Stolen Artwork List, - Official Statement and Offer 8/7/19 - Updated 7/20/2026

Due to numerous recent requests to authenticate Magic the Gathering artworks, Anson and I are making public the following list of artwork, which was reported stolen to the Seattle Police Department on 8-12-04.  (Incident #04-298873). (However, the date of the theft is sometime in 2001.) Our hopes in making this information public knowledge is to recover whatever artwork possible, gain some degree of healing for Anson and to help stop the ongoing perpetration of this crime.

 

Briefly about the theft: The artwork was stolen from a secured room within his residence by a relative of the person he had entrusted the care of his home to. The thief was not personally acquainted with Anson, but their identity became known when Jon Lindley, an employee of a local game store, Cardhaus, (who purchased much, if not all of the artwork) came forward, providing details of the crime and expressing a willingness to testify in court to the information provided.

 

We know this list is extensive and that the history of the pieces will be worrisome to those in possession of them. Please contact brenda@ansonmaddocks.com if you have any questions or wish to receive a copy of the police report. For added clarity I have attached to the end of it, those artworks which were NOT associated with the theft either because they were sold by Anson, gifted by Anson or are presently still in his possession.

 

We apologize for being the bearer of bad news. If this information is upsetting to you, please consider the loss Anson has experienced as a result of this crime. This is an extremely painful topic for him to discuss and the lack of meaningful investigation on the part of the Seattle Police Department (despite being given the suspected thief’s name) combined with a mere 10% global recovery rate of stolen artwork has left him feeling powerless and less than hopeful. Please note that this theft happened 11 years after the release of the Alpha set at which point Anson had only sold 2 of his 30 Alpha pieces. It is my sincere belief he would not have chosen to sell many, if any, of these stolen artworks.

 

We have the opportunity to right a very big wrong here for Anson, who has contributed so much to the early years of Magic the Gathering. Thank you to everyone for all of your help!

 

Brenda Maddocks & Anson Maddocks

 

 

STOLEN ARTWORK (2004) - updated 7/20/26

 

1. LEGEND OF THE FIVE RINGS – A Prophecy Fulfilled

 

