Creative manager for Magic , Alicia Mickes, talked about the inspiration: "The borderless planeswalker card art concept was to build on the many facets of each Planeswalker by featuring exciting vignettes of their varied Zendikar adventures." Lead art director for Zendikar Rising , Taylor Ingvarsson added, "This time around, we wanted to deliver on a risen lost civilization that provided the characters in the story and players to engage in the high risk, high reward of daring adventure into these lost Skyclave ruins." This Planeswalker art really captures the spirit of Zendikar so well that we turned them into posters and shared them with stores
Magus Lucea Kane Unique to this set, Magus Lucea Kane was a new character that we got to design
Diablo Obedient Raven brings Amethyst the utility of Kuzco Wanted Llama where Chernabogs Followers would normally sit, but with an extra Diablo Shift target
Troll of Khazad-dm was so powerful in these setups that it was banned in Legacy, and nowadays, Pauper is where these 1-mana cyclers shine the most
Kamahl, Fist of Krosa is a cheaper version, but with less static ability advantage
