Tetsuya Nomura reveals his favorite Final Fantasy Magic cards

The FF7 Rebirth creative director still has a lot of love for Sephiroth Mere weeks before Magic: The Gathering’s Final Fantasy crossover launched last June — eventually selling $200 million worth of product in a single day — Wizards of the Coast sat down with Final Fantasy creative director Tetsuya Nomura to discuss his role in developing the set. The company published the interview on March 10. In it, Nomura talked about reviewing several hundred pieces of art for the set over the course of three or four years — and revealed which cards he was the most impressed by. Nomura worked with Wizards reviewing cards adapted from Final Fantasy 6, 7, 8, 10, 13, and 15. When asked by principal narrative designer Dillon Deveney about the most impressive art he reviewed, Nomura referenced two distinct versions of Sephiroth from Final Fantasy 7. Nomura worked as the main character designer on the 1997 game and contributed to the narrative as well. “Here are several pieces that I remember very fondly,” he said, referencing Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER and Sephiroth, Planet’s Heir. “These were ones that I approved instantly, no feedback or revisions at all." The Planet’s Heir version of FF7’s villai