MTG's Trouble In Pairs Artist Accused Of Even More Plagiarism
thegamer.comEarlier this week, Magic: The Gathering artist Fay Dalton was accused of plagiarism when creating the Trouble in Pairs card. Wizards of the Coast released a statement shortly after the story went live, saying that it was "looking into" the matter. But the allegations haven't stopped, as some MTG players believe they've found more art plagiarised to create the card.
"Somehow the Trouble in Pairs situation has gotten even worse," MTG podcast The Herald's Horn tweeted. "It seems the male figure's face was entirely copied over from a Will Hulsey Trapped magazine cover, while the body, neck, and left arm come directly from a Boris Vallejo illustration."
As you can see in the tweet embedded above, the face on the cover of the detective story magazine 'Trapped' looks suspiciously like that of the male figure in Trouble in Pairs, while the male's arm looks nearly identical to the one in Vallejo's 'Corniche' artwork from 1987.
Back in 2021, WOTC cut ties with freelance artist Jason Felix for plagiarising fan art.
The similarities between the orc and the green-skinned woman from Giancola's cover of Cyberpunk 2020: Ravagers were pointed out earlier this week, but you can also see the striking likeness above.
The similarities were first pointed out on the MTG subreddit by BinaryLegend, who altered the card to remove all of the similar elements, leaving behind only the axes and the man's jacket.
Giancola even commented on the controversy, writing on his Facebook page, "Hey Fay Dalton, do you mind not stealing my work on highly paid, public commercial commissions in the genre which I make my living and hold my reputation dear? This is criminal and theft. What others works have you stolen...."
Wizards of the Coast has not yet commented on the results of its investigation.
Created by R|chard Garfield in 1993, Magic: The Gathering (MTG) has become one of the biggest tabletop collectible card games in the world. Taking on the role of a Planeswalker, players build decks of cards and
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