A list of artists whose illustrated cards have the best mean EDHRec ranks. I have excluded basic lands from the list, and split the list into artists with >= 5 cards (dominated by secret lairs and premium cards) and a list of artists with >= 25 illustrations, which is perhaps more interesting. Because of the high range of possible values, I've tracked mean(log(rank)) and compared 1 sd away from the mean to reflect increased uncertainty with smaller samples.
The information here is taken from the Scryfall bulk data feeds.
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This page was last generated at 02/10/2026, 20:21
| Artist | Count | Mean ln(Rank) |
|---|---|---|
| Jackson Epstein | 5 | 2.68 +/- 1.06 |
| Matt Jukes | 5 | 4.67 +/- .18 |
| Sue Ellen Brown | 5 | 5.93 +/- .27 |
| See Machine | 7 | 6.40 +/- .67 |
| DXTR | 8 | 6.52 +/- .79 |
| Tomáš Honz | 5 | 6.15 +/- 1.35 |
| kozyndan | 5 | 6.19 +/- 1.33 |
| Alex Ross | 6 | 6.60 +/- .92 |
| Yoji Shinkawa | 5 | 5.76 +/- 1.87 |
| Shane Beresford | 6 | 5.54 +/- 2.34 |
| Sarah Finnigan | 12 | 6.51 +/- 1.43 |
| Virginia Elwood | 5 | 6.86 +/- 1.09 |
| Stan Sakai | 6 | 6.84 +/- 1.11 |
| Dwarf Fortress | 6 | 6.32 +/- 1.66 |
| Tsubonari | 11 | 7.23 +/- .77 |
| Imiri Sakabashira | 5 | 7.34 +/- .67 |
| TSWCK | 5 | 6.75 +/- 1.26 |
| Chris Ostrowski | 31 | 6.16 +/- 1.90 |
| Iron Maiden | 7 | 7.21 +/- .85 |
| Riot Games | 9 | 5.58 +/- 2.53 |
| AKQA | 20 | 5.36 +/- 2.75 |
| Joshua Howard | 5 | 6.58 +/- 1.54 |
| Pedro Correa | 13 | 6.29 +/- 1.85 |
| Rian Gonzales | 9 | 6.72 +/- 1.43 |
| Tetsuya Nomura | 10 | 7.55 +/- .61 |
| Kamila Szutenberg | 18 | 6.30 +/- 1.86 |
| Maxilla | 5 | 7.17 +/- .99 |
| Peach Momoko | 6 | 6.99 +/- 1.19 |
| Jay Howell | 6 | 7.80 +/- .38 |
| Pace Wilder | 5 | 5.04 +/- 3.16 |
| Frank Frazetta | 11 | 6.71 +/- 1.50 |
| Mark Riddick | 8 | 7.31 +/- .95 |
| Dani Pendergast | 11 | 4.46 +/- 3.81 |
| Kawasumi | 8 | 6.92 +/- 1.36 |
| Jack Teagle | 8 | 7.28 +/- 1.00 |
| Timba Smits | 5 | 8.01 +/- .27 |
| Junji Ito | 5 | 7.36 +/- .94 |
| Álvaro Calvo Escudero | 7 | 6.91 +/- 1.40 |
| Yoshitaka Amano | 24 | 6.89 +/- 1.49 |
| Mauricio Calle | 5 | 6.49 +/- 1.90 |
| Helvetica Blanc | 5 | 7.22 +/- 1.17 |
| Erol Otus | 6 | 7.52 +/- .87 |
| Murakami Hisashi | 5 | 8.22 +/- .18 |
| Raita Kazama | 5 | 7.75 +/- .66 |
| Minoru | 5 | 7.87 +/- .56 |
| Lucas Staniec | 12 | 6.91 +/- 1.52 |
| Alexander Khabbazi | 7 | 7.28 +/- 1.17 |
| Jordan Speer | 10 | 6.86 +/- 1.58 |
| Minttu Hynninen | 12 | 6.97 +/- 1.48 |
| Rytis Sabaliauskas | 8 | 6.39 +/- 2.07 |
| Tim Brumley | 7 | 8.21 +/- .25 |
| Marlene Yui | 5 | 8.02 +/- .46 |
| Kristina Collantes | 5 | 7.35 +/- 1.13 |
| Ivan Shavrin & Rob Pavic | 5 | 8.15 +/- .33 |
| Ori Toor | 5 | 7.56 +/- .93 |
| Yuichi Murakami | 7 | 7.85 +/- .65 |
| Tracy Yardley | 5 | 6.90 +/- 1.61 |
| Martin Ansin | 5 | 6.03 +/- 2.48 |
