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Seb McKinnon's Magic: The Gathering Soulherder Art Has Become A Meme With New Versions From Fans


Seb McKinnon is one of the best Magic: The Gathering artists, and his recent artworks he did for Wizards of the Coast's trading card game look amazing. Now, McKinnon's art for "Soulherder", which the Canadian artist illustrated for the Modern Horizons set, is becoming a meme on Reddit and Twitter as Magic fans are creating their own versions of the fantastic artwork.

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Here's the original card just in case you haven't seen it:

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One Redditor created a charcoal version of Soulherder and another showed an image of a bloodspray in the form of the blue/white spirit creature. There's also a stickman version and someone made themselves become somwhat like the Soulherder itself. Others have created sillier versions of the meme-ified MTG art. Check out what fans posted on Reddit:

I drew a charcoal version of Seb Mckinnon's Soul Herder.
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Got a really bad papercut on my thumb and it sprayed blood on my papers. Kinda looks like Seb Mckinnon's Soul Herder!
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I became Seb Mckinnon's Soul Herder
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Souphoarder by Chef Boyardee
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I Deep Fried Seb-daddy's Soulberger
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Here's my take on Seb McKinnon's Soulherder. Please don't be too hard on me, I don't have a GF to draw for me.
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My feed is a meme of itself sometimes
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My Soulherder Alter, I do commissions btw ;)
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h0ly sHIt
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On Twitter, someone illustrated Soulherder using Microsoft Excel and it looks pretty abstract.

Now I'm wondering if Seb McKinnon has seen these ridiculous pieces. The legendary artist recently illustrated art for the new fairy tale-themed set Throne of Eldraine, including the wonderful promotional art and the art for the Showcase version of "Order of Midnight".

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Credit: Wizards of the Coast

Throne of Eldraine, the 82nd Magic expansion, is set to release on October 4. Prerelease events will take place on September 27 to 29. It wil be released on Magic Arena on September 26, and will have a Limited (Sealed) event to kick off its launch.

Watch our Throne of Eldraine Early Access event video below:

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