Spell Pierce

One of the Masterpiece Cards I did for Amonkhet in MTG. There's some interesting history behind this one that fans might like to hear. First this was originally intended to be Pact of Negation, I'll come back to that. The description called for the god being hit by a wave of fire and him splitting the fire with his massive wings. I did the artwork you see below, and they said it wasn't totally clear that his was parting the flames, a fair point. We went back and forth with ideas trying to make it more clear, like adding some kind of blue magic where the flames are parting, finally I decided to give myself a ton more work and completely redo the artwork from a different angle, so I could show a clear part in the flames. And finally, just to drive home the point, I added that beam of blue magic that you see. They liked it and approved it. Now that it has come out, it looks like they decided this artwork fit better for Spell Pierce, makes sense. Also the art is cropped on the card