Ten Speed Press Lets You Bring Your Own Colors To ‘Magic: The Gathering’

Welcome to the table,

There are times when you want to engage your brain while relaxing. An activity that has been a mainstay of many of us since our youth is coloring in coloring books. Some people claim it can calm the mind, lower their heart rate, and help quiet negative thoughts.

The repetitive motion can even cause an almost meditative state that focuses the person coloring, causing them to be “present” and in the moment rather than worrying over things that have been plaguing them or what stressful or unpleasant things are soon to come.

I like coloring as an activity when time allows. It helps hand-eye coordination and eye focus. These are two things I am always worried are being eroded by my constant use of keyboards and digital screens, so the analog nature of coloring is a cool way to reconnect to a very tactile activity. Of course, when I want to color something, it’s typically not going to be those activity books you find in the Dollar Store or some random pages printed from a website.

Lucky for me, my pals over at Ten Speed Press have an epic new coloring book hitting shelves on April 28th. Let’s get into it!

The Official Magic: The Gathering Coloring Book is packed with tons of iconic illustrations from across MTG‘s multi-decade-long history. These black and white images are full of rich detail but still retain a level of accessibility that could serve even young coloring enthusiasts who want to tackle the contents found within these pages.

The images have a good variety of tone and subject matter, taking us from haunting landscapes like the ones found in Ravnica to spotlighting iconic Planeswalkers like Chandra and Karn.

Ten Speed Press sent me an early review copy, and I was delighted to find a ton of work went into this project. The mana symbol pages are really cool, and the art they included from select land cards makes me want to bust out my watercolor pens and see if I can’t evoke the same moody atmospheric nature you find on the cards in my decks.

There are also some fun, nostalgic surprises tucked into this tome, like the Birds of Paradise you can see above.

If you are a fan of Magic: The Gathering, coloring, or both, or if you know someone who is a mixture of any of these things, this is a really good gift for you or them. This would also work as a great gift for a Storyteller or Dungeon Master in your life who could, I’m sure, use a little thank you. It could also be a cool prize for a MTG tournament or draft night. So many ways to add this to your table or shelf.

Until next time, you can grab this wherever Epic Colorbooks are sold, and don’t be afraid to color a page or two and drop it in our comments over on BlueSky and Facebook.