magic: the gathering #2 (of 4)
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Matt Forbeck (w) • Martín Cóccolo (a) • Karl Kopinski (c)Get ready, Magic: The Gathering fans, there’s a new Planeswalker in town! On the trail of the person who destroyed his town, Dack Fayden must travel to Innistrad, a plane of savage monsters, strange transformations and sinister magic. Naturally, Dack immediately gets caught up in a vampire attack at a secluded inn.FC • 32 pages • $3.99TRANSCRIPT
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Regular CoverArt by Karl Kopinski
Cover RIArt by Martin Coccolo
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In the City of Ravnica, a metropolis so vast that its name has long sincebecome synonymous with an entire plane, our story begins…
Dack Fayden, Planeswalker thief, has stolen a valuable artifact from the Cultof Rakdos–the Ancient Fang. Pursued by members of the group, hemanages to escape by moving to another plane. What he doesn’t know ishe’s inadvertently returned to his home plane, where he is a wanted man.Forced to planeswalk once more, Dack returns to Ravnica, wounded butintact. After having his injuries tended to, he retires to a safehouse and useshis abilities to try and learn the artifact’s secrets. Instead, he witnesses thedestruction of his hometown through the eyes of the villain that committedthe act. Shocked but determined, Dack sets out to track her down at hernext destination: Innistrad.
WRITTEN BY: MATT FORBECKART BY: MARTÍN CÓCCOLO
ART ASSISTS BY: CHRISTIAN DUCE
COLORS BY: J. EDWIN STEVENS
COLOR ASSISTS BY: BAILEIGH BOLTEN & J.S. CHOI
LETTERS BY: SHAWN LEE
EDITED BY: CARLOS GUZMAN
CONSULTING EDITOR: JOHN BARBER
Special thanks to Hasbro's Michael Kelly and Val Roca, and Wizards of the Coast's Brady Dommermuth, Jeremy Jarvis, Matt Cavotta, Elaine Chase, Mark Purvis, Paul Levy, Adam Dixon, Michael Gills, Adam Colby, & Greg Collins.
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