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Regular CoverArt by Dan Scott

Cover RIArt by Tyler Walpole

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Dack Fayden, Planeswalker thief, has stolen a valuable artifact from Ravnica,the Ancient Fang. Using his abilities to learn the artifact's secrets, instead hewitnesses the destruction of his hometown through the eyes of the villainthat committed the act: Sifa Grent. Dack sets out to track her down at hernext destination: Innistrad.

In Innistrad, Dack confronts Sifa, but allows her to slip away at the lastmoment. He follows her trail and finds himself in front of an enormouscastle. Inside, he discovers hundreds of objects, artifacts and imprisonedcreatures within enormous rooms. The Titan who owns the castle trapsDack, adding him to the collection… but Dack manages to distract the Titanlong enough to escape this plane. Now, it seems Dack has lost Sifa's trailagain, as he ends up back in his ruined hometown...

WRITTEN BY: MATT FORBECKART BY: MARTÍN CÓCCOLO AND ATILIO ROJO

COLORS BY: J. EDWIN STEVENSCOLOR ASSISTS BY: BAILEIGH BOLTEN

LETTERS BY: SHAWN LEE

EDITED BY: CARLOS GUZMAN

Special thanks to Hasbro's Michael Kelly and Val Roca, and Wizards of the Coast's Matt Cavotta, Brady Dommermuth, Jeremy Jarvis, Elaine Chase, Adam Dixon, Paul Levy, Mark Purvis, Adam Colby, Greg Collins, Michael Gills, Trick Jarrett, Jennifer Meyen, & Brian Trunk.

IDW founded by Ted Adams, Alex Garner, Kris Oprisko, and Robbie Robbins International Rights Representative, Christine Meyer: christine@gfloystudio.com

MAGIC: THE GATHERING–THE SPELL THIEF #2. JUNE 2012. FIRST PRINTING. MAGIC: THE GATHERING, WIZARDS OF THE COAST and their respective logos are trademarks of Wizards of the Coast LLC in the USA andother countries. Other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. © 2012 Wizards. All associated character likenesses and character names are property of Wizards of the Coast LLC. Used with permission. ©2012 Idea and Design Works, LLC. All Rights Reserved. IDW Publishing, a division of Idea and Design Works, LLC. Editorial offices: 5080 Santa Fe Street, San Diego, CA 92109. The IDW logo is registered in the U.S. Patentand Trademark Office. Any similarities to persons living or dead are purely coincidental. With the exception of artwork used for review purposes, none of the contents of this publication may be reprinted without thepermission of Idea and Design Works, LLC. Printed in Korea. IDW Publishing does not read or accept unsolicited submissions of ideas, stories, or artwork.

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