Worst MTG Art or Secretly Genius?

The art of Stasis is controversial for being so different and abstract. People often say Richard did his aunt a favour and included one of her paintings in his game, but that is not the real story!
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[@CardmarketMagic]

You can find the stasis prison decklist here: bit.ly/40suaz7

[@BenziTrain]

I LOVE that you shared the deck list (and I'd love to see a weird stasis brew someday... maybe in Premodern? ;) )

[@CardmarketMagic]

@@BenziTrain we are having some exciting guests over for premodern this summer and... yes... unfortunately, we will be filing a stasis deck 😅 editing that video will likely be a nightmare

[@tartfruit801]

I actually never knew stasis was dogged on, I love the art of it, and wish more non-creatures had simplistic art

[@tartfruit801]

Honestly why I love the art of mystical archive cards from strixhaven

[@heitortremor]

Same, I love it

[@piercearora7681]

Lol I love the Mystical Archive Faithless Looting and always thought it depicted some fancy something-or-other vandalized by graffiti which makes so much sense given the card.

[@xxhellspawnedxx]

I don't think it's "dogged on" as such. There's a world of nuances between dogging on something, and just not being able to appreciate the art in question. I think this relates to a wider trend when it comes to art in general: There are two main ways of doing art, which splits the art appreciator world into two groups. One is for the avid/pretentious art consumer, depending on who you ask. Lots of self-appointed "modern art" fits into this category. It's intentionally difficult to parse and is often intentionally done with a markedly lower visual fidelity (Picasso, for instance, could produce stunningly photo-realistic renderings, but chose not to), in part to feed into that special/pretentious sentiment that is so valued with the patrons of this type of art, and usually requires a small novel's worth of text to contextualise the artwork. The other type is rather straight-forward: Aiming towards as technically proficient a presentation as possible and avoiding open-ended ambiguities in the visual language. This spans the gamut from high-quality comic books, to animation, to game illustration of all kinds, and so on. This is the type that a plurality of art patrons appreciate, in part because it clearly shows off the artist's technical ability and in part because it's easy to take in and relate to, due to the low degree of ambiguity. As such, it's the preferred style of most economic ventures. For obvious reasons, the first type is not the art of the average art consumer, because at best it takes a lot of time to develop an appreciation of, as it is designed to not be appreciated or even appreciable at face value. As for Stasis: Even among the very disparate art styles in early magic cards, it still manages to stands out quite a bit, and the visual fidelity of it is markedly lower than with other artwork from that time, let alone compared to the average level of art quality and direction these days. As such, it gets a bad rap. It's like doing a Death Metal set at a Country festival: It's the wrong type of art for the audience. Those are my two cents, at least.

[@chrisrootnick4438]

Exactly. Like the glyphs. Always liked them for their simplicity.

[@eatachodeutube]

Stasis's art is iconic and recognizable so she knocked it out of the park tbh

[@hitmangfx7162]

Amen!

[@HazzerFloppa]

I love the art of newer magic cards,but...it is often very literal nowadays and very much look like scenes from the set they come from a little too often. I love looking back at older cards where the art style could be a little more abstract and standalone. Makes me think and feel far more for the card as a whole personally. All MTG art has been amazing through the years for all different tastes.

[@dr.jambonius7479]

Exactly What i think. Today mtg cards are usualy 1st degre to understand and have a generic feeling attached to them. I would like a small set released with art 100% abstract art but still connected to MTG.

[@BenziTrain]

This is is one of the BEST videos you guys have ever produced. Bravo.

[@twistedmezelf]

you're telling me you didn't watch 24 hours of shuffling?

[@arivald6677]

I love this format. Not short enough to be bland and oversimplified like those tictocs or youtube shorts but also not long enough to be boring. 5-6 minutes is perfect timing for explaining interesting but narrow topics.

[@OLIV3R_YT]

Damn, I always liked Stasis's art because it was kinda unique.

[@DeadlyGrim]

I miss a lot of the old art, because even most of the "bad" art still had character because it felt different and weird and memorable. Yeah, the Stasis art might be "bad" art for a TCG but people still talk about it and recognize it. We've got "bad" art today, too, but most of the art just feels the same. Most modern Magic art is photorealistic and polished to a sheen. But the rough edges we lost were what made a lot of the art special. Now, weird and experimental stuff is pushed to Secret Lairs. And, like, I'm happy we have that rather than nothing but it would be cool if we could give a bit more power for individual artists in main sets to do their own thing. Sure, we'll probably get bad art if we do that but you can't do anything great without some risk.

