Art’s Second Chance - Finding Card Art
When making a mockup of a card that will only be displayed digitally, you don’t necessarily need exceptionally high-resolution art. However, starting with the best copy of the art that you can manage will make the final product look a little nicer.
Especially for newer or more prominent cards, you can often find a nice-resolution version of a card's art by searching Google images for the card’s name, along with the artist’s name and/or the word “art.”
Websites such as http://www.artofmtg.com/ and https://mtgpics.com/ also contain high-quality images of many pieces of card art from recent sets. Visiting an artist’s personal webpage, DeviantArt account, or ArtStation account can sometimes also yield high-quality versions of their art.
Failing that, however, you can get a decent-sized image of most cards through Scryfall tagger.
From a card’s main Scryfall page, you can open that card’s Scryfall tagger page.
Once on the tagger page, you can click on the art for a slightly larger version of it. This isn’t ideal, but is sometimes larger than any other art available. Scryfall tagger is also useful for finding art that features specific elements, such as Tamiyo, or Skull Helmets. (Note that these tags are added by users, so they’re not necessarily exhaustive.)
The niceness of the copy of the art you’re using isn’t relevant to the contest, but this is sometimes the only way to get a hold of art that’s any higher-resolution than Gatherer card size.