| Ilker Yildiz | 9 | 7.07 +/- 1.45 |
| Philip Helliwell | 5 | 6.43 +/- 2.09 |
| BEMOCS | 13 | 7.29 +/- 1.24 |
| David Frasheski | 11 | 6.28 +/- 2.25 |
| Wooden Cyclops | 10 | 7.77 +/- .78 |
| Martin Ontiveros | 7 | 7.53 +/- 1.02 |
| Skinner | 8 | 7.78 +/- .78 |
| Takayama Toshiaki | 8 | 7.32 +/- 1.27 |
| Gary Baseman | 5 | 6.44 +/- 2.15 |
| Jesse LeDoux | 7 | 7.64 +/- .94 |
| Dan Mumford & Thomas Roach | 7 | 7.52 +/- 1.07 |
| Ian Permana | 8 | 7.57 +/- 1.03 |
| Jordan Crane | 7 | 7.46 +/- 1.14 |
| Jeremy Paillotin | 22 | 6.90 +/- 1.70 |
| William Phifer | 6 | 7.77 +/- .83 |
| Desmuncubic | 17 | 7.15 +/- 1.46 |
| Square Enix | 24 | 7.26 +/- 1.35 |
| Ayuko | 5 | 7.38 +/- 1.24 |
| Evan Stanley | 5 | 5.10 +/- 3.57 |
| Mark Bagley | 16 | 6.91 +/- 1.77 |
| Luke Pearson | 6 | 6.92 +/- 1.78 |
| Terry Dodson | 6 | 6.85 +/- 1.85 |
| WFlemming Illustration | 7 | 7.43 +/- 1.28 |
| Gene Luen Yang | 5 | 8.21 +/- .50 |
| Esuthio | 6 | 7.15 +/- 1.56 |
| Shafer Brown | 6 | 7.12 +/- 1.60 |
| Yuu Fujiki | 15 | 7.67 +/- 1.05 |
| Tetsuko | 7 | 8.30 +/- .42 |
| Andrea Sipl | 5 | 7.59 +/- 1.14 |
| Ryo Kamei | 6 | 6.56 +/- 2.18 |
| Yuchi Yuki | 5 | 7.62 +/- 1.11 |
| Todd McFarlane | 5 | 6.75 +/- 1.99 |
| Kathleen Neeley | 6 | 6.86 +/- 1.89 |
| Stephen Andrade | 21 | 7.14 +/- 1.62 |
| Moopic | 9 | 7.98 +/- .78 |
| Alex Dos Diaz | 9 | 7.95 +/- .81 |
| Shahab Alizadeh | 29 | 6.46 +/- 2.31 |
| Abigail Larson | 10 | 7.60 +/- 1.18 |
| Qistina Khalidah | 9 | 6.04 +/- 2.75 |
| John Romita Sr. | 9 | 6.91 +/- 1.89 |
| Paul Adam | 8 | 6.92 +/- 1.88 |
| YASUNARI HIRASAKA | 5 | 8.41 +/- .39 |
| Artist | Count | Mean ln(Rank) |
|---|---|---|
| Chris Ostrowski | 31 | 6.16 +/- 1.90 |
| Shahab Alizadeh | 29 | 6.46 +/- 2.31 |
| MSCHF | 369 | 6.86 +/- 2.07 |
| Pablo Mendoza | 42 | 7.29 +/- 1.74 |
| Scott Okumura | 71 | 7.73 +/- 1.41 |
| Bruce Brenneise | 28 | 7.02 +/- 2.13 |
| Viacom | 60 | 7.56 +/- 1.62 |
| Cabrol | 25 | 8.53 +/- .73 |
| Piotr Dura | 129 | 7.37 +/- 1.94 |
| Jack Hughes | 39 | 8.30 +/- 1.04 |
| Alexander Forssberg | 38 | 7.21 +/- 2.17 |
| Wizard of Barge | 29 | 7.39 +/- 1.99 |
| Sam Burley | 95 | 7.32 +/- 2.09 |
| Alayna Danner | 105 | 7.30 +/- 2.11 |
| Jonas De Ro | 154 | 7.57 +/- 1.84 |
| Eytan Zana | 42 | 7.95 +/- 1.48 |
| Benjamin Ee | 25 | 8.27 +/- 1.18 |
| Matteo Bassini | 29 | 8.08 +/- 1.37 |
| Hristo D. Chukov | 33 | 7.59 +/- 1.89 |
| Jim Cheung & Laura Martin | 31 | 8.77 +/- .73 |
| Ivan Shavrin | 38 | 8.37 +/- 1.13 |
| Alexander Gering | 27 | 7.35 +/- 2.16 |
| Mike Burns | 41 | 7.34 +/- 2.17 |
| Jim Cheung & Jay David Ramos | 43 | 8.34 +/- 1.20 |
| Andreas Rocha | 25 | 7.42 +/- 2.14 |
| Erikas Perl | 53 | 7.56 +/- 2.01 |
| Robin Olausson | 43 | 8.40 +/- 1.18 |
| Dominik Mayer | 150 | 8.36 +/- 1.25 |
| Michael Walsh | 30 | 8.75 +/- .87 |
| Constantin Marin | 27 | 6.77 +/- 2.86 |