[@Chorkly]

Preach

[@natespringer9934]

Wizards needs to get on that secret lair that would be so so cool!!

[@Obversechaos]

"Get your old lady who did Stasis Secret Lair! Just $200 a card! Or $790 if you buy them all preorder!" - WotC Sadly, not really even a joke... they've done worse.

[@japplek]

More abstract art is great for evoking a sense of mystery and wonder. And honestly I think magic could do with a bit more mystery overall. BRING BACK MYSTERY TO MAGIC!

[@yoshimitsu5537]

I loved this one! It would be great to have more videos about the art of MTG. That's one of the things that got me to start playing and has consistently been one of my favorite aspects of the game.

[@rinan5317]

I showed this card to a friend of mine who took arts as his major and he interpreted it as the two in the balance are the combatants (players). The one who has a blindfold is the opponent who was forced under the stasis, the palette puts the perspective of the stopping of time. Amazingly, my friend was able to explain the card to its entirety even though for us the art did not make sense so this means the art is not weird at all.

[@kurtilein3]

Yes, not knowing the backstory until today, i always liked it and it has those "fine art"-vibes unlike any other card. Now i learned, this actually is museum-quality fine art, quite amazing. It just does not fit the fantasy theme, but if you like art in general and have some knowledge from going to museums or from studying it, it makes sense. A bit sad that this is a path not taken, they went with the fantasy style instead of including more fine art.

[@xxhellspawnedxx]

@@kurtilein3 You said it: It's not bad art, but bad art direction. It's not set up for the right audience, as a Magic card.

[@kurtilein3]

This fully reinforces my feelings about the artwork. I always liked it, its unique, and unlike all the other fantasy-style artworks, this always had these fine art vibes for me. Like this particular one is more likely to be something you might come across in a museum or fine art gallery. So my feelings where justified and this one actually is fine art.

[@ZovcDrafts]

Stasis has always been one of my favorite arts in the game. It's very mysterious and abstract. I remember when I was starting to paint, I tried replicating Stasis and showed it to my mom. She asked me if it was about slavery. Whether or not that has any relevance to the original art or anything else, it's such an abstract and confusing piece that I think it's reasonable for different people to find those kinds of deep connections in the art. I remember there was a point in maybe ~2012(?) where Wizards had partnered with what I guess could be called a Streetwear brand. They had sneakers (and I believe shirts, etc) with iconic MTG art on them. Most of them were your boring Jayces and so on, but one of the only "OG" pieces they had was Stasis. I was very tempted to buy a pair and regret not doing so. How I presented myself at the time just didn't matter enough to justify the $70+? price tag. Too bad. I think Stasis is an excellent representation of grassroots Magic.

[@CardmarketMagic]

A pair of Stasis Sneakers sounds like a peak purchase! 🤩

[@ZovcDrafts]

@@CardmarketMagic I tried looking a bit in wayback machine. I couldn't find any references to the Stasis sneakers, or the collection I *swear* existed, but there were design contests around 2009 which most of the images from seem to be lost. None of them resemble what I remember. There is a 2020 K-Swiss collab that vaguely resembles the Jayce-themed shoe I remember, but definitely isn't the same collection. I believe they had one for each mana symbol, the Jayce one, a few other staples, and then friggin Stasis which I'll never not regret missing out on.

[@pinobluevogel6458]

The original artwork in the early days actually was always something that I loved. The uniformity of later cards is probably an improvement for the game, as it helps if everything tie in together, but some originality and iconicness was certainly lost with it. Very sweet and short video. I'm more into longer videos, but this is just the right size for its topic. Well done!

[@phrabb5242]

The nightmare illustration looks like a hellish horse because that's what a nightmare, or incubus for latin points, is in folklore. There's also a pretty famous painting of it.

[@NiiRubra]

This was very interesting, Carl, loved seeing all of the classic art too. I legit had never seen stasis before, while it is different, I don't think it's bad, I could sorta tell from the get go that it was a very abstract take on the concept, a balance of sorts between different parties and I guess when you look at the mechanics of the card, that does work. It's art that represents a stalemate (a better name for the card maybe), rather than everything being frozen through some sci-fi or fantasy means.

