Opinions on Masterpiece Series: Kaladesh Inventions

by **Xander9009** » 29 Oct 2016, 21:39

http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/ar ... 2016-09-12

Kaladesh Inventions is a reprint series of several artifacts from other sets. The art is entirely new, and for some cards, it's distinctly better. For some cards, however, it's not necessarily better, just different. I intend to change Painter's Servant, Mana Vault, and a handful of others to the new art from this reprint series, but I wanted to know others opinions regarding the other cards. Here is the listing, with links to the CW's current version and the Kaladesh Inventions version.

The bolded and italicized version is the one that gets my vote (Mana Vault two chosen; my way of saying not the other one).

Cataclysmic Gearhulk - CW - KI
Torrential Gearhulk - CW - KI
Noxious Gearhulk - CW - KI
Combustible Gearhulk - CW - KI
Verdurous Gearhulk - CW - KI
Æther Vial - CW - KI
Champion's Helm - CW - KI
Chromatic Lantern - CW - KI
Chrome Mox - CW - KI - Other
Cloudstone Curio - CW - KI
Crucible of Worlds - CW - KI
Gauntlet of Power - CW - KI
Hangarback Walker - CW - KI
Lightning Greaves - CW (Promo) - KI - Other
Lotus Petal - CW - KI
Mana Crypt - CW - KI
Mana Vault - CW - KI - Other
Mind's Eye - CW - KI - Other
Mox Opal - CW - KI
Painter's Servant - CW - KI
Rings of Brighthearth - CW (none) - KI - Normal
Scroll Rack - CW - KI
Sculpting Steel - CW - KI
Sol Ring - CW - KI - Other
Solemn Simulacrum - CW - KI - Base Game
Static Orb - CW - KI - Other
Steel Overseer - CW - KI
Sword of Feast and Famine - CW - KI
Sword of Fire and Ice - CW - KI - Base Game
Sword of Light and Shadow - CW - KI - Other

Not all of these new Kaladesh Invention cards have available HQ art. But wherever possible, the version with the most votes/most people in favor will be used. (Ties will stay as they are unless the old art is visibly lower quality.)

Keep in mind anyone who uses the CW can give their opinions on this. You don't have to be a modder to make your preference known.

by **tmxk2012917** » 29 Oct 2016, 22:32

For Painter's Servant, I just uploaded the mew artwork a few days ago

I vote for KI versions of Mox Opal, Lotus Petal, Chrome Mox and Sword of Light and Shadow.

by **Xander9009** » 29 Oct 2016, 22:48

tmxk2012917 wrote:As for Painter's Servant, I just uploaded one for it a few days ago

Cool. It's almost identical to the one I've already got ready to go, I was just waiting for the results of this discussion. :lol:

Also, please make sure you upload compressed TDX files, not uncompressed ones. (Don't drop the jpg/png on "Gibbed.Duels.TdxConvert.exe". Drop it on "Tdx Convert Compressed.bat" or "Universal Gibbed Converter.exe".) The result in-game is identical, but uncompressed TDX files are more than 6x larger than compressed ones.

by **tmxk2012917** » 29 Oct 2016, 22:51

oh NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!! I always use Gibbed.Duels.TdxConvert.exe

I will upload a new one for it

by **Xander9009** » 29 Oct 2016, 23:11

tmxk2012917 wrote::shock: oh NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!! I always use Gibbed.Duels.TdxConvert.exe

I will upload a new one for it

It's not a bit deal, don't worry. You should already have the .bat file (and if not, you can get both of the files I mentioned here.)

I'd already reconverted and reuploaded a compressed version of all uncompressed images currently in the art update file by the time you responded, including this one. That's how easy it is to fix (since my Universal Converter can handle many files at once), so it's very minor.