Last month, the Final Fantasy crossover set released an extremely exciting MTG commander, Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER, that is more or less Blood Artist in the command zone, and it is the driving force behind Tombstone Stairwell's newfound popularity
So many things from this set would have done loads of work in older versions of the cube but power creep is to a point where few of these things really hit the bar
Mike Lim aka Daarken is another prominent exponent of these darker themes, with lovely cards like Shipwreck Singer and Bloodhusk Ritualist: Looking at these images, it might not be entirely unfair to guess that he's a bit of a Luis Royo fan
"What makes it so rare is that it was not sold, but awarded as a prize in an illustration contest through CoroCoro Comic," an auction description from the $195,000 October sale explains