MTG: Consuming Bonfire (2006)
On second thought….
Consuming Bonfire is a card that really no one ever plays. In a game as vast as Magic, that’s going to be the majority of cards. Nevertheless, you don’t know that when it’s assigned, and sometimes the work involved makes you think it might be otherwise. But it really is not correlated.
The setup here is simple. Lorwyn is a more whimsical fantasy aesthetic, so treant type creatures featured in it. In this case, one such was to be consumed by Magical fire. So there were two things to consider, really—the treant and the fire. Lorwyn was also more amenable to fun characterization. And so, we had attempt number one.
All things considered, I quite liked this version (which is why I submitted it). Fitting in most of the tree in a readable way at a small size was a nice bonus, and I was able to show the flames proceeding from outside the frame, coming from the player’s general direction into the composition. The lopsided foliage and expression gave it some whimsy as well. The thumbnail was clear enough that I didn’t even redraw it, but just toned it and submitted it. You can also see that it was assigned as Dessicating Flame.
