Description

What’s the best Lightning Bolt art? And why is this such a strangely hard piece to truly nail? Join us as we review every art, from the Alpha and M10 GOATs through more Secret Lair Drops than seems reasonable. 

• See all today’s cards: https://scryfall.com/search?q=%22lightning+bolt%22+unique%3Aart+prefer%3Aoldest+-layout%3Aart_series&order=released&dir=asc 
• “I want a banana this big.” https://scryfall.com/card/ody/241/gorilla-titan 
• The design evolution of Magic tokens: https://www.mtg.onl/evolution-of-magic-token-card-frame-design/ 
• TWO FACES OR A VASE??? https://gpuzzles.com/optical-illusion/two-faces-vase/ 
• Brigitte Roka’s “Pearl Farm” art series: https://www.brigitteroka.com/pearlfarmart 
• Alexis Ziritt’s [[Gideon, Ally of Zendikar]]: https://scryfall.com/card/prcq/1/gideon-ally-of-zendikar 
• Flavor text quoting Barrin: https://scryfall.com/search?q=ft%3A%22%E2%80%94barrin%22 

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• Intro - 0:00
• Christopher Rush (Alpha) - 05:17
• Christopher Moeller (Magic 2010) - 09:14
• Véronique Meignaud (Player Rewards 2010) - 14:07
• Kekai Kotaki (MagicFest 2019) - 19:20
• Noah Bradley (Secret Lair Drop) - 23:26
• Brigitte Roka (Secret Lair Drop) - 25:58
• Robbie Trevino (Secret Lair Drop) - 30:10
• Alexis Ziritt (Secret Lair Drop) - 31:55
• Anato Finnstark (Strixhaven Mystical Archive - EN) - 35:44
• Ezoi (Strixhaven Mystical Archive - JP) - 40:54
• Jason Rainville (SLD) - 44:54
• Irina Nordsol (Battle for Baldur's Gate - Standard) - 47:34
• Phil Stone (Battle for Baldur's Gate - Variant) - 51:35
• Chuck Lukacs (Double Masters 2022) - 53:27
• Which to cube? - 59:01
• Outro - 1:01:40

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Music by Ikson, iksonmusic.com 

• Intro - To You, by Ikson
• Outro - Summer, by Ikson
• 5:08 - Hey, by Ikson
• 1:01:29 - Sunchaser, by Ikson