New MTGPQ forum art

FindingHeart8
FindingHeart8 Posts: 2,731 Chairperson of the Boards
in MtGPQ General Discussion
My friend's 5 year old saw the new Bolas art as I was entering the forums and asked why I talk to gross lizard people online.

I asked what he meant by that and he got that idea because he thought the new Bolas forum artwork looked like an angry lizard hacking up a loogie.

I cannot unsee that now.  That 5 year old kid has wrecked my mind.

So I had to share it with all of you.

:D


For comments below: Do you agree with that opinion?  Why or why not?

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  • Hateborn
    Hateborn Posts: 37 Just Dropped In
    Great... now I see it too... 

    Thanks?
  • Mburn7
    Mburn7 Posts: 3,427 Chairperson of the Boards
    ..........thanks................

    He looks like those annoying demon cave worms in Dark Souls.  Acid spit and everything.
  • DBJones
    DBJones Posts: 803 Critical Contributor
    He looks half-goblin to me. Maybe he's Squee's long-lost half-brother, and that's why he's so hard to kill? Or he stole Squee's DNA to make himself even harder to kill.
  • James13
    James13 Posts: 665 Critical Contributor
    I had the revelation this morning that the newer Bolas art looks like the Grinch that Stole Christmas.  Now the boot flash screen always makes my mind sing "You're a mean one, Mr. Bolas".



    Seriously, though.  I don't like the way he looks at all.  Not in any threatening way.  Just that he looks quite gross and weedy.
  • FindingHeart8
    FindingHeart8 Posts: 2,731 Chairperson of the Boards
    edited August 2018
    Mburn7 said:
    ..........thanks................

    He looks like those annoying demon cave worms in Dark Souls.  Acid spit and everything.

    was kinda how I felt about it:

    httpsipinimgcomoriginals73c15073c1508014facfea2576a7ac04cd9601jpg

  • FindingHeart8
    FindingHeart8 Posts: 2,731 Chairperson of the Boards
    can definitely see how it looks more like a goblin or cave worm than a fearsome dragon.

    As supposedly one of the top 3 most dangerous villains in all of MTG, this art really does Bolas a disservice.

    Almost has a mickey-mouse-esque cartoonized feel to it
  • wereotter
    wereotter Posts: 2,070 Chairperson of the Boards
    Bolas is what happens when you feed a wombat after midnight.

    Also don't get him wet.
  • FindingHeart8
    FindingHeart8 Posts: 2,731 Chairperson of the Boards
    wereotter said:
    Bolas is what happens when you feed a wombat after midnight.

    Also don't get him wet.
    I see what you did there... ;)
  • FindingHeart8
    FindingHeart8 Posts: 2,731 Chairperson of the Boards
    Just had my first battle against the new Bolas and I want to take a moment to apologize to all of you for posting this thread.

    At the time I didn't think they were using that exact same art for the new bolas walker, I thought they'd use the flip side or one of the other in-game art.

    But they chose that one, and I still can't get that vision of Bolas out of my mind.  I crack up every time I face the new planeswalker.

    It's Nicol Bolas, the Loogiemancer.

    I'm sorry.  Ignorance is bliss.  :D
  • Mburn7
    Mburn7 Posts: 3,427 Chairperson of the Boards
    I mean, that is the art from the paper card.  It just looks funky here because of how zoomed in it is
  • FindingHeart8
    FindingHeart8 Posts: 2,731 Chairperson of the Boards
    Mburn7 said:
    I mean, that is the art from the paper card.  It just looks funky here because of how zoomed in it is
    This is true, but it's a flip card so they could've used the other side.

    I mean I guess it beats the Nicol Bolas, the Angry Gremlin art that's used as the set cover.

    I'm not really complaining, I just think it's funny.

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