Well, it’s a card from Eldritch Moon, where it turns out everyone’s been going mad due to the influence of a quasi-Lovecraftian entity.



In fact, each branch in that card art has 13 candles on it, and “13 is a cursed/unlucky number” is a theme that’s been going on in the past two sets. There was the card Triskaidekaphobia and the fact that the Big Baddie Lovercraftian Baddie is a 13/13 that costs 13 mana.

The flavor text of the card, there is power in prayer, regardless of who is listening, suggests that the woman is inadvertently praying to a Lovecraftian monstrosity rather than the angels/god she’s hoping for.



Fun little tribute, I guess.