Gloom
Where do the things that go bump in the night live during the day? In Gloom. All living things fear for when they will come to an end, except perhaps the inhabitants of this Verse, and it is from this fear that Gloom derives its essence. Whether they can truly be said to be “living” is a matter of individual case, as well as debate. The landscape is dreary, dark, or even unfathomable.
Some say that a part of Gloom even exists outside of time and space, and that to glimpse it would drive a mortal mad instantly. The power of this Verse is invoked by warlocks, necromancers, and cursed kings, who would bargain with malevolent entities in desperate attempts to stave off their own demise. Demons and phantoms, brutal insectoid killers, and even worse are the denizens of the threatening place that takes purchase in our world’s collective unconscious.
The black of Gloom is cold and hungry, its greens and blues nauseatingly virulent or shockingly offensive, and its red is the iron red of spilled blood. The silence of space in our world is but a tiny approximation of this Verse’s deafening void. Magic and technology both exist in Gloom, but only as means to sinister ends. Threat—and making good on it—can be said to be its guiding principle.
Where do the things that go bump in the night live during the day? In Gloom. All living things fear for when they will come to an end, except perhaps the inhabitants of this Verse, and it is from this fear that Gloom derives its essence. Whether they can truly be said to be “living” is a matter of individual case, as well as debate. The landscape is dreary, dark, or even unfathomable.
Some say that a part of Gloom even exists outside of time and space, and that to glimpse it would drive a mortal mad instantly. The power of this Verse is invoked by warlocks, necromancers, and cursed kings, who would bargain with malevolent entities in desperate attempts to stave off their own demise. Demons and phantoms, brutal insectoid killers, and even worse are the denizens of the threatening place that takes purchase in our world’s collective unconscious.
The black of Gloom is cold and hungry, its greens and blues nauseatingly virulent or shockingly offensive, and its red is the iron red of spilled blood. The silence of space in our world is but a tiny approximation of this Verse’s deafening void. Magic and technology both exist in Gloom, but only as means to sinister ends. Threat—and making good on it—can be said to be its guiding principle.
Gloom
Tokens
- 1 of 1, sold by auction
- Playable in Verses TCG as "full art" style card
- Holders will receive airdrops of derivative card editions as they are minted
Midnight Flight
Brian Snoddy has given this gouache painting to the Verses team to exclusively mint as an NFT for the first time. This minting marks the passage of this image from the physical world into the Verses. This edition is the only Foundation Edition of Midnight Flight that will ever be made.
As the holder of this NFT, you will receive free airdrops of future cards based on this art, including a Signature Edition.
You can play with this as a full art card in Verses games.
Artist Statement:
This was painted for a card game that was all about capturing CRYPTIDS (creatures that may or may not exist). This card game was never finished or released. This is a painting of the legendary character Spring Heeled Jack, a creature that plagued Victorian era England for decades starting in 1837.
A Most Surprising Hero
Pat morrissey-Lewis has given this digital illustration to the Verses team to exclusively mint as an NFT for the first time. This minting marks the passage of this image from the physical world into the Verses. This edition is the only Foundation Edition of A Most Surprising Hero that will ever be made.
As the holder of this NFT, you will receive free airdrops of future cards based on this art, including a Signature Edition.
You can play with this as a full art card in Verses games.
Artist Statement:
This was a digital piece I did for a Frankenstein book. Re-animated in the lab of Dr. Frankenstein, the dead man was brought back to life. I wanted to show a more emotional aspect to his sadness of being forced back into a world where he would ultimately face his death once again.
Undying Devotion
Pat morrissey-Lewis has given this oil painting to the Verses team to exclusively mint as an NFT for the first time. This minting marks the passage of this image from the physical world into the Verses. This edition is the only Foundation Edition of Undying Devotion that will ever be made.
As the holder of this NFT, you will receive free airdrops of future cards based on this art, including a Signature Edition.
You can play with this as a full art card in Verses games.
Artist Statement:
This was an oil painting inspired by the army of the dead in the Lord of the Rings. I see this Queen walking between the worlds of life and death. She rules with her husband as a warrior woman protecting her people from both the living and the dead.