[@CUATROMORCE]

thanks for the lesson! also, cardmarket team: karl does a great job, please expand the channel!

[@dks6515]

What an interesting story, please do more of these kinds of videos about magic art!

[@SneoK]

I remember running into a deck with statis and chronatog to skip their upkeed and avoid paying for stasis. From todays perspective it is SO bad but back then i was clueless at how to beat this deck (it was the 90's guys...so have mercy). But the art stuck with me since then, i never thought of it as "bad" just different but the same time interesting.

[@bondeulv]

Chronatog makes you skip your next turn, not just your upkeep...

[@SneoK]

@@bondeulv yeah and they won by decking you, cause i dont remember the card that makes everything you play enter tapped, so you just sat there, draw your card and say "go" for 40 turns.

[@hermodnitter3902]

My brother played this against me back around 96-97. Kismet was the third card needed for this to work. And Drain Power or Mana Short to tap me out before initiating the combo... ;)

[@SneoK]

@@hermodnitter3902 Ah, that was the card :D Thanks!

[@siradzki5905]

Hairstyle in this video is a straight 10 out of 10. 02:37 made me feel like I'm watching a crazy but genius professor rambling about some formulas

[@marxmeesterlijk]

I love the stasis art and i've defended it more than once in my life. So I am so glad you did this video.

[@nebox1923]

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[@qlcrane8019]

Apparently cardmarket has been hacked and some shady things are happening but they claim its "internet provider" problems when ISP haven't reported any problems. I think it was somewhere in reddit

[@alex7ink]

This was such a cool video. I would definitely watch more like this

[@ROMANTIKILLER2]

I love Stasis, I believe I still have an Unlimited copy of it from back in the days together with the IV edition playset. Its art is so unique and surreal, that while at odds with most of MtG artworks (especially modern ones, that with few notable exceptions tend to be a bit too samey for my taste, while exceptionally well executed) it still somewhat captures the sense of immobility and frustration cause by the mechanical effect of this enchantment.

[@FreddyChoppins]

I love card art like Stasis. It's unlike any other art in the game and I honestly like the often literal, simplistic by today's standards, interpretation of card arts more than what we have today. They're sometimes abstract and unrefined, but I feel like that gives them a sort of timeless charm.

[@GiganticPawUnit]

When you show that montage of her art, it makes me wonder if they might've expected her to paint one of her scenes of people in oddly stiff, statue-like poses, representing the concept of being frozen in time. Might be yet another case from early MTG art where they knew what they wanted, but didn't tell the artist!

[@fuchsmithut4108]

I realized how many of these old cards with old artworks I actually own, not because I am a collector, but because I am old, and got them when they came out... daaaaamn.

[@loxeggcheese]

Stasis has always been a favorite art for me. Magic art has always been and still is amazing but I can’t lie, I do miss the whimsical and varied styles of old sets. Stasis embodies this wonderfully and I can’t help but smile when I see it (not always when my opponent resolves it tho haha)

[@penguinlust6749]

"Nightmare" pre dates magic by well over a decade -- it's an old AD&D 1st edition creature (appearing in the original Monster Manual, 1977), so there was no pun invented there. Ms Benson was probably very well aware as to what it is when she created the art. It's origins go back far farther than that -- the first concepts being from as far back as the 1300s, according to Oxford.

[@justinleblanc9089]

Another banger of a video. This was really interesting!

[@marcodebellis1771]

hi guys! i never used cardmarket to buy any cards ( now i'm looking for some pokemon cards ) so i can't really understands what a "fixed" card mean, someone can help me?

[@IanPeon]

This was my favorite piece of art in MTG from the moment I saw it, mostly because it looked like a true painting that was open to interpretation, and not just some on-the-nose depiction of a goblin or something. I never used this card in play back then, but managed to trade up for a pristine Beta version of this card, which I still own to this day, along with my original Revised copy and a 5th Edition one.

[@BruderSeth]

This whole video is a piece of art. And I freaking love the sweater, where's it from?

