Published May 15, 2026, 12:00 PM EDT Secrets of Strixhaven’s standout art comes from an unlikely Magic newcomer How Elliott Lang brought literary horror to Magic: The Gathering Image: Wizards of the Coast Elliott Lang assumed Magic: The Gathering players might not like his work. Despite his enthusiasm for fantasy illustration, he’d mostly worked in literary circles before. Instead, not long after his art debuted in Secrets of Strixhaven , a friend sent him a link to a Reddit thread called “ Elliott Lang art appreciation post .” It featured all four of Lang’s debut Magic cards and praised Wizards of the Coast for continuing to “seek out new artists that can keep the game weird.” “Weird” is definitely one word for it. When I first started opening Secrets of Strixhaven packs, a common black removal spell called Wander Off immediately caught my eye.…