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==Overview==
 
 
[[Professor Onyx]] is a black human Planeswalker, introduced in May 2021 along with the [[Strixhaven]] card set.
 
[[Professor Onyx]] is a black human Planeswalker, introduced in May 2021 along with the [[Strixhaven]] card set.
  
She has average health, average mana gains with an unbalanced spread, and average deck limits with a slight focus on creatures and spells.
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She has average health and average deck limits with a slight focus on creatures and spells. She has quite good mana gains in Black, descending gradually through Blue and White to minuses in White and Green.
  
The themes of her abilities are spellcasting and the graveyard.  She can {{Ability|Copy}} spells, give full mana to a spell card, and cause life steal and creature debuff when spells are cast.  She can put cards into the graveyard from her library or the opponent's hand, and cause them to lose life for each creature in graveyards.
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The themes of her abilities are spellcasting and the graveyard.  She can {{Ability|Copy}} spells, give full mana to a spell card, and gain life and make the opponent lose life and weaken their most powerful creature when spells are cast.  She can {{Ability|Fetch}} a card, and put cards not picked into her graveyard. She can make the opponent discard, and gain life and cause them to lose life for each creature in graveyards, the amount of life gained and lost increasing to a high amount if the opponent discarded three or less cards.
  
 
Professor Onyx is the seventh of eight playable [[Planeswalkers]] in MtGPQ which embody Liliana Vess at different points in her life.
 
Professor Onyx is the seventh of eight playable [[Planeswalkers]] in MtGPQ which embody Liliana Vess at different points in her life.
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| Effect 4 = Your opponent discards 6 cards.  Your opponent loses X life and you gain X life.  X is the number of creature cards in both graveyards.  If your opponent discarded less than 4 cards this way, X is increased by 20.
 
| Effect 4 = Your opponent discards 6 cards.  Your opponent loses X life and you gain X life.  X is the number of creature cards in both graveyards.  If your opponent discarded less than 4 cards this way, X is increased by 20.
 
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==Story==
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''Professor Onyx is filled with great knowledge and power—especially power. Although often in contact with students, her words and teachings carry weight as if she always knows more than what she reveals. On other planes, however, this mysterious figure is known for being an infamous necromancer.''
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: << [[Liliana, Waker of the Dead#Story|Liliana, Waker of the Dead's Story]]
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: >> [[Liliana, Master of Death#Story|Liliana, Master of Death's Story]]
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==Starting Deck==
 
==Starting Deck==
 
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==Story==
 
<blockquote>''Professor Onyx is filled with great knowledge and power—especially power. Although often in contact with students, her words and teachings carry weight as if she always knows more than what she reveals. On other planes, however, this mysterious figure is known for being an infamous necromancer.''</blockquote>
 
  
 
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Revision as of 04:51, 26 October 2022

Professor Onyx
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Onyx.png
Full Name Professor Onyx
Affinities Black
Origin set Strixhaven Strixhaven
Cost 295 Mana Crystals
Stats (max level)
Health 112
Deck limits Creatures 7  ·  Spells 7  ·  Supports 5
Mana bonuses Icon W.png +3 · Icon U.png +4 · Icon B.png+5 · Icon R.png -1 · Icon G.png -2
Leveling cost 79,920 Mana Runes
Planeswalkers   (Infobox · Data)
Planeswalker series
Liliana Vess (human)
Liliana, Defiant Necromancer L1 Black Liliana, Defiant Necromancer
Liliana, the Last Hope L2 Black Liliana, the Last Hope
Liliana, Death's Majesty L3 Black Liliana, Death's Majesty
Liliana, Untouched by Death L4 Black Liliana, Untouched by Death
Liliana, Dreadhorde General L5 Black Liliana, Dreadhorde General
Liliana, Waker of the Dead L6 Black Liliana, Waker of the Dead
Professor Onyx  Black Professor Onyx
Liliana, Master of Death L8 Black Liliana, Master of Death
Liliana of the Veil L9 Black Liliana of the Veil

Professor Onyx is a black human Planeswalker, introduced in May 2021 along with the Strixhaven card set.

She has average health and average deck limits with a slight focus on creatures and spells. She has quite good mana gains in Black, descending gradually through Blue and White to minuses in White and Green.

The themes of her abilities are spellcasting and the graveyard. She can CopyCopy spells, give full mana to a spell card, and gain life and make the opponent lose life and weaken their most powerful creature when spells are cast. She can Fetch a card, and put cards not picked into her graveyard. She can make the opponent discard, and gain life and cause them to lose life for each creature in graveyards, the amount of life gained and lost increasing to a high amount if the opponent discarded three or less cards.

Professor Onyx is the seventh of eight playable Planeswalkers in MtGPQ which embody Liliana Vess at different points in her life.

