OCT 27, 2026
WHEN MAGIK'S DARK SIDE WINS, SHE GROWS HORNS, HOOVES AND A TAIL — THE DARKCHILDE IS LITERALLY ILLYANA TURNED DEMON!
Illyana's bad side doesn't send a postcard. It grows horns and moves in.
New Mutants #71–73 (1988–89): urged on by N'astirh, Magik fully becomes the horned, tailed, hoofed Darkchilde, unleashes Inferno, then ends it by purging her Limbo past — leaving a six-year-old Illyana inside her discarded Eldritch armor.
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OCT 26, 2026
MAGIK'S SORCERY ISN'T HER MUTANT POWER AT ALL — EVERY SPELL WAS LEARNED IN LIMBO!
Born with a doorway. Everything else — the spells, the sword, the throne — was homework assigned in Hell.
Uncanny X-Men #160 (1982): Illyana Rasputina's stepping discs debut as her sole mutation; her sorcery is a learned blend of black and white magic from Limbo, and her Soulsword was forged from her own life force.
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