Mark Poole Explained

Mark Poole
Birth Date:	August 31, 1963
Birth Place:	Goldsboro, North Carolina, US
Field:	Fantasy art

Mark Poole (born August 31, 1963) is an American fantasy artist, best known for working on the first set of cards.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Biography

Poole was born on August 31, 1963, in Goldsboro, North Carolina. He graduated from University of South Carolina in 1986 with a BFA in fine arts and design.^[4] Poole works mostly in acrylic, oil and digital media.

He has also worked for companies such as White Wolf Publishing, Warcraft, Sony Online Entertainment, Upper Deck and Ziggurat Games.^[4] His work was featured at FantasyCon in July 2014.^[5]

His artwork featured on the Magic: the Gathering basic Island card from the Summer Magic 1994 set fetches about $600.^[6]

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
  • Warhammer 40,000
• Warlords
• World of Warcraft

Role-playing game credits

• Cover of Aftermath Technology gamebook (1992)
• 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)
• 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

External links

• Official Site

Notes and References

1. Web site: Search: +"Mark Poole" (117). Gatherer.wizards.com. 2018-01-11.
2. Molineux, Will (November 5, 1995). "Book Notes", Daily Press, p. H5.
3. Handgraaf, Brie (October 17, 2008). "Ferrigno, TV's Incredible Hulk, highlights comic book convention", Times-News, p. 17.
4. Web site: Artists . Grand Prix Toronto . April 2, 2016.
5. News: Immersive FantasyCon takes you inside world of art. Scott D.. Pierce. The Salt Lake Tribune. July 3, 2014. 2018-01-11.
6. Web site: Top 5 most expensive Basic Land cards. alexlarente.com. 22 April 2015 . 2018-01-11.