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Card Reveal - WAVE 26 : "VAMPIRE"

A few days ago, you were asked to suggest what the next token could be.
We of course received a lot of suggestions (and actually kept them all as a reference list - to be honest, I didn’t know some tokens even existed. Thank you for the extra knowledge!).
The winner turned out to be « Vampire ».

It was an interesting project. You may think that, given my style and all, I would feel at home with the vampires’ aesthetics. Not really.
I will be completely honest : back when I was a teen, I had this friend who was so DESPERATELY all about vampires, to sometimes such awkward extremes (as teens often are, I guess. I probably was part of the problem, staid as I was ^^), that I developed a bit of an dislike toward the myth.
Of course, with time, I grew older and a little softer. And thank to my work for Magic especially, with my artworks for Sorin, Olivia Voldaren etc, I was reconciled with vampires.

This wave’s artwork was inspired by the 4 parts song « Poetry for the Poisoned » by the American power metal band « Kamelot ». The eponymous album was the last with the iconic, classical-trained lead singer Roy Khan, whose voice had been enough, a few years before he left, to bring me to a musical genre I was almost a stranger to. This song is a top favorite from the band for me. It was a delight to play it on repeat during the process!

You have until January 1st to secure your slot in a Tier : don’t forget to update your payment method if need be, as well as your shipping address.
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Thank you so much for supporting my work!
Bisous!
Magali


Il y a quelques jours, vous avez été invités à suggérer des thèmes pour le prochain token. Nous avons bien sûr reçu beaucoup de suggestions (et nous les avons toutes conservées en une liste de référence - pour être honnête, je ne connaissais même pas l'existence de certains tokens. Merci pour ce boost de connaissances!).
Le gagnant s'est avéré être « Vampire ».

C'était un projet intéressant. Vous pensez peut-être que, compte tenu de mon style graphique, je me sentirais à l'aise avec l'esthétique des vampires. Eh bien pas vraiment.
Je vais être tout à fait honnête : quand j'étais adolescente, j'avais une amie qui était si DÉSESPÉRÉMENT obsédée par les vampires, parfois jusqu’à des extrêmes un peu gênants (comme le sont souvent les adolescents, je suppose… J'étais probablement en partie responsable du problème, étant donné mon caractère quelque peu… « mesuré » ^^), que j’en ai développé une certaine aversion pour ce mythe.
Bien sûr, avec le temps, j'ai mûri et je me suis un peu adoucie. Et grâce à mon travail pour Magic en particulier, avec mes illustrations pour Sorin, Olivia Voldaren, etc... je me suis réconciliée avec les vampires.

L'illustration de cette vague s'inspire de la chanson en quatre parties « Poetry for the Poisoned » du groupe de power metal américain « Kamelot ». L'album éponyme était le dernier avec le chanteur emblématique Roy Khan, formé au chant classique, dont la voix avait suffi, quelques années avant son départ, à m'attirer vers un genre musical qui m'était quasi inconnu. Cette chanson est l'une de mes préférées du groupe. Ce fut un plaisir de la passer en boucle pendant le processus de création !

Vous avez jusqu'au 1er janvier pour assurer votre place dans un Tier : n'oubliez pas de mettre à jour votre mode de paiement si nécessaire, ainsi que votre adresse de livraison.
Si vous modifiez votre adresse de livraison, merci de nous en informer par message privé. Nous n'avons aucun autre moyen plus efficace d’être tenus au courant.
Merci beaucoup de soutenir mon travail !
Bisous !
Magali

Comments

Loving this vampire and the Mucha inspiration (which is one of my favorite artist and I do love other artist’s rendition of his style for horror, fantasy, sci-fi etc.) For the next one could we have the gender role reversed? Some of us are not afraid of strong vampire ladies and would love to be sweeped off our feet by one of them 😇

Antoine Goubet

It can be both actually. The guy is dark, the lady is lighter... The color constraint is not as strict here as in my MTG work <3

