Since restarting the Stone Rain Project I've discovered a number of other Global Set Projects have popped up on the 'net in the interim. I think this is very cool, especially since every new person who tries a hand at a global set takes a fresh perspective and comes up with a new spin on the idea. For instance...   more »

One of my leads sent me an e-mail saying he was having trouble distinguishing the languages. I understand that frustration only too well. So I threw together this little "language primer" to help folks distinguish between languages, specifically for Stone Rains, but also in general. It's not great, but it might prove helpful for most cards...   more »

In the Magic: the Gathering discussion forums at Wizards of the Coast's website, a forum was recently added for the esteemed artist Ben Thompson. Mr. Thompson is the artist who created the wonderful art on the Mercadian Masques version of Stone Rain. I couldn't resist asking Mr. Thompson if he would mind answering a few questions about his work on Stone Rain, and he very kindly agreed to do so. Thanks Ben! ...   more »

I recently became aware of Håkan Abrahamsson of Göteborg, Sweden through a friend of his who had seen the Stone Rain Project website. It turns out that Håkan (pronounced haw-kan) is another Stone Rain collector! I've met very few in my cybertravels, and Håkan was very generous to me, essentially donating his only copy of White-bordered Portuguese Fourth Edition Stone Rain for inclusion in the Stone Rain Project! Thanks Håkan...   more »

I bumped into Dan Barnard of Green Bay, Wisconsin on MOTL as I was beginning this project. He has over 10,000 Stone Rain cards! What I have in diversity, he makes up for in sheer quantity...   more »

• 173 printings
• 11 different illustrations
• 10 different artists:

  Daniel Gelon, 1 artwork, 9 English printings: Alpha Beta Unlimited Revised Summer Fourth Edition DCI Promo Foil Collector's Edition International Collector's Edition Tony Roberts, 2 artworks, 1 English printing each: Fifth Edition Mirage John Matson, 1 artwork, 9 English printings: 8th Edition 8th Edition FOIL 9th Edition 9th Edition FOIL Sixth Edition Portal Starter Mark LePine 1999 WC Deck Janosch Kuhn 2000 WC Deck

  Tony Szczudlo, 1 artwork, 2 English printings: 7th Edition 7th Edition FOIL Greg Staples, 1 artwork, 2 English printings: Champions of Kamigawa Champions of Kamigawa FOIL Kaja Foglio, 1 artwork, 1 English printing: Ice Age Christopher Rush, 1 artwork, 1 English printing: Tempest Ben Thompson, 1 artwork, 2 English printings: Mercadian Masques Mercadian Masques FOIL Doug Chaffee, 1 artwork, 1 English printing: Portal Second Age Mitsuaki Sagiri, 1 artwork, 1 English printing: Portal Three Kingdoms

• The first artwork showed stones falling down and to the right. Evidently this started a trend... 6 of the 11 illustrations show stones falling down and to the right. Three of the illustrations show stones falling straight down (Thompson - Masques, Chaffee - Portal Second Age, and Sagiri - Portal Three Kingdoms). Only two illustrations show stones falling down to the left: John Matson's which first appeared in Portal, and Greg Staples's new illustration for Champions of Kamigawa.