I'll take that any day over AI slop, that is so cute!

StS1 had the option to use beta art, is this placeholder art what we get before the beta art?

This is a perfect example for why nobody needs AI for their games placeholder art.

In Slay the Spire 1, clearing the True Ending with each character unlocks beta art for their card pool, and then clearing it with all characters unlocks beta art for all the colorless cards too. You can freely toggle each card individually, pick and choose your favorites. This was especially fun for Watcher, because during her development period they got the community involved to submit their own beta art.

I'm a little sad that StS2 doesn't have this, but maybe that's just because we don't have the True Ending yet (and we do know that one is coming).

I've forgotten the name of the card, but there's a colorless card that has a bunch of them beating on a baddie and it makes me laugh every time.

Like this

I kinda wish this was a reward for the early purchasers. Buy the EA release and you get free DLC at launch that gives you the option to use placeholder art or new art. Hades II had some great placeholder art and it's all gone now.