I Knew This Day Would Come
Pat morrissey-Lewis has given this oil painting to the Verses team to exclusively mint as an NFT for the first time. This minting marks the passage of this image from the physical world into the Verses. This edition is the only Foundation Edition of I Knew This Day Would Come that will ever be made.
As the holder of this NFT, you will receive free airdrops of future cards based on this art, including a Signature Edition.
You can play with this as a full art card in Verses games.
Artist Statement:
Many of my personal paintings start with a theme from some type of legend. The Lady of the Lake, of course, comes from the King Arthur Legend. The offering of the sword comes only to the worthy, and as one can see, some knight didn’t live up to the standard.
Undying Love
Pat morrissey-Lewis has given this oil painting to the Verses team to exclusively mint as an NFT for the first time. This minting marks the passage of this image from the physical world into the Verses. This edition is the only Foundation Edition of Undying Love that will ever be made.
As the holder of this NFT, you will receive free airdrops of future cards based on this art, including a Signature Edition.
You can play with this as a full art card in Verses games.
Artist Statement:
This was an oil painting inspired by the army of the dead in the Lord of the Rings. I see this Queen walking between the worlds of life and death. She rules with her husband as a warrior woman protecting her people from both the living and the dead.
Entangled
Drew Tucker has given this oil painting to the Verses team to exclusively mint as an NFT for the first time. This minting marks the passage of this image from the physical world into the Verses. This edition is the only Foundation Edition of Entangled that will ever be made.
As the holder of this NFT, you will receive free airdrops of future cards based on this art, including a Signature Edition.
You can play with this as a full art card in Verses games.
Artist Statement:
"I love you", the dragon said as he looked down nervously wringing his hands, not sure of the reply.
Mesmerized, there are no limits to the tilt of her head. The slight glance, the glare with a secret smile.
The sound in her voice, softly spoken. Conducting it all.
A Narrowing Escape
Drew Tucker has given this oil painting to the Verses team to exclusively mint as an NFT for the first time. This minting marks the passage of this image from the physical world into the Verses. This edition is the only Foundation Edition of A Narrowing Escape that will ever be made.
As the holder of this NFT, you will receive free airdrops of future cards based on this art, including a Signature Edition.
You can play with this as a full art card in Verses games.
Artist Statement:
Through the mouth of giants we deftly pass not hearing their stories, whispers or prayers,
Their footsteps rustling the ground, churning the twigs and leaves. To no one.
Ex Memoriam
Brian Snoddy has given this painting to the Verses team to exclusively mint as an NFT for the first time. This minting marks the passage of this image from the physical world into the Verses. This edition is the only Foundation Edition of Ex Memoriam that will ever be made.
As the holder of this NFT, you will receive free airdrops of future cards based on this art, including a Signature Edition.
You can play with this as a full art card in Verses games.
Artist Statement:
This was painted for the 20th anniversary of MAGIC THE GATHERING. In 2014, a bunch of us old school MAGIC artists got together and we all redid an old card. This was my redo of the card Recall. This painting was printed in the 20th anniversary book called THE GATHERING.
Conservation of Minotaur
Anson Maddocks has given this painting to the Verses team to exclusively mint as an NFT for the first time. This minting marks the passage of this image from the physical world into the Verses. This edition is the only Foundation Edition of Conservation of Minotaur that will ever be made.
As the holder of this NFT, you will receive free airdrops of future cards based on this art, including a Signature Edition.
You can play with this as a full art card in Verses games.
Artist Statement:
This piece was initially commissioned by a private collector with an interest in a fusion concept involving two previously published illustrations. I decided to depict a scene as derelict and uncomfortable as those two originals had been, only this time replacing what were human skeletal figures with those of Minotaurs in various states of decay.
My depiction of Minotaurs has always included extensive tribal inkings and ritual scarification. Without their intact flesh to consider, I chose to give those characteristic embellishments a supernatural presence in the air immediately surrounding each of them or hovering where they were meant to be when the creature had flesh to hold them.
This final digital montage incorporates selected elements which were photographed throughout the many stages, now hidden, that preceded the finished piece.
- Limited to 100 cards
- Fixed price of 100 XTZ
- Playable in Verses TCG as "full art" style card
- Holders will receive airdrops of derivative card editions as they are minted
- Available to all players at Verses TCG launch (2023)
- Currently not for sale
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