Magic: The Gathering Suspends Trouble In Pairs Artist After Plagiarism Accusations
Wizards of the Coast has released a statement confirming that it has suspended Fay Dalton, the artist behind Magic: The Gathering's Trouble in Pairs card from the Murders at Karlov Manor Commander set, while it investigates her alleged plagiarism.
Earlier this week, Magic: The Gathering artist Fay Dalton was accused of plagiarising art from fellow MTG artist Donato Giancola for the Trouble in Pairs card from the Murders at Karlov Manor Commander set. Giancola took to Facebook to share how similar the two cards are and call out Dalton directly for "criminal copyright infringement".
Things have only gotten worse for Dalton since then, as MTG podcast host The Herald's Horn pointed out that it potentially wasn't just Giancola's art that was being plagiarised for Trouble in Pairs, as it was also seemingly using a face from a Will Hulsey Trapped magazine cover, while the body, neck, and left arm appear to come from a Boris Vallejo illustration.
Following the accusations made against Dalton for plagiarising art for the Troubles in Pairs card, Wizards of the Coast confirmed earlier this week that it was going to be looking into the matter. After four days, it has finally revealed the results of its investigations in a statement made on the official Magic: The Gathering website.
In the statement, Wizards of the Coast says that it has heard the concerns about the "integrity" of the art featured in the Trouble in Pairs card, and noted that it "had questions, too". WotC says that it has looked into the matter further and is now suspending future work with Fay Dalton, which confirms that the investigation has gone far enough for a decision to be made.
"We've heard questions on the integrity of the art on the card Trouble in Pairs from the Murders at Karlov Manor Commander set, and we had questions, too. As we have looked into this further, we're now suspending future work with Fay Dalton."
Although Wizards of the Coast doesn't outright say that the Trouble in Pairs card has
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