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PC Gamer
Jody Macgregor

Stardew Valley comes to Magic: The Gathering and fans aren't taking some of the new artwork well

Some of Magic: The Gathering's Stardew Valley cards, including Treasure Vault, Mermaid's Pendant, and Stardew Valley itself.

The limited releases of cards for Magic: The Gathering that are mostly reskins of existing cards with new art are called Secret Lair drops. They're infamous for selling out fast and being hard to get hold of at normal prices, and they're also infamous for having unusual themes. There's been a Monty Python one, a Dwarf Fortress one, and even a Garfield one. Next? Stardew Valley.

ConcernedApe's quirky farm-life sim has a legion of dedicated fans who have built their own mimetic lore on top of the actual story of the game, like Overwatch stans interpreting and shipping characters in ways Blizzard didn't intend. Take Elliott, for instance, a sentimental writer who lives on the beach and is among Stardew Valley's romanceable cast. According to fan artists, he's a willowy bishonen boy. According to ConcernedApe's own art for the Mermaid's Pendant card, a reskin of the existing Wedding Ring card, he's a square-jawed Chad.

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