| Florian de Gesincourt | 26 | 8.18 +/- 1.45 |
| Pedro Potier | 27 | 8.68 +/- .96 |
| Julian Kok Joon Wen | 47 | 7.84 +/- 1.83 |
| Noah Bradley | 88 | 8.00 +/- 1.67 |
| Justine Jones | 36 | 8.50 +/- 1.17 |
| Yigit Koroglu | 45 | 8.62 +/- 1.10 |
| Wylie Beckert | 25 | 8.64 +/- 1.09 |
| Sergey Glushakov | 59 | 8.22 +/- 1.52 |
| Carlos Palma Cruchaga | 27 | 8.52 +/- 1.22 |
| Liiga Smilshkalne | 54 | 8.26 +/- 1.49 |
| Arthur Yuan | 47 | 7.75 +/- 2.00 |
| Justine Mara Andersen | 38 | 8.83 +/- .93 |
| Anton Solovianchyk | 31 | 8.50 +/- 1.27 |
| Ekaterina Burmak | 79 | 8.69 +/- 1.08 |
| Volta Creation | 70 | 8.95 +/- .83 |
| Sam Guay | 25 | 8.86 +/- .92 |
| Adam Paquette | 184 | 7.84 +/- 1.97 |
| Anna Podedworna | 32 | 8.70 +/- 1.12 |
| Ravenna Tran | 32 | 8.18 +/- 1.65 |
| Antonio José Manzanedo | 106 | 8.75 +/- 1.09 |
| Igor Krstic | 29 | 8.37 +/- 1.46 |
| Martina Fačková | 35 | 8.56 +/- 1.28 |
| Kasia 'Kafis' Zielińska | 25 | 8.20 +/- 1.64 |
| Justin Gerard | 26 | 8.15 +/- 1.70 |
| Iris Compiet | 42 | 8.92 +/- .93 |
| Toni Infante | 43 | 8.09 +/- 1.77 |
| Thanh Tuấn | 41 | 8.61 +/- 1.25 |
| Heonhwa | 55 | 8.71 +/- 1.16 |
| Anato Finnstark | 54 | 8.28 +/- 1.58 |
| Ben Hill | 29 | 8.76 +/- 1.11 |
| Aldo Domínguez | 35 | 8.91 +/- .98 |
| Lixin Yin | 26 | 7.95 +/- 1.95 |
| Maxime Minard | 50 | 8.74 +/- 1.16 |
| Alexander Mokhov | 89 | 8.88 +/- 1.02 |
| Danny Schwartz | 31 | 8.57 +/- 1.33 |
| Steve Ellis | 62 | 9.08 +/- .83 |
| Jokubas Uogintas | 34 | 8.41 +/- 1.50 |
| Brent Hollowell | 44 | 9.15 +/- .76 |
| Justin Hernandez & Alexis Hernandez | 35 | 8.09 +/- 1.82 |
| Justin Hernandez & Alexis Hernandez | 35 | 8.09 +/- 1.82 |
| Lindsey Look | 45 | 7.86 +/- 2.05 |
| Titus Lunter | 122 | 7.94 +/- 1.97 |
| Jarel Threat | 56 | 8.90 +/- 1.02 |
| Johannes Voss | 146 | 8.57 +/- 1.35 |
| Quintin Gleim | 30 | 9.19 +/- .73 |
| Joseph Weston | 25 | 9.03 +/- .90 |
| Grzegorz Rutkowski | 95 | 8.71 +/- 1.24 |
| Tuan Duong Chu | 63 | 9.09 +/- .86 |
| Monztre | 28 | 8.69 +/- 1.26 |
| Fajareka Setiawan | 68 | 8.91 +/- 1.05 |
| Mark A. Nelson | 29 | 9.01 +/- .95 |
| Cliff Childs | 93 | 8.03 +/- 1.94 |
| Campbell White | 145 | 8.98 +/- .99 |
| Nino Is | 64 | 8.17 +/- 1.81 |
| Johan Grenier | 90 | 8.73 +/- 1.25 |
| Fariba Khamseh | 36 | 8.88 +/- 1.11 |
| Narendra Bintara Adi | 45 | 8.19 +/- 1.80 |
| Néstor Ossandón Leal | 103 | 8.63 +/- 1.36 |
| Helge C. Balzer | 49 | 8.38 +/- 1.61 |
| José Parodi | 29 | 9.04 +/- .95 |
| David Álvarez | 50 | 8.43 +/- 1.57 |
| Dmitry Burmak | 116 | 8.68 +/- 1.33 |
| Mirko Failoni | 32 | 8.85 +/- 1.15 |
| Yongjae Choi | 117 | 9.01 +/- 1.00 |
| Tommy Arnold | 27 | 9.25 +/- .75 |
| Yohann Schepacz | 36 | 8.86 +/- 1.15 |
| Eli Minaya | 40 | 8.92 +/- 1.09 |
| Tyler Jacobson | 150 | 8.90 +/- 1.12 |
| Domenico Cava | 34 | 8.77 +/- 1.25 |
| Ilse Gort | 70 | 9.24 +/- .78 |