Category Archives: Alternate-Art

Alternate Art: Contracts

Posted on January 13, 2024 by Beorn

Many of the alternate art decks I design are for lists which include a contract. However, Strange Eons has not included a template for contracts so I’ve been skipping those cards in my designs. I’m happy to say that Strange … Continue reading →

Posted in A Long-extended Party, Alternate-Art, Animation, Art, Community, Media, Series | Tagged A Long-extended Party, A Weary Pilgrim, All The Pretty Horses, Alternate-Art, Avatar of Dale, Beorn-Kazooie, Bond of Friendship, Community, Contract, Dora the Defender, Fantasy Flight Games, Fellowship, Forth the Three Hunters, Fun, Grimbeorn's Path, Hamburglar's Turn, Into the West, La Llorona, Living Card Games, Lord of the Rings LCG, Messenger of the King, Moria Meets the Eye, Nightmare in the Fog, Nouveau Hunters, Nurn Hobbits, Space Cowboy, The Burglar's Turn, The Grey Wanderer, The Last Alliance, The Last Alliance of Bears and Trees, The Last Temptation of Boromir, The Old Elf and the Sea, The Three Hunters Aggro v2, Tolkien, Wandering in Search of the Entwives | Leave a comment

Alternate Art: Beorn-Kazooie

Posted on November 1, 2023 by Beorn

Continuing in our series of alternate art decks for community contributors, this design is based on a deck by McDog3 called Ranger Danger. It is inspired by the beloved Rare platformer video game, Banjo-Kazooie. True to the name, it makes … Continue reading →

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Alternate Art: Legolas – Ace Attorney

Posted on October 22, 2023 by Beorn

A community thrives from contributions by all of its members and contributions come in all different forms. Some contribute blog articles, others design decks, while others support new players who have rules questions. A game as complex as The Lord … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternate-Art, Animation, Archetypes, Combo, Community, Games, Media, Series, Support | Tagged Alternate Art, Cirdan the Shipwright, Community, Deck Building, Fantasy Flight Games, Fun, Legolas, Living Card Games, Lord of the Rings LCG, Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney, Rules Questions, Sappidus, Theme, Theodred, Tolkien | Leave a comment

Alternate Art: Benderama

Posted on October 17, 2023 by Beorn

One of the best things about making alt-art decks is that it affords the opportunity to highlight your favorite shows. Futurama is, in this bear’s opinion, a criminally underrated show. This deck is based on a design by Mortendall, originally … Continue reading →

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Alternate Art: Denethor’s Heirlooms

Posted on September 8, 2023 by Beorn

Editor’s Note: BeornGPT has attained sentience and taken over the blog. We cannot take responsibility for any of the rouge AI’s inexplicable behavior. Mistakes were made, many tomatoes were harmed. 🍅 This deck is based on Maxine’s article for Second … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternate-Art, Archetypes, Community, Media, Mono-Sphere, Photo, Series, Theme | Tagged Absurdity, Alternate Art, Boromir, Denethor, Fun, Grilled Tomato, Ridiculous, Ripe Tomato, Silly, Squashed Tomato, Tomato, Tomato Soup, Tomatoes, Tomatoes failing to retake Osgiliath, Tomatoes on the walls of Mines Tirith, Unripe Tomato, Willful Second Son Tomato | Leave a comment

Alternate Art: Avatar of Dale

Posted on September 6, 2023 by Beorn

As a longtime fan of Autumn’s excellent alt art designs, it is well past due that she receive her own signature deck here. One of her best decks is Dale Passes into the West, a novel approach to the Dale … Continue reading →

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Alternate Art: Seastan’s Nine LEGO Walkers

Posted on September 5, 2023 by Cardboardoftherings Cotr

Editor’s Note: Matt, from Cardboard of the Rings, is our guest author for this article. We hope that you enjoy this most excellent alternate art deck. A few years ago, my son and I had been playing the LEGO Lord … Continue reading →

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Alternate Art: Blue Shell of Friendship

Posted on September 2, 2023 by Beorn

Try as we might, it was not possible to convince BeornGPT to design an F1-themed alternate art deck for electronjon. For some reason it kept trying to use photos of Mario Andretti for every character. As a consolation prize, we … Continue reading →

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Alternate Art: Moria Meets the Eye

Posted on September 1, 2023 by Beorn

It’s been a busy summer for BeornGPT. Lately we’ve prompted it to randomly select decks built by community luminaries and match those up with a television show or movie. Readers are in for a treat, as the latest combination worked … Continue reading →

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Alternate Art: Dora the Defender

Posted on August 27, 2023 by Beorn

Fun deck ideas deserve a fun alternate art adaptation. This deck is based on Fishbaugh’s deck: Dori Adds Defense. It’s a Grey Wanderer Dori deck designed to help support defense for all players in a multiplayer game. It is safe … Continue reading →