Plains

The International Collectors' Edition (ICE) Plains, released in 1993, serves as a non-tournament legal parallel to the original Magic: The Gathering base set. Produced by Wizards of the Coast for an international audience, these cards were intended to showcase the game's art and mechanics, distinguished from standard game cards by their gold-bordered backs and square corners. They reflect the early, experimental phase of the game's distribution, created to provide a luxury or display version of the foundational cards that had quickly become difficult to acquire.

The artwork for this Plains was created by Jesper Myrfors, who served as the original art director for Magic: The Gathering. Myrfors brought a distinct, painterly aesthetic to the game's earliest landscapes, focusing on atmospheric compositions that defined the visual identity of the Plains card type. His contribution in these formative years established a baseline for the serene, open-field representation that would persist throughout the game's history, and his work in the Collectors' Edition remains a nostalgic touchstone for collectors of early Magic memorabilia.