Kefka Ruin Playmat - Final Fantasy MTG Mat

Kefka Palazzo leans back and laughs, one long-nailed hand stretched toward the table and the other cradling a crackling violet orb. This Kefka MTG playmat drops him in front of crumbling spires under a swirling red vortex, the World of Ruin in all its wrecked glory. Pure chaos.

Color does a lot of work here. Purples and magentas wash across every corner, while his costume throws reds, golds and royal blue right down the middle, so the mat never feels flat under your cards. Your attention lands on that grin first, then the orb.

The Art: Jester of the Ruin

Every inch of his outfit gets detail: ruffled collar, polka-dot trousers, gold filigree on the sleeves, feathers in white, violet and amber spilling from his hair. Behind him, the city is painted in dusty lavender with flecks of ember light, and gold wire-like lines snake through the storm toward the vortex. Kefka's Final Fantasy VI menace comes through in the posture rather than in gore. He looks like he's enjoying himself far too much.

Kefka at the Table

Measuring 24 x 14 in (60 x 35 cm), the standard tournament size, it fits FNM tables and kitchen tables alike. The micro-fiber top keeps sleeved cards sliding smoothly and lifting without snagging. Below, a non-slip rubber base grips so the mat stays put when someone slams down a board wipe. Thanks to dye-sublimation, the purples live inside the fabric and won't crack or fade.

With Zones or Without Zones

Go with the MTG playmat with zones layout for light guides marking library, graveyard, exile and command zone, plus battlefield lanes for lands and creatures. As a commander playmat it keeps an EDH board tidy, and it handles 60-card formats too. The without-zones version leaves the ruined skyline uninterrupted.

A Gift for Agents of Chaos

• Grixis and Rakdos control players who like a villain watching over the graveyard
• Final Fantasy VI fans who still remember the opera house and the climb up Kefka's Tower
• Commander players running chaos or spellslinger decks from the Magic: The Gathering Final Fantasy set
• Collectors of loud, colorful villain art