wayne England. Rush was 50 years old.[3]
List of cards
| 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 Bloom1 | ||
| 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 |
| Rukh2 | 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 |
Notes
- 1.^ Time Spiral Prelease Tournament foil
- 2.^ Cast only in the mtg game Shandalar when Rukh Egg dies Rukh creature appears. Done in 1994. Not to be confused with the Edward P. Beard Jr. version.
References
- ↑ Moursund, Beth (February 1997). The Official Magic: The Gathering : Strategies & Secrets. Sybex. p. 183. ISBN 978-0-7821-2031-8. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
- ↑ "Christopher Rush". magic.wizards.com. Wizards of the Coast. February 12, 2016. Retrieved September 30, 2016.
- ↑ Cooper, Christopher. "Wayne England and Christopher Rush - All Good Things in Magic: The Gathering by Christopher Cooper, Manaleak.com, Magic the Gathering (MTG)". Manaleak.com. Retrieved 2016-02-11.