Stats

Professor Onyx - level 60
Mana bonus Deck limits Health Leveling cost
White +3 Blue +4 Black +5 Red -1 Green -2 Loyalty 0 Creatures  7 Spells  7 Supports  5 112 79,920 Mana Runes
All level details 1-60          Up-down-arrow-icon.png Click to
Level

cost

Mana bonus Deck limits Health Abilities
Icon W.png Icon U.png Icon B.png Icon R.png Icon G.png Icon L.png Creature-Icon.png Spell-Icon.png Support-Icon.png 1 2 3
1-5

440Rune.png

+1 +1 +1 -2 -2 0 4 4 2 32 AbilityLev0.png AbilityLev0.png AbilityLev0.png
5 4 2
35
+1 +2 +1 -2 -2 0
38
6-10

1865Rune.png

AbilityLev1.png
41
5 5 2
44
AbilityLev1.png
11-15

4190Rune.png

47
+1 +2 +2 -2 -2 0
50
5 5 3
53
16-20

7380Rune.png

AbilityLev1.png
+2 +2 +2 -2 -2 0
56
AbilityLev2.png
21-25

11405Rune.png

59
6 5 3
62
+2 +3 +2 -2 -2 0
65
26-30

16250Rune.png

AbilityLev2.png
69
6 6 3
72
AbilityLev2.png
31-35

21890Rune.png

75
+2 +4 +2 -2 -2 0
78
6 6 4
36-40

28325Rune.png

AbilityLev3.png
81
+2 +4 +4 -2 -2 0
84
AbilityLev3.png
41-45

35540Rune.png

87
7 6 4
90
+3 +4 +4 -2 -2 0
93
46-50

43520Rune.png

AbilityLev3.png
96
7 7 4
99
AbilityLev4.png
51-55

55720Rune.png

102
+3 +4 +4 -1 -2 0
7 7 5
105
56-60

79920Rune.png

AbilityLev4.png
108
+3 +4 +5 -1 -2 0
112
AbilityLev4.png

Abilities

1: Morbid Research
Ability Level PW level Icon L.png Effect
AbilityLev1.png 6-19 6 Pick and fetch 1 of the first 2 cards from your library. Then, destroy the other.
AbilityLev2.png 20-35 6 Pick and fetch 1 of the first 2 cards from your library. Then, destroy the other. If the fetched card is a spell, CopyCopy it.
AbilityLev3.png 36-49 6 Pick and fetch 1 of the first 3 cards from your library. Then, destroy the others. If the fetched card is a spell, CopyCopy it. That copy gains 3 mana.
AbilityLev4.png 50-60 6 Pick and fetch 1 of the first 4 cards from your library. Then, destroy the others. If the fetched card is a spell, CopyCopy it. That copy gains 3 mana. Otherwise, your opponent loses 3 life.
2: Painful Lesson
Ability Level PW level Icon L.png Effect
AbilityLev1.png 10-25 12 Create a Painful Lesson TokenToken [3 shield with "MagecraftMagecraft 3: Your opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life. When your opponent casts or CopiesCopy a spell card: The first opposing creature with the greatest power gets -2/-2 and your opponent loses 2 life."].
AbilityLev2.png 26-39 12 Create a Painful Lesson TokenToken [3 shield with "MagecraftMagecraft 3: Your opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life. When your opponent casts or CopiesCopy a spell card: The first opposing creature with the greatest power gets -2/-2 and your opponent loses 2 life."]. Your opponent discards their first non-spell card.
AbilityLev3.png 40-55 12 Create a Painful Lesson TokenToken [3 shield with "MagecraftMagecraft 3: Your opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life. When your opponent casts or CopiesCopy a spell card: The first opposing creature with the greatest power gets -2/-2 and your opponent loses 2 life."]. Your opponent discards their first non-spell card. Then: The first spell card in your hand gains 6 mana.
AbilityLev4.png 56-60 12 Create a Painful Lesson TokenToken [3 shield with "MagecraftMagecraft 3: Your opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life. When your opponent casts or CopiesCopy a spell card: The first opposing creature with the greatest power gets -2/-2 and your opponent loses 2 life."]. Your opponent discards their first non-spell card. Then: The first spell card in your hand gains full mana.
3: Last Monography
Ability Level PW level Icon L.png Effect
AbilityLev1.png 16-29 18 Your opponent discards 3 cards. Your opponent loses X life. X is the number of creature cards in their graveyard.
AbilityLev2.png 30-45 18 Your opponent discards 4 cards. Your opponent loses X life and you gain X life. X is the number of creature cards in their graveyard.
AbilityLev3.png 46-59 18 Your opponent discards 5 cards. Your opponent loses X life and you gain X life. X is the number of creature cards in both graveyards.
AbilityLev4.png 60 18 Your opponent discards 6 cards. Your opponent loses X life and you gain X life. X is the number of creature cards in both graveyards. If your opponent discarded less than 4 cards this way, X is increased by 20.

Story

Professor Onyx is filled with great knowledge and power—especially power. Although often in contact with students, her words and teachings carry weight as if she always knows more than what she reveals. On other planes, however, this mysterious figure is known for being an infamous necromancer.

<< Liliana, Waker of the Dead's Story
>> Liliana, Master of Death's Story

Starting Deck

Card name Type Cost Color Rarity Set
Tend the Pests Missing card data
Promising Duskmage Missing card data
Novice Dissector Missing card data 
Tormented Thoughts Spells 6 Black Uncommon Origins ORI 
Shambling Ghoul Creatures (2/2) 6 Black Common Origins ORI 
Nightsnare Spells 12 Black Common Origins ORI 
Caves of Koilos Supports (2) 8 Colorless Common Origins ORI 
Prism Ring Supports (4) 6 Colorless Common Origins ORI
Search for Blex Missing card data
Eyetwitch Missing card data