A list of the artists who have illustrated cards over the longest period (1st-last card). NOTE: Not 100% accurate; in particular, I don't have accurate release dates for spoiled but unreleased cards.
| Artist | Duration | Count | First | Last |
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| Mark Poole | 33y 99d | 222 | Fear | Hallowed Fountain |
| Douglas Shuler | 33y 99d | 152 | Demonic Tutor | Joven and Chandler |
| Dan Frazier | 33y 8d | 195 | Animate Wall | The One Ring |
| Ron Spencer | 33y 8d | 278 | Terror | Orcish Bowmasters |
| Margaret Organ-Kean | 33y 8d | 30 | Amulet of Kroog | Autumn Willow, Harmony |
| Kaja Foglio | 32y 240d | 69 | Shahrazad | Dawn of a New Age |
| Drew Tucker | 32y 240d | 86 | Clockwork Beast | Blossombind |
| Heather Hudson | 32y 74d | 204 | Righteous Avengers | Aragorn and Arwen, Wed |
| Pete Venters | 32y 74d | 314 | Sage of Lat-Nam | Elf |
| Richard Kane Ferguson | 31y 236d | 99 | Dakkon Blackblade | Merrow Skyswimmer |
| Mark Tedin | 31y 236d | 243 | Lord of the Pit | Bleachbone Verge |
| Randy Gallegos | 31y 170d | 241 | Call to Arms | Solemn Simulacrum |
| Phil Foglio | 31y 170d | 65 | Mishra's Factory | Goblin Bombardment |
| Rebecca Guay | 30y 64d | 171 | Noble Steeds | Galadriel, Light of Valinor |
| Cliff Nielsen | 30y 64d | 11 | Breathstealer | Breeding Pool |
| Adam Rex | 30y 31d | 133 | Vaporous Djinn | Lyna, Veil of Vengeance |
| Bill Sienkiewicz | 30y 31d | 10 | Phyrexian War Beast | Massacre Girl |
| Chippy | 29y 358d | 120 | Tainted Specter | Darksteel Angel |
| Jeff Miracola | 29y 358d | 161 | Soul Rend | Andúril, Narsil Reforged |
| Kev Walker | 29y 309d | 503 | Forsaken Wastes | Arwen, Mortal Queen |
| DiTerlizzi | 29y 309d | 92 | Coercion | Grandmother Goby |
| Scott M. Fischer | 29y 260d | 192 | Raging Spirit | Scarlet Witch, Wanda Maximoff |
| John Avon | 29y 260d | 328 | Grasslands | Forest |
| Mark Zug | 29y 191d | 210 | Eladamri | Grizzlegom, Hurloon Hero |
| Daren Bader | 29y 191d | 197 | Rofellos | Zagorka, Mother of Sanctum |
| Paolo Parente | 29y 191d | 198 | Hulking Cyclops | Valko Indorian |
| Rob Alexander | 29y 191d | 214 | Web | Dark Depths |
| Tom Wänerstrand | 29y 160d | 74 | Royal Assassin | Helm of Awakening |
| Franz Vohwinkel | 29y 160d | 146 | Goblin Vandal | Uugguu, the Omniplasm |
| David Seeley | 29y 142d | 14 | Creeping Mold | Elektra, Femme Fatale |
| Brian Snõddy | 29y 142d | 134 | Psychic Venom | Clockwork Hydra |
| Allen Williams | 29y 116d | 70 | Updraft | Twist Reality |
| rk post | 29y 116d | 136 | Sliver Queen, Brood Mother | Saruman of Many Colors |
| Carl Critchlow | 29y 65d | 242 | Gallowbraid | Witch-king, Bringer of Ruin |
| Stephen L. Walsh | 29y 65d | 3 | Fallow Wurm | Elven Chorus |
| Anthony S. Waters | 29y 65d | 122 | Life Chisel | Life // Death |
| Donato Giancola | 28y 129d | 220 | Village Elder | The Aetherspark |
| Jeff Laubenstein | 28y 129d | 30 | Clot Sliver | Goblin Bombardment |
| Thomas M. Baxa | 28y 101d | 135 | Shocker | Noggle the Mind |
| Greg Staples | 28y 101d | 353 | Breach | Seluma, Light of Aysen |
| Mark Rosewater | 27y 336d | 10 | Look at Me, I'm the DCI | Bicycle Elemental |
| Matthew D. Wilson | 27y 336d | 67 | Maraxus | Serra the Benevolent |
| Henry G. Higginbotham | 27y 171d | 7 | Cathodion | Sol Ring |
| Ron Spears | 27y 171d | 147 | Swamp | Boggart Mischief |
| John Matson | 27y 54d | 114 | Storm Elemental | Elemental |
| Dermot Power | 27y 54d | 30 | Cadaverous Knight | Vandalblast |
| Adrian Smith | 26y 194d | 29 | Grave Servitude | Zurgo and Ojutai |
| Sandra Everingham | 26y 194d | 47 | Deathlace | Graveyard Dig |
