Magic #22

A tender yet tense moment anchors Miguel Mercado's cover for this second chapter of "War of Fate" — a reptilian, armored figure leans close to a seated human on a twilit beach, the warm sunset and distant birds lending the scene an almost melancholy intimacy. Jed MacKay and Rich Douek continue their five-part arc here, with art by Giorgio Spalletta and Alberto Locatelli bringing the Magic: The Gathering multiverse to life in BOOM! Studios' 2023 run. If you've been following this series, issue #22 looks like exactly the kind of quiet-before-the-storm character moment that makes the bigger conflicts hit harder.