In this book published on March 18 by Hi comics, Chandra is a magician traumatized by a battle that changed the game for her world… and others. Indeed, this magician not only masters fire but she is also able to move between dimensions. More determined than ever, she decided to dedicate her life to protecting the weakest. But a threat arises from his past.
A fantasy comic
Chandra is a Planeswalker. She has a gift that sets her apart from others: she has the power to ignite a burning fire from her body to teleport. We are immersed in a world of heroic fantasy where we find medieval elements … but not only. For example, you can meet a pirate with a conquistador's helmet on a square. The Lord of the Rings enthusiast will find worlds with strange names and familiar fauna with dragons, tiger men, or zombies from ancient Egypt. Indeed, The Ghosts of Ravnica is an extension of the famous card game Magic: The Gathering but also an adaptation of the novel The War of the Spark: Ravnica that can be found at Bragelonne. We find the beautiful design of the game with a woman with fiery hair (literally). But the screenwriter justifies this approach because her protagonist evolves in armor. Traumatized by a recent defeat, she devotes every second to defending the plans of the Multiverse. Her friend Ajani, a huge albino lion, believes that she is lost in heroism and that her suffering is a drug. She prevents a war by delivering a princess before attacking an ice skeleton. Yet she refuses to stop despite the combined advice of her friend and mother.
A weakened heroine
The Ghosts of Ravnica is also the portrait of a heroine in crisis. She wants to prove that she is as brave as her mother, protector of her city. For this, she never ceases to want to do better in an impossible quest that becomes dangerous for herself and others. Chandra doesn't just act but reflects on her status. She refuses the political power that her gifts give her to help others without expecting anything in return. She is not such a perfect heroine because her nights are disrupted by the recurring dream of a dragon asking her to unleash his power. His opponent, Tibalt, a devil dressed as a Renaissance gentleman, is drawn to Chandra's suffering. The reader is missing parts. What happened in Ravnica? Magic: The Gathering players may know more. However, this lack, far from being an embarrassment to the narrative, is a stimulus. 
Harvey Tolibao's drawing is very pleasant. He has previously worked on the X-Men and Green Arrow. He knows how to transcribe emotions through faces even if some are sometimes very grimacing. Some boxes, especially full-page ones, impress with detail and composition. Elsewhere, the sets sometimes lack finish. However, he is assisted by Tristan Jurolan, without us really knowing the task of each. When the confrontation between Chandra and Tibalt ends with a bang, the reader is captivated by the fighting but also by the heroine. Chandra seeks as much to help as to understand why she has this irrepressible need. This first volume closes some of the issues but keeps some for the future. Indeed, there remain mysteries, like this Nicol Bolas, who would have ravaged an entire world to become its god.