[@CardmarketMagic]

A store in Canada over a decade ago, sorry, I don't remember. But I agree that it's a great sweater :D

[@fabiogarzaro8272]

Wow this was so interesting, magic is perfect for this kind of short story comtent

[@martinphillips2461]

Sam of Rhystic studies vibe. Here for it.

[@adiuntesserande6893]

My all-time favourite Magic art is very similar in that most people don't like it: Margaret Organ-Kean's art for Foxfire, from Ice Age.

[@jaklegend3]

Super interesting! More videos like this!

[@kyledawson8336]

Carl is love 🤭 status filled me with joy, such an eccentric and odd piece of art.

[@sparkyanimations213]

I love the thick fox and clown on a moon night

[@the_manaburn]

Keep the art reviews going 🎉

[@gedofgont]

This has always been one of my absolute favorites. Faye Jones is clearly a fan of primitivism, which to me, cuts much more quickly to a sense of awe...which is absolutely crucial to my mind if you want to make magic seem "real." I think that is because something that is suggestive and mysterious rather than obvious and literal is FAR more likely to trigger your imagination, which is how we participate in fantasy and make it meaningful. I love how WOTC has come to embrace many more artisitic aesthetics but sometimes wish they weren't so contained within secret lair sets. I do get pretty bored with how literal the art can tend to be though. In the Comics/Storytelling/Art+Text/Film world, like the most basic basic rule is that you don't show and tell the same thing because that asks nothing of the audience. There is no space for wonder or interpretation...and we become passive consumers arguing about how "accurate" things are.

[@awildeep]

I love the Stasis art. The card has a home in my favorite art binder, and I look through it on the regular.

[@sorry987654321]

thank you. i would love to see more art style diversity in modern magic cards like pre 8th edition. nowadays they are all relegated to special releases...

[@nexviper]

Semi-related but while I totally understand the reasoning behind the 8th edition card design change (to make the text stand out more and be easier to read) for me it was a huge hit to the "you are two wizards battling it in a fantasy world with spell scrolls and magical artifacts" feel of the game that the original card design aided.

[@josephbannon8462]

Thought it was great. Just like hypnotic specter and will o wisp from back in the day. Helped draw me in at beta

[@andreww479]

Accidently pressed 1 on my keyboard while watching this, highly recommend it if you are on desktop, lined up really well

[@datawulf88]

What an incredible story. Thanks for sharing 👍

[@zieksuter6519]

Maybe its a Small Video Idea but I'd love to see a Toralf Shuffling Video

[@CardmarketMagic]

We've done one already :) kzbin.infoH1e8JpRJXys?feature=share

[@Hanmacx]

Why is the Card market logo located in Berlin? 🤔

[@CardmarketMagic]

Because the cardmarket offices are located in Berlin 🇩🇪

[@petersehrlustig3752]

Call me a boomer on this, but I miss Magic's old artworks. Not this hyperrealized trendy stuff, where everything looks too similar ans way to catchy (even Commons get artworks where everything is exploding or bathed in radiation). The surreal, sometimes impressionistic approaches gave Magic cards theire own characteristics and made them way more interesting than just brilliant craftmanship and software supported creations could ever achieve. But that's just me, a fossil not ready to let go. Anyways, thanks for this great video, I'd like to see more of that stuff.

[@bricelory9534]

I really do wish more fine art would make its way into Magic. I love when unique styles are presented on cards, and I've always enjoyed the singularly strangeness of Stasis just as much as I've hated playing against it, haha. I'm personally not a fan of the stylisitically uniform look of card art in modern sets (as compared to like Mirage and older). There was a lot of imagination and whimsy in having a diverse set of styles and images across the cards. But as the game became more and more committed to storytelling through sets (which I know many care about, I couldn't care less about Magic's story), it only started making sense to be more homogenous in style, and for me I will always regret what kind of art could have been if it had kept to original aesthetic ideas. Secret Lairs help, at least.

[@Rorschachqp]

Stasis and Kismet was never played with Despotic Scepter. Stasis is a legit 94 deck and Despotic Scepter was printed years later in the Mirage block. That deck was called Turbo Stasis. OG Stasis used Time Elemental (Legends) to bounce Stasis back to hand and/or sub-optimally, Obelisk Of Undoing (Antiquities).

[@go1988]

Wow, Carl was ON FIRE in this one!

