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Statement on Trouble in Pairs (magic.wizards.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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We've heard questions on the integrity of the art on the card Trouble in Pairs from the Murders at Karlov Manor Commander set, and we had questions, too. As we have looked into this further, we're now suspending future work with Fay Dalton.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Totally out of the loop; what’s s the issue?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Fay Dalton was found to have traced a substantial amount of the art in Trouble in Pairs from an old Donato Giancola book cover

https://mtgzone.com/post/542495

More parts were found to have been copied from older pieces of art as well

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Ooof… that’s embarrassing. Does Wizard not check for such things? It’s not that hrd to use an image lookup tool these days to check fr plagiarism…

Thanks for the context!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

It had been drawn over (shadows were different).

If Fay Dalton had also changed the character's race and hair color, it probably wouldn't have been noticed.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That’s a pretty succinct statement, and on a Friday afternoon.

I’m curious what “we had questions, too” means, it’s so vague. I guess given the likely law suit here they’re just staying ambiguous.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

I imagine WotC's questions were similar to DG's, i.e., what other works were stolen?