—Doctor Strange (Stephen Strange of Earth-616)I need more [power]. I want to be able to move worlds and shake them to their foundations. I want enough power in my hands to tear planets from the heavens and place them in a new sky.
Appearing in "The Agamotto Gambit"
Featured Characters:
- Illuminati (Earth-2319) (First appearance)
- Mister Fantastic (Reed Richards) (First appearance; dies)
- Captain Britain (Betsy Braddock) (First appearance; dies)
- Yellowjacket (Hank Pym) (First appearance; dies)
- Black Panther (T'Challa) (First appearance; dies)
- Doctor Doom (Victor von Doom) (First appearance; dies)
- Captain Britain (Brian Braddock) (First appearance; dies)
- Iron Man (Tony Stark) (First appearance)
- Emma Frost (First appearance; dies)
- Doctor Strange (Stephen Strange of Earth-616)
Supporting Characters:
- X-Men (Earth-2319) (First appearance)
- Magneto (Max Eisenhardt) (First appearance; dies)
- Cyclops (Scott Summers) (First appearance; dies)
- Storm (Ororo Munroe) (First appearance; dies)
- Wolverine (Logan) (First appearance; dies)
- Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner) (First appearance; dies)
- The Lady's servants (Earth-616) (First appearance)
- The Lady (Earth-616) (First appearance)
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Apocalypse (En Sabah Nur of Earth-2319) (Referenced)
- Numerous unnamed mutants of Tian (Earth-2319) (First appearance)
- Numerous unnamed demons (Earth-616)
- Fuhl-Mahgahl (Earth-616) (Invoked)
- Illuminati (Earth-616)
- Two unnamed past Sorcerers Supreme (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth-2319 (First appearance)
- Milky Way Galaxy (First appearance)
- Sol System (First appearance)
- Earth (First appearance)
- City-Nation of Tian (First appearance)
- Sun (Mentioned)
- Earth (First appearance)
- Sol System (First appearance)
- Milky Way Galaxy (First appearance)
- Undesignated reality (Destruction)
- Earth (Destruction)
- Earth-616
- Lost Lands (Name revealed)
- Sinner's Market (First appearance)
- Resolute Throne (First appearance)
- Sinner's Market (First appearance)
- Earth
- Lost Lands (Name revealed)
Items:
- Future Foundation / Fantastic Four Uniforms
- Panther Habit
- Doctor Doom's Armor
- Iron Man Armor Model 42
- X-Uniforms
- Phoenix Eggs (Referenced)
- Magneto's Helmet
- Cyclops' Visor
- Wolverine's Suit
- Cloak of Levitation and Eye of Agamotto
- The Bridge
Vehicles:
Synopsis for "The Agamotto Gambit"
In the alternate reality of Earth-2319, the Illuminati, composed of Reed Richards, Iron Man, Emma Frost, Captain Britain (Betsy Braddock), Yellowjacket, Black Panther, Captain Britain (Brian Braddock) and Doctor Doom come together to stop an Incursion taking place in the twin mutant cities of Tian. After arriving on the scene, the Illuminati encounter the Mapmaker's Sidera Maris.
Meanwhile, Doctor Strange has made his way to the Sinner's Market, a marketplace dealing in magic and magical items. His guide asks him what he wishes to buy, and the Doctor responds that he seeks power. The guide takes him to the Resolute Throne.
Back on Earth-2319, the Illuminati and the mutants of Tian defeat the Sidera Maris, prompting the arrival of the Mapmakers themselves. Realising the threat posed to their intentions by mutantkind, they unleash a gene specific neutraliser, killing every single mutant. They offer the Illuminati the opportunity to flee, but they refuse, and engage them. All of them prove inefficient, with the exception of Doctor Doom, who to their surprise manages to kill one of the Mapmakers. It is not enough however, and the Mapmakers kill him and the rest of the Illuminati, as the Illuminati of Earth-616 look on in horror through the Bridge.
Back in the Sinner's Market, Strange enters the Resolute Throne. The attendants explain that they deal in degrees of godhood, offering a fifth of the power of a god in exchange for a fifth of a man's soul. They ask Strange how much of his soul he wishes to sell, and he responds that he will sell all of it.