[@brokensprites]

Honestly it's one of my favorite cards for this reason. The art feels out of place and makes for a great conversation. Although, I feel like Mystic Remora is the biggest goof of all MTG cards..... They took the card name too literal.

[@SwedeRacerDC]

Yeah, I never really knew the art was hated on. It's simple, but iconic

[@andrewtodt7769]

I really like the open art direction of these early cards and they make for some great stories. I hope in the next un set, they take some creative leaps in terms of artwork. Faithless looting from the mystical archive is the least flavorful mtg art imo. I do think it’s quite funny because the combination of realistic person and blots of solid color remind me of some terrible Microsoft paint photo editing from elementary school

[@lastnamefirstname8655]

cool history. thanks! didn't know about this hate, though.

[@Aaackermann]

30 years ago a friend of mine taught me Magic by playing a Stasis Deck against me. I hated him with a passion! But I ended up loving this game nevertheless till this day!

[@ZM-nb9ib]

These videos are great!

[@camael4209]

Wait stasis was hated? I loved the art. Though yea in the original mtg setting, art deco might not fit in completely but it looked nice. If I would've drawn stasis, I'd probably draw something that was frozen in time. Like a person stuck while the world around them was moving forward, illustrated by a child growing up with the person still in place. Or a person caught in a winding clock

[@randallbachir3695]

Play kai buddes wildfires vs finkles tinker!!! Whats the better deck?!

[@nitiratp]

Stasis has really unique art and is iconic. I always liked it, and wondered what the backstory was for it

[@prinnyblackblade]

Guy at the local game store back in the day had a gross Stasis deck. I played it like twice and never got close to beating him. I remember he tried to show a kid how to play Magic one day, and he played his Stasis deck. Whipped the poor kid's ass. I remember asking the kid later if he liked Magic, hoping to get more players in our group, and his response was, "I don't know. I didn't really play."

[@CardmarketMagic]

Hahahaha yes this story perfectly embodies how unfun that card could be. Hopefully that kid got to play a match against a normal deck after that 😅

[@Herr_Damit]

The thing with nightmares being horses is not a pun! Look up old paintings of nightmares and you will see something akin to the r*pe-horse from Berzerk.

[@asap_woke]

I muted The Masters to watch this video - as usual, CardMarket does not disappoint.

[@kaalesrex2933]

always liked the old "rough around the edges" art of early magic art... they just don't do "grimy" anymore

[@MichaelSmith-lo9hl]

Fun video, thanks!

[@marekjurcik]

Thanks for the nice backstory!

[@hitmangfx7162]

If I hadn't been seeing this card appear on lists, I never would have guessed this would be some of the "worst" MTG art of all time. I always loved it and felt like it represented its effect perfectly. If we're talking worst art, I feel like we need to start with the "new" versions of the Shivan Dragon. They took all the coolness of the original and made it look like a generic DnD reject.

[@Wintersmith12]

I never knew the artists of the original set got royalties from the game, that's really cool

[@lucidiously]

The Nightmare has been a thing since the first edition of D&D from 1977.

[@nujabyr]

stasis has always been my favorite card art, and i proudly display a print in my room over my bed as i understand was the fate of the original fay jone's piece.

[@theatog]

I love Carl. Entertaining, handsome, animated. Amazing presenter.

[@Roll-Penut]

I've been wanting a signed stasis for so long. They're impossible to find

[@kurtilein3]

Yes, she is not an illustrator, has nothing to do with fantasy art, so you might find her at high-end fine art exhibitions, not at conventions. So to get it signed you would need to know her in a different way. The target audience for events where you might find her is very different, its filthy rich older people that are very serious about contemporary fine art, not nerdy teenagers obsessed with a card game.

[@wulfgar3503]

Nice, I play Premodern Stasis

[@AENock]

The art is beautiful, and I will be bold and say it is the epitome of Blue magic. The card is deceptive; one is immediately drawn to the art, then one reads the text box. "Fuck" is a term I often hear. Blue breaks the rules of the Magic game. Stasis breaks the rules of Magic art. No one ever forgets Stasis.

[@oskaretc]

Oh what i wouldn’t give to have those artists with the freedom they had back again. I barely even look at the artwork on mtg cards anymore, it’s so soul-crushingly bland and testosterone-y. Disintegrate, kird ape, earthbind, terror, red elemental blast, clone, fork, lord of atlantis… i could name every single card from revised and remember the art of each vividly. They had rough edges, distinct art styles, weirdness, charm. You wanna guess how many cards’ artwork from ravnica i remember?

