The Magic Illustrations of Cristi Balanescu

Introduction

The Magic Illustrations of Cristi Balanescu

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This page was last generated at 02/10/2026, 20:21

Summary

Secret Lairs	None
Illustrations	169 cards 8% artifacts, 8% lands, 15% legendaries
Cards by year
Cards by type and colour
Mean Card Rank	9.10 +/- 1.08
Sum(Card Values)	187,37 €
Montage
Earliest illustration	Tomebound Lich 2019-07-12 m20#219
Latest illustration	Ruby Collector 2026-11-09 mbc#61
Best ranked card	Titania, Gaea Incarnate 2022-11-18 bro#256b Rank 0
Most expensive card	Divine Visitation 2024-01-12 rvr#306z €169.50
Keywords

Commander Decks

These decks have (almost) everything you need; basic land, cards, and a suitable commander, all illustrated by the same artist.

Figurehead

There are enough lands and cards in a subset of the commander's colours to make a viable deck, but you may not be able to cast the commander or use their activated abilities.

No commander

There are enough lands and cards in a colour combination to make a viable deck, but no suitable commander.

Missing basics

The artist has not illustrated enough basic lands or other mana sources to meet the requirements for this deck. If you add other basic lands, you'll have a viable deck.

Dodgy manabase

The artist has not illustrated enough basic lands to meet the requirements for this deck, but there are other mana sources which do cover the requirements.

Low Card Count

Quantity of non-land cards is too low; but with a strong enough commander, this may not matter!

Pauper EDH

Pauper EDH - uncommon creature at the helm, the rest have been printed at common at least once.

pre EDH

pre EDH - only allows cards printed before the first official Commander product.