That's a pun on
Magic : The Gathering, or
Changeling: The Dreaming or what have you. A metaphorical card game that Souly actually wants to make. Details
here. Personally I'm not interested in an actual, playable game at all, just interested in pretty cards and silly/cool flavor texts. In fact I think collectible card games are a blight on the tabletop gaming industry. This doesn't stop me from admiring some mechanics and such in some of the top games, but the impulse to buy buy new expansion pack or fall fall fall behind is a bit unethical for me. I realize that this version wouldn't actually cost anything even if it's made but still it's too close to a business model I actively dislike, for comfort. So I was reading Souly's thread and felt inspired to do my own card regardless of the actuality of the game being made. I've gotten this so far:
(if you open it inside your animation program instead of in-browser, it animates much faster)
I will make a border and some silly flavor text further on (suggestions are welcome! I have some ideas about power effects but actually me writing my own flavor text would best be avoided, hah). As always feedback is appreciated, though keep in mind that I'm pretty happy with it and might not alter it significantly.
16 colors double palette... uh... what else to say. Extremely saturated palette on purpose, wanted to capture a pretty harsh digital aesthetic thing. Mostly perfect angles so there isn't really much need for laboured aa in most places... As you can see I completely skipped dithering as it would hurt the angularity of this one. No reference (besides standing up a few times against the mirror) as likeness isn't really a big deal for something like this.