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Magic: The Gathering Artist

Michael C. Hayes

Michael C. Hayes has painted 30 distinct Magic: The Gathering artworks, printed 63 times across 39 sets, from 2011 to 2024. Their palette is led by white and black, and it lands mostly on creatures and sorceries. Their most reprinted piece is Stealer of Secrets, which has appeared on 5 printings.

30
Artworks
39
Sets
2011–2024
Active
63
Printings
Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter
First card · 2011
Fetid Gargantua
Most recent · 2024
Dictate of Erebos
Most valuable · $19

What they paint

By colour · 30 artworks

White 8
Blue 5
Black 6
Red 2
Green 1
Multicolor 4
Colorless 4

By card type · 5 kinds

Creature 17
Instant 3
Sorcery 5
Artifact 1
Enchantment 4

Sets

39 sets, oldest first. Hover or tap a symbol for its name; click it to filter the art below.

Double Masters ↗ 1 artwork · 2011 Commander 2011 ↗ 1 artwork · 2011 Commander 2011 Launch Party ↗ 1 artwork · 2011 Magic 2012 ↗ 2 artworks · 2011 The List ↗ 4 artworks · 2011 Innistrad ↗ 3 artworks · 2011 Midnight Hunt Commander ↗ 1 artwork · 2011 Secret Lair Drop ↗ 1 artwork · 2011 Dark Ascension ↗ 2 artworks · 2012 Avacyn Restored ↗ 2 artworks · 2012 Duel Decks: Blessed vs. Cursed ↗ 2 artworks · 2012 Avacyn Restored Tokens ↗ 1 artwork · 2012 Commander 2019 Tokens ↗ 1 artwork · 2012 Ultimate Masters ↗ 1 artwork · 2012 Magic 2013 ↗ 1 artwork · 2012 Magic 2015 ↗ 2 artworks · 2012 Duel Decks: Jace vs. Vraska ↗ 1 artwork · 2012 Magic Online Promos ↗ 4 artworks · 2012 URL/Convention Promos ↗ 1 artwork · 2012 Return to Ravnica ↗ 2 artworks · 2012 Welcome Deck 2017 ↗ 1 artwork · 2012 Duel Decks: Heroes vs. Monsters ↗ 1 artwork · 2013 Gatecrash ↗ 2 artworks · 2013 Dragon's Maze ↗ 1 artwork · 2013 Modern Masters 2017 ↗ 1 artwork · 2013 Starter Commander Decks ↗ 1 artwork · 2013 Iconic Masters ↗ 1 artwork · 2013 Magic 2014 ↗ 1 artwork · 2013 Born of the Gods ↗ 3 artworks · 2014 Commander 2015 ↗ 1 artwork · 2014 Journey into Nyx ↗ 1 artwork · 2014 Pioneer Masters ↗ 1 artwork · 2014 Conspiracy: Take the Crown ↗ 1 artwork · 2014 Khans of Tarkir ↗ 1 artwork · 2014 Modern Horizons 2 ↗ 4 artworks · 2021 Modern Horizons 2 Promos ↗ 1 artwork · 2021 Dominaria United ↗ 1 artwork · 2022 Dominaria United Promos ↗ 1 artwork · 2022 Modern Horizons 3 ↗ 1 artwork · 2024

Every artwork

2011

Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter — art by Michael C. Hayes 3 printings Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter Commander 2011 Launch Party · 2011 Crumbling Colossus — art by Michael C. Hayes 2 printings Crumbling Colossus Magic 2012 · 2011 Distress — art by Michael C. Hayes Distress Magic 2012 · 2011 Reckless Waif // Merciless Predator — art by Michael C. Hayes Reckless Waif // Merciless Predator Innistrad · 2011 Civilized Scholar // Homicidal Brute — art by Michael C. Hayes Civilized Scholar // Homicidal Brute Innistrad · 2011 Undead Alchemist — art by Michael C. Hayes 3 printings Undead Alchemist Innistrad · 2011

2012

Nearheath Stalker — art by Michael C. Hayes Nearheath Stalker Dark Ascension · 2012 Curse of Bloodletting — art by Michael C. Hayes Curse of Bloodletting Dark Ascension · 2012 Cathedral Sanctifier — art by Michael C. Hayes 2 printings Cathedral Sanctifier Avacyn Restored · 2012 Human — art by Michael C. Hayes 2 printings Human Avacyn Restored Tokens · 2012 Appetite for Brains — art by Michael C. Hayes 3 printings Appetite for Brains Avacyn Restored · 2012 Mind Sculpt — art by Michael C. Hayes 3 printings Mind Sculpt Magic 2013 · 2012 Stealer of Secrets — art by Michael C. Hayes 5 printings Stealer of Secrets Return to Ravnica · 2012 Deviant Glee — art by Michael C. Hayes Deviant Glee Return to Ravnica · 2012

2013

Purge the Profane — art by Michael C. Hayes Purge the Profane Gatecrash · 2013 Truefire Paladin — art by Michael C. Hayes 2 printings Truefire Paladin Gatecrash · 2013 Pilfered Plans — art by Michael C. Hayes 3 printings Pilfered Plans Dragon's Maze · 2013 Angelic Accord — art by Michael C. Hayes 3 printings Angelic Accord Magic 2014 · 2013

2014

Noble Quarry — art by Michael C. Hayes 2 printings Noble Quarry Born of the Gods · 2014 Gorgon's Head — art by Michael C. Hayes Gorgon's Head Born of the Gods · 2014 Siren of the Fanged Coast — art by Michael C. Hayes Siren of the Fanged Coast Born of the Gods · 2014 Dictate of Erebos — art by Michael C. Hayes 3 printings $19 Dictate of Erebos Journey into Nyx · 2014 Paragon of Gathering Mists — art by Michael C. Hayes Paragon of Gathering Mists Magic 2015 · 2014 Kill Shot — art by Michael C. Hayes 2 printings Kill Shot Khans of Tarkir · 2014

2021

Sanctifier en-Vec — art by Michael C. Hayes 5 printings Sanctifier en-Vec Modern Horizons 2 Promos · 2021 Blossoming Calm — art by Michael C. Hayes Blossoming Calm Modern Horizons 2 · 2021 Sanctum Prelate — art by Michael C. Hayes 2 printings Sanctum Prelate Modern Horizons 2 · 2021 Blossoming Calm — art by Michael C. Hayes Blossoming Calm Modern Horizons 2 · 2021

2022

Shadow-Rite Priest — art by Michael C. Hayes 5 printings Shadow-Rite Priest Dominaria United Promos · 2022

2024

Fetid Gargantua — art by Michael C. Hayes Fetid Gargantua Modern Horizons 3 · 2024

Worked alongside

Artists whose catalogue overlaps most with Michael C. Hayes’s.

Peter Mohrbacher 20 shared sets · 53 artworks Ryan Barger 20 shared sets · 51 artworks David Rapoza 20 shared sets · 71 artworks Cynthia Sheppard 25 shared sets · 78 artworks Scott Chou 22 shared sets · 60 artworks Clint Cearley 26 shared sets · 103 artworks Maciej Kuciara 9 shared sets · 11 artworks Eytan Zana 19 shared sets · 55 artworks Charles Urbach 10 shared sets · 19 artworks Drew Baker 14 shared sets · 35 artworks James Ryman 26 shared sets · 117 artworks Anthony Palumbo 24 shared sets · 89 artworks