Mark Poole

Mark Poole (born August 31, 1963) is an American fantasy artist, best known for working on the first set of Magic: the Gathering cards.

Biography Poole was born on August 31, 1963, in Goldsboro, North Carolina. Poole works mostly in acrylic, oil and digital media.

His artwork featured on the Magic: the Gathering basic Island card from the "Summer Magic 1994" set fetches about $600.

Collectible card game credits Anachronism Battlelords BattleTech Deadlands: Doomtown Dragon Storm (not a CCG, but a collectible common-deck card game) Dune Fantasy Adventures Galactic Empires Guardians Legend of the Five Rings Magic: the Gathering Middle-earth Mortal Kombat Mystical Empire Mythos Netrunner Redemption Shadowfist Tempest of the Gods Vampire: The Eternal Struggle Warhammer 40,000 Warlords World of Warcraft

Role-playing game credits Cover of Aftermath Technology gamebook (1992) Aria: Canticle of the Monomyth gamebook (1994) Babylon 5 Project Sourcebook, and Earthforce Sourcebook (1997) Dungeons & Dragons Magic Item Compendium Sourcebook, and Magic of Incarnum Sourcebook (2007) Fantasy Role Playing Gamer's Bible (1996) Promethean: The Created Pandora's book, Pandora's box, Strange Alchemies game supplements (2006) Prophecy rulebook (2007) Stalking the Steel City gamebook cover (1992) Worlds of Darkness: Second Sight character and setting book (2006)

Other credits Adventurer's Limited issue #1 (1995) Clout Fantasy chip art (2005) Cover of Dragon issue #201 (January 1994) The Duelist interior artwork; issues #2-3 (1994) Legends of Norrath (digital collectible card game) Star Wars Galaxies