2. MTG Anaba Ancestor (Homelands)

3. MTG Anaba Bodyguard 2 (Homelands)

4. MTG Anaba Spirit Crafter (Homelands)

5. MTG Ashnod's Altar (Antiquities)

6. MTG Bloodlust (Legends)

7. MTG Bone Shaman (Ice Age)

8. MTG Breeding Pit (Fallen Empires)

9. MTG Carapace 1 (Homelands)

10. MTG Carapace 2 (Homelands)

11. MTG Combat Medic (Fallen Empires)

12. MTG Creature Bond (Alpha)

13. MTG Dancing Scimitar (Arabian Nights)

14. MTG Demonic Torment (Legends)

15. MTG Denizen of the Deep (Portal 2)

16. MTG Derelor (Fallen Empires)

17. MTG Disintegrate (Alpha)

18. MTG Dragon Engine (Antiquities)

19. MTG Drop of Honey (Arabian Nights)

20. MTG Electric Eel (The Dark)

21. MTG Elvish Archers (Alpha)

22. MTG Fallen Angel (Legends)

23. MTG Fishliver Oil (Arabian Nights)

24. MTG Flight (Alpha)

25. MTG Foul Familiar (Ice Age)

26. MTG Frankenstein's Monster (The Dark)

27. MTG Gaze of Pain (Ice Age)

28. MTG Giant Slug (Legends)

29. MTG Goblin Kites (Fallen Empires)

30. MTG Goblin War Cry (Portal 2)

31. MTG Guardian Angel (Alpha)

32. MTG Heir Apparant (Inquest Issue #0 Cover Art)

33. MTG Holy Strength (Alpha)

34. MTG Icy Prison (Ice Age)

35. MTG Infernal Medusa (Legends)

36. MTG Invisibility (Alpha)

37. MTG Ivory Cup (Alpha)

38. MTG Jade Monolith (Alpha)

39. MTG Labyrinth Minotaur 1 (Homelands)

40. MTG Labyrinth Minotaur 2 (Homelands)

41. MTG Living Armor (Fallen Empires)

42. MTG Living Artifact (Alpha)

43. MTG Moor Fiend (Ice Age)

44. MTG Null Rod (Weatherlight)

45. MTG Orcish Artillery (Alpha)

46. MTG Onulet (Antiquities)

47. MTG Paralyze  (Alpha)

48. MTG Plague Rats (Alpha)

49. MTG Pygmy Allosaurus (Ice Age)

50. MTG Serendib Efreet (Arabian Nights)

51. MTG Shield of the Ages (Ice Age)

52. MTG Soldevi Golem (Ice Age)

53. MTG Spinal Villain (Legends)

54. MTG Spitting Slug (The Dark)

55. Shadowfist Sword of Biting

56. MTG Throne of Bone (Alpha)

57. MTG Transmute Artifact (Antiquities)

58. MTG Typhoon (Legends)

59. MTG Worms of the Earth (The Dark)

60. Vampire Cover Art for Inquest Magazine

 

The following titles have been recovered and sold, recovered and in our possession or were never stolen:

Animate Dead (Alpha)

Armor of Faith (Ice Age) - sold

Casting of Bones 1 (Alliances) - sold

Casting of Bones 2 (Alliances) – sold

Crimson Kobolds (Legends) - not stolen, gifted

Fallen Ideal - not stolen, sold

Fallen Empires Comic Book Cover Art Issue #1 – sold

Fallen Empires Comic Book Cover Art Issue #2 - sold

Foriysian Interceptor

Foriysian Totem

Hurloon Minotaur (Alpha) - not stolen, sold

Island 1 (Ice Age) - recovered, sold

Island 2 (Ice Age) - recovered, sold

Island 3 (Ice Age) - recovered, sold

Legions of Lim Dul

Lim-Dul’s High Guard 1 -sold

Lim-Dul’s High Guard 2

Lord of Tresserhorn

Lure (Alpha) – sold

Mishra - sold

Pit Trap (Ice Age)

Raise Dead

Reconstruction (Antiquities) – sold

Santawar Elves (Unpublished)

Scarecrow (The Dark) – not stolen, gifted

Serendib Djinn (Arabian Nights) - sold

Sengir Vampire (Alpha) – not stolen, sold

Scarwood Hag (The Dark) – sold

Shanodin Dryads (Alpha) – not stolen, gifted

Sixy Beast

Skyshroud Falcon

Stop That! (Unhinged) – sold

Stromgald Cabal (Ice Age) - recovered, gifted

Temporal Manipulation (Portal 2) – sold

Thrull Wizard (Fallen Empires) – sold

Urza’s Mine (Unpublished, Unused Artwork 1 of 4) – sold

Urza's Mine (Unpublished, 2 of 4) -recovered

Urza's Mine (bathosphere - Antiquities) - recovered

Urza's Mine (mouth - Antiquities) - recovered

Urza's Mine (pulley - Antiquities) - recovered

Urza's Mine (tower - Antiquities) - recovered

Vampiric Spirit

Vampire Bats (Legends) - recovered 

Volrath - sold

Volrath’s Stronghold (Style Guide)

Windseeker Centaur (Media Promo) – donated

Whimsey - sold

 

These pieces were stolen, then recovered from Cardhaus and then sold by Daniel Chang without Anson's consent, nor agreement in price etc. Anson considers these stolen but they need to be treated as a separate incident. 

1. Anaba Bodyguard

2. Black Mana Battery

3. Blizzard

4. Deathgrip

5. Diabolic Machine

6. Eternal Warrior

7. High Tide

8. Icy Prison

9. Lurker

10. Pyrotechnics

11. Samite Healer

12. Screeching Drake

13. Serra Beastiary

 

If you have any questions regarding this statement or regarding the history of an artwork not addressed on either of the above lists, I am happy to assist. If anything on this list requires a correction or update I am eager to see this information to be as sound and complete as possible. I encourage those with any knowledge which might contradict this record to please contact me so that we can reconcile any discrepancies together. I can be reached by email here: brenda@ansonmaddocks.com. 

 

And last but not least, for your own protection, if you are a prospective buyer of any artwork and the ownership isn’t being transferred directly by the original artist, please investigate the provenance to ensure the seller can demonstrate a clear title of ownership before you make the purchase. One of the best ways to do this is to contact the artist directly, if possible.