| Alan Pollack | 26y 33d | 140 | Abandon Hope | Force of Will |
| David O'Connor | 26y 33d | 16 | Catacomb Dragon | Qasali Pridemage |
| Ian Miller | 25y 272d | 28 | Blighted Shaman | Kozilek, Butcher of Truth |
| Alex Horley-Orlandelli | 25y 272d | 138 | Oppression | Sifa Grent |
| Mark A. Nelson | 25y 189d | 32 | Dark Hatchling | Crackle with Power |
| Brom | 25y 189d | 48 | Multani | Liliana of the Veil |
| Fred Fields | 25y 65d | 20 | Plains | Mountain |
| Dave Dorman | 25y 65d | 101 | Shoving Match | Elfsworn Giant |
| Justin Sweet | 25y 38d | 69 | Morgue Theft | The Weaver King |
| Darrell Riche | 25y 38d | 110 | Kor Haven | Sunbillow Verge |
| Jeff Easley | 24y 328d | 51 | Black Market | Reality Shift |
| Jim Nelson | 24y 328d | 139 | Bellowing Fiend | Orzhov Basilica |
| Dana Knutson | 24y 195d | 25 | Thunder Dragon | Saproling |
| Greg Hildebrandt | 24y 195d | 176 | Elvish Lookout | Myriad Landscape |
| Tim Hildebrandt | 24y 149d | 94 | Elvish Lookout | Myriad Landscape |
| Mark Brill | 24y 149d | 39 | Forbidding Watchtower | Sheep |
| Larry Elmore | 23y 329d | 13 | Might Weaver | Goldspan Dragon |
| Trevor Hairsine | 23y 329d | 36 | Goblin Taskmaster | The Vision |
| Mike Sass | 23y 218d | 24 | Shock | Luminous Rebuke |
| William O'Connor | 23y 218d | 21 | Crown of Flames | Knight |
| Lars Grant-West | 23y 143d | 171 | Toxin Sliver | Colossus, Steel Stalwart |
| Todd Lockwood | 23y 143d | 83 | Slow Motion | Ancient Gold Dragon |
| Matt Cavotta | 23y 101d | 184 | Trade Routes | Jester's Cap |
| David Martin | 23y 101d | 81 | Eye of Ramos | Mesmeric Orb |
| Terese Nielsen | 23y 3d | 218 | Energy Arc | Echo of Eons |
| Martina Pilcerova | 23y 3d | 88 | Seething Song | Minas Tirith |
| Jim Pavelec | 22y 38d | 44 | Gibbering Kami | Davvol, Evincar of Rath |
| Ralph Horsley | 22y 38d | 117 | Rag Dealer | Treasure Cruise |
| Aleksi Briclot | 22y 0d | 124 | Oni Possession | Garruk, Curse Breaker |
| Keith Garletts | 22y 0d | 23 | Refresh | Mosswood Dreadknight // Dread Whispers |
| Wayne Reynolds | 21y 316d | 209 | Ashen-Skin Zubera | Last March of the Ents |
| Iain McCaig | 21y 316d | 22 | Snapping Thragg | The Infamous Cruelclaw |
| Ittoku | 21y 288d | 34 | Rebuking Ceremony | Vengeful Villagers |
| Eric Deschamps | 21y 288d | 214 | Goblin S.W.A.T. Team | Bombur, Gentle Dreamer |
| Ron Lemen | 21y 218d | 3 | Farewell to Arms | Vault Guardsman |
| Dan Murayama Scott | 21y 218d | 336 | Nezumi Bone-Reader | Muse Seeker |
| Nottsuo | 21y 176d | 19 | Darksteel Brute | Anticausal Vestige |
| Shishizaru | 21y 176d | 26 | Glimpse of Nature | Tundra Tank |
| Zoltan Boros | 21y 36d | 419 | Glare of Subdual | Consider the Prime Directive |
| Christopher Moeller | 21y 36d | 265 | Expunge | Bazaar Trademage |
| Richard Sardinha | 20y 231d | 21 | Mercurial Kite | Voja |
| Richard Wright | 20y 231d | 89 | Plains | Petrified Hamlet |
| Warren Mahy | 20y 192d | 136 | Blind Hunter | Relic of Sauron |
| Vance Kovacs | 20y 192d | 53 | Arcbound Slith | Polluted Delta |
| Dave Kendall | 20y 111d | 177 | Arctic Nishoba | Euru, Acorn Scrounger |
| Carl Frank | 20y 111d | 17 | Hand to Hand | Steady-Handed Mook |
| Volkan Baǵa | 19y 340d | 249 | Feast of Flesh | The Mind Stone |
| Dan Dos Santos | 19y 340d | 30 | Thermopod | Black Panther, Most Dangerous |
| E. M. Gist | 19y 340d | 29 | Martyr of Bones | Captain America, Liberator |
| Gabor Szikszai | 19y 340d | 191 | Glare of Subdual | Atomic Microsizer |
| Ben Wootten | 19y 290d | 62 | Fiery Temper | Food |
| Raymond Swanland | 19y 290d | 204 | Pact of the Titan | Godless Shrine |