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[[File:Thomascantycardsboxfront.jpg|thumb|right|Thomas Canty Fantasy Art Trading Cards, box front]]
'''Thomas Canty Fantasy Art Trading Cards''' are [[Redwall Collector Cards|collectible cards]] released in [[1996]] by FPG featuring the artwork of illustrator [[Thomas Canty]]. Ninety cards were released in total; five of the cards feature Canty's artwork from the U.S. Avon editions of ''[[Redwall]]'', ''[[Mossflower]]'', ''[[Mattimeo (book)|Mattimeo]]'', and ''[[Mariel of Redwall]]'' by [[Brian Jacques]]. One card refers to each of the first three listed books, while ''Mariel of Redwall'' receives two cards, one for the front cover piece and one for the back cover. Enumerated, the cards are 73, 74, 75, 76, and 77 of the 90-card series.

The cards were originally released in 10-packs. The front of each card displayed artwork, while the back provided musings from Canty on the time he spent creating the art, as well as an unrelated sketch or illustration.

The cards for ''Mossflower'' (#74), ''Mattimeo'' (#75), and [[Gabool the Wild]] (#76) contain printing errors. The card with the ''Mossflower'' cover artwork is identified as "Mattimeo" while the card with the ''Mattimeo'' cover artwork is identified as "Mossflower." The accompanying descriptive text correctly applies to the artwork's title. The Gabool the Wild card mispells Gabool as "Cabool."

[[File:Thomascantycardsboxback.jpg|thumb|right|Thomas Canty Fantasy Art Trading Cards, box back]]
===Official Description===
''Over the past fifteen years, Thomas Canty has become one of the most accomplished and influential fantasy artists in the field.''

''According to colleague Terri Windling, Canty's fantasy art portrays a lifelong commitment to Romanticism and the expression of Romantic ideals, through the medium of modern book arts.''

''After earning an art and teaching degree at the Massachusetts College of Art, Canty began creating book covers during the early 1980's. The soft-colored, understated iconographic painting style favored by Canty presents a mood, an icon, and a symbol that is intended to capture the flavor of the text.''

''During the mid-eighties, Canty created two children's book series of his own, and began the work he is still known best for outside the fantasy genre: creating modernistic, cutting-edge book designs which manipulate reproductive and computer generation techniques to a unique effect.''

''Never before have so many of Canty's best works been collected in one place. For the first time ever, fantasy fans will be able to see 90 of Thomas Canty's greatest works represented in his inaugural fantasy art trading card series, produced by FPG. A wide variety of Canty's art work has been reproduced for this landmark series, including romantic fantasy, as well as reproductions of book covers from novels by famous authors, such as Stephen King, Michael Moorcock and Peter Straub. As an added bonus, randomly inserted within packs will be one of 1,000 Autographed cards and one of five different metallic cards, which display a radically different version of Thomas Canty art.''

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Thomascantycardspack.jpg|Thomas Canty Fantasy Art Trading Cards pack
Thomascantycardsboxside.jpg|Thomas Canty Fantasy Art Trading Cards box side
Canty 73 - Redwall.jpg|Thomas Canty Fantasy Art Trading Cards #73 - Redwall
Canty 74 - Mattimeo.jpg|Thomas Canty Fantasy Art Trading Cards #74 - Mattimeo
Canty 75 - Mossflower.jpg|Thomas Canty Fantasy Art Trading Cards #75 - Mossflower
Canty 76 - Cabool the Wild.jpg|Thomas Canty Fantasy Art Trading Cards #76 - [[Gabool the Wild]]
Canty 77 - Mariel of Redwall.jpg|Thomas Canty Trading Cards #77 - Mariel of Redwall
</gallery>

===See Also===
*This item was featured in the [[User_blog:LordTBT/Redwall_Collectors_Community:_Thomas_Canty_Fantasy_Art_Trading_Cards|Redwall Collectors Community series]].

[[Category:Accessories]]

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