Thomas M. Baxa is a fantasy artist who has contributed art to Magic since Tempest, for which he illustrated the cards Shocker, Safeguard, Time Ebb, Lobotomy and Telethopter. His Magic portfolio includes also a large number of Zombies and other black creature cards, such as Rotlung Reanimator, Bloodthirsty Ogre or Dripping Dead. He is also friends with fellow Magic artist Brian Snõddy.
Outside Magic he has also worked on the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game, the video game Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2, as well as Dungeons & Dragons and several other table-top role playing games.