Magali Villeneuve

Oh, thank you! I am happy it made you feel like building a deck <3

Magali Villeneuve

Don't worry about that, I would never have a bad reaction towards a feedback when it's given as tactfully as yours. I can totally see how this token would be different from the logical expectation : not as dark, not as gothic as what you can expect from a Vampire. Also, I am aware some of my artistic choices on this Patreon may be surprising every now and then. It is actually one of the reasons why I opened this Patreon : with my job, it's not really possible to express in a very personal way. Of course, I put my own sensitivity in my Magic work, but before everything else, there is the brief, and unless asked otherwise, we are not supposed to explore too specific styles even if we feel like it. After almost 20 years of working only exclusively on commission work, this Patreon came as a bubble of fresh air. My "Magali" style was built thanks to so many influences, and there are so many artistic movements I want to explore. I think it's a constituent element of being an artist. I am many things as an illustrator, and what you are seeing here is one of those things. So, of course, it would be "safer" for me to always go with my usual style, and not take the risk to surprise my members. But as I often say : art is made to give people what they were not aware they may like. I am voluntarily taking the decision to show you guys things beyond what you can expect from me, and what I'm known for. And I respect the fact it may not always win the unanimous support, as much as I especially appreciate your effort to respect what I wanted to do here, even if I'm sorry it didn't match your expectations. We also live in an era, especially in entertainment, where things are calibrated to be homogeneous products to please as much as possible as many people as possible. To me, this is the absolute contrary of art. Art should be the day's instinct, no matter what. And last, keep in mind there will not be only 1 vampire token in this Patreon, or just 1 iteration of any other token actually. As time will go by, more versions will come, all different, and some probably more in tune with your personal preferences <3 That's a long response XD I really thank you for opening this conversation, and thus give me an occasion to talk about some of my values. And thank you for your support to human art <3

Magali Villeneuve

Vampires were the tokens I was most excited about from Magali, especially after two years as a Tier 3 supporter — all for the glory of Uncle Markov 🙂 When I realised I had missed the pool but that fate pointed me toward a 1/1 Vampire token, I honestly got very excited. I wasn’t sure whether it would be something to feed Eminence or something else, but either way — a Vampire is a Vampire. When I woke up this morning and saw the result — a 1/1 Vampire with lifelink (white?) — I felt genuinely disappointed with the art, mostly with myself for building such high expectations. I’m not an art judge or a professional, so this is purely a matter of personal preference. That said, after looking at it alongside the brilliant work done so far on every token — the expressions, the shapes, the cohesion with lore — I found myself struggling to connect with this particular piece compared to what we have seen so far from Magali. It is beautiful artwork in its own right, without question. However, for this specific purpose, and in the context of Magali’s previous tokens, I personally find it difficult to understand or connect with the artistic direction taken - for the purpose of a MTG Vampire token. Hopefully I won’t get flamed for sharing my humble opinion, I’m not planning to stop supporting this cause that keeps my mind fed with awesome fantasy art. (still hoping for flat a 1/1 black vamp token :) )

ComdCortez

Nice brewing a vamp deck now

BirdCulture

Is it supposed to be a white or black vampire token, I can’t tell?

Joel Reschke

❤️❤️

Magali Villeneuve

Je l'ai découvert sur fb, 2026 commence tres fort !

avelinetcg

🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷

Magali Villeneuve

Merci mille fois M’sieur! 🩷 Je suis très fière à l’idée de contribuer à détruire tes opposants 🫢

Magali Villeneuve

Wooooooooow!!!!

Jhezy

Merci beaucoup Yoan! <3

Magali Villeneuve

Maisquecestbeau 🤯 plus qu’à forcer des producteurs de jetons vampires dans mes decks pour les faires admirer à tout mes adversaires !

TrevaTCG

Vraiment magnifique. En plus je suis un très grand fan de ce style de dessin type vitrail.

MERET Yoan

One of my favourites too! Thank you Samantha <3

Magali Villeneuve

Wow! Art nouveau is my favourite style! I suppose I will rebuild my Elenda the Dusk Rose deck!

Sami Watkins

Merci mille fois Thiéfaine !! <3

Magali Villeneuve

Manymany thanks to you <3 <3

Magali Villeneuve

WOW!!! Absolutely stunning 🩵🩵

ItsYaBoiTreebornFrog

Magnifique, très hâte ❣️

Thiéfaine


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