[@undergroundhead5]

You should research and follow-up this video with the story about Richard Garfield giving the original stasis art to a young kid who was learning to play Magic

[@somepl3b]

Stasis is literally exactly what a stasis would look like though

[@TijnMercx]

Wordt art? Tower Above Man! Those little arms

[@joshuaadams5295]

Stasis is one my favorites cards and favorite arts

[@Rippedraving]

Please make more content like this.

[@TheMaxximusGamer]

what if you did a contest where poeple submit card art by giving them 1 word and flavor text to see what poeple make, could be fun to do

[@CardmarketMagic]

That would be super fun!

[@thomassynths]

I like Statis's art. I also love the deck. I can think of cards with much worse art such as Reverse Polarity. There are modern cards that I know have terrible 3D art, but I dont recall the names.

[@onepointtwo500]

I'd like to see an edit without the floating painting palette

[@michaelray2741]

I'm just going to say this before reading the comments or watching the video. Stasis has my favorite art of all of magic art and always has.

[@schrottinator]

SInce the Mystical Archive Faithless Looting took Stasis' place.

[@CardmarketMagic]

You make a very good point 😅

[@alexiswigginton452]

I gotchu, the art depicts a student, descovering magic far beyond their needs, a destructive magic that while providing power, burns and desteoys everything around you, thats why they have smoke and stuff burning in the background, drawn showing someone both wield their treasure while carelessly wasting it away

[@metalhev3989]

Guess I'm too new and used to alt-arts to notice this art is out of the ordinary.

[@MichaelKolesarKoleslaw]

I pissed so many people off with my horrible stasis/winter orb/icy manipulator deck back in the day

[@bigbloke2000]

Whart about the black card that is just black with two small white eyes? From Legends I believe... That is clearly the worse artwork...

[@simongunkel7457]

Word of Command by Jesper Myrfors was in Alpha. Amy Weber also has some duds in Alpha. These came about because a couple of artists didn't turn in their comissions and Myrfors and Weber were on staff at the budgeoning WotC, so when the art didn't show up on time, they basically did illustrations for a few cards on a single day, just to get something to the printers in time for them to deliver the cards for GenCon. Justim Hamptons "Reverse Polarity" from Antiquities is also often named as a piece of bad art - but there I think it was mainly an issue of WotC having to hire any talent they could get and Hampton is an illustrator from Seattle. He did a lot of work for the local music scene (and mid 90s that obviously meant quite a bit of work) and his style wasn't a good fit for MtG. The market for full color fantasy illustrations in the early 90s wasn't that big - maybe 2000 pieces per year. Then MtG comes around and adds something like 600 pieces per year at the start. And of course a lot of other TCGs get created in its wake so by '96 we're looking at 5000 pieces at least. There is a lot of scrambling for talent.

[@TheSeventhChild]

Of course gliding got more support. As if it wasn't broken already, they really thought 7 cupcakes was enough of a cost to keep it in check. Even without it you're probably not even getting to your turn without having 9 bruises.

[@Caderfixloxa]

I think it is ok, considering it is from the very start of the whole thing. I have more issues with newer art not being at the high level MTG is known for, because in those cases there is no "reasoning"

[@Carnane]

The worst MTG card art of all time is Clint Cearley's Syncopate from Return to Ravnica, this is cool and good. Also the Faithless Looting from Mystical Archives is amazing, I won't hear it uttered.

[@Chefvonbreezy]

I like stasis alot. I run it in a urza lord high artificer deck many people really like the art so much they ignore the fact that its locking them out of the game lol

[@haveanice69]

I always liked that art I never knew people thought it was the worst mtg art

[@stormycat0905]

I've always liked the Stasis art. It made you think and use your imagination. Unlike a lot of the art now that is overly detailed.

[@BigItalian7]

I don't think we watched the same 'The Social Network'.

[@peterrowley110]

Tackling the topics other content creators wouldn’t dare to touch

[@TastySnackies]

I’d rather have every art be Stasis, than the generic high-fantasy digital style that’s plastered all over most modern MTG cards