Christopher Rush (April 6, 1965 – February 10, 2016) was an American illustrator for Magic: The Gathering.
Most of his work for Wizards of the Coast was done on the earliest sets, where he also helped with various design and marketing issues, including the design of the symbols representing the 5 colors of mana.
[3] While the Pokémon TCG was still run by Wizards, Rush did the illustration for Promo Mewtwo #12, which was released in the April 2000 issue of Nintendo Power.
He was the first artist from outside Japan to have illustrated a Pokémon card, and remains one of the few.
Rush died on February 10, 2016, one day after fellow Magic: The Gathering artist Wayne England.