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Illustrators › Brian Despain

Brian Despain

66 cards illustrated

About Brian Despain and their work

Brian Despain is credited on 66 cards in our catalogue, across 38 sets. Their cards run from 1998 to 2024, 27 years in all. Their busiest years were 2001, 2005, and 2007, with 7 cards each. Their most valuable card is Isochron Scepter from Friday Night Magic 2008, at €57.94.

Cards: 66
Sets: 38
Active: 1998–2024
Typical price: €0.22

Cards per year
Year	Cards
1998	3
1999	3
2001	7
2003	2
2005	7
2006	4
2007	7
2008	1
2009	3
2010	2
2011	2
2013	2
2014	4
2015	3
2016	1
2018	2
2019	1
2020	2
2021	2
2022	2
2023	2
2024	4

Most valuable

Isochron Scepter — Friday Night Magic 2008 2008 — €57.94
Jandor's Saddlebags — Seventh Edition 2001 — €35.01
Treasure Trove — Seventh Edition 2001 — €4.49
Grafted Skullcap — Urza's Saga 1998 — €4.31
Starlight — Seventh Edition 2001 — €4.07

Drawn most often

Flashfreeze — 8 cards
Treasure Trove — 6 cards
Faith's Fetters — 5 cards
Gather Courage — 5 cards
Open the Vaults — 4 cards

Sets with the most of their work

Seventh Edition — 6 of 708
The List — 6 of 5050
Coldsnap — 3 of 155
Planar Chaos — 3 of 165
Saviors of Kamigawa — 3 of 165

Counts include reprints of the same artwork. Prices are estimates from TCGplayer and Cardmarket, not guaranteed values.

Cards illustrated by Brian Despain

Cackling Witch MMQ-119 — The List (2024)
Flashfreeze 590 — Foundations (2024)
Gather Courage 143 — Ravnica Remastered (2024)
Sunscape Familiar PLS-17 — The List (2024)
Cackling Fiend 76 — Dominaria Remastered (2023)
Gather Courage M15-175 — The List (2023)
Priest of Gix DDE-7 — The List (2022)
Riftsweeper MMA-159 — The List (2022)
Dream Stalker 63 — Time Spiral Remastered (2021)
Saltfield Recluse 40 — Time Spiral Remastered (2021)
Faith's Fetters 20 — Commander Legends (2020)
Open the Vaults 24 — Double Masters (2020)
Flashfreeze MM2-45 — The List (2019)
Faith's Fetters 28 — Commander Anthology Volume II (2018)
Gather Courage 105 — GRN Guild Kit (2018)
Open the Vaults 72 — Commander 2016 (2016)
Faith's Fetters 69 — Commander 2015 (2015)
Flashfreeze 45 — Modern Masters 2015 (2015)
Open the Vaults 77 — Commander 2015 (2015)
Aquamorph Entity 54 — Duel Decks: Speed vs. Cunning (2014)
Dream Stalker 7 — Duel Decks: Jace vs. Vraska (2014)
Faith's Fetters 20 — Duel Decks Anthology: Divine vs. Demonic (2014)
Gather Courage 175 — Magic 2015 (2014)
Riftsweeper 159 — Modern Masters (2013)
Saltfield Recluse 27 — Modern Masters (2013)
Chorus of the Conclave 189 — Commander 2011 (2011)
Flashfreeze 52 — Magic 2012 (2011)
Flashfreeze 53 — Magic 2011 (2010)
Priest of Gix 7 — Duel Decks: Phyrexia vs. the Coalition (2010)
Faith's Fetters 20 — Duel Decks: Divine vs. Demonic (2009)
Flashfreeze 53 — Magic 2010 (2009)
Open the Vaults 21 — Magic 2010 (2009)
Isochron Scepter 11 — Friday Night Magic 2008 (2008)
Aquamorph Entity 33 — Planar Chaos (2007)
Flashfreeze 84 — Tenth Edition (2007)
Nix 55 — Future Sight (2007)
Riftsweeper 136 — Future Sight (2007)
Saltfield Recluse 16 — Planar Chaos (2007)
Sea Monster 106 — Tenth Edition (2007)
Wistful Thinking 53 — Planar Chaos (2007)
Dream Stalker 58 — Time Spiral (2006)
Flashfreeze 33 — Coldsnap (2006)
Glacial Plating 7 — Coldsnap (2006)
Rimehorn Aurochs 118 — Coldsnap (2006)
Briarknit Kami 124 — Saviors of Kamigawa (2005)
Chorus of the Conclave 195 — Ravnica: City of Guilds (2005)
Descendant of Soramaro 33 — Saviors of Kamigawa (2005)
Gather Courage 165 — Ravnica: City of Guilds (2005)
Soramaro, First to Dream 58 — Saviors of Kamigawa (2005)
Treasure Trove 110 — Ninth Edition (2005)
Treasure Trove 110★ — Ninth Edition (2005)
Treasure Trove 110★ — Eighth Edition (2003)
Treasure Trove 110 — Eighth Edition (2003)
Jandor's Saddlebags 304★ — Seventh Edition (2001)
Jandor's Saddlebags 304 — Seventh Edition (2001)
Starlight 49 — Seventh Edition (2001)
Starlight 49★ — Seventh Edition (2001)
Sunscape Familiar 17 — Planeshift (2001)
Treasure Trove 106★ — Seventh Edition (2001)
Treasure Trove 106 — Seventh Edition (2001)
Cackling Fiend 11 — Battle Royale Box Set (1999)
Cackling Witch 119 — Mercadian Masques (1999)
Horn of Plenty 298 — Mercadian Masques (1999)
Cackling Fiend 121 — Urza's Saga (1998)
Grafted Skullcap 296 — Urza's Saga (1998)
Priest of Gix 150 — Urza's Saga (1998)