Why not disguise yourself as a student? A librarian? Something that will draw less attention…unless… And a professor is a high profile position to use as a spy platform. That’s something that doesn’t happen overnight. Is the mysterious funder of Kaya’s operation actually Teferi?īut there is something that bugs me about these options unless time travel is involved. Which makes one believe that the Deep Pockets that is funding this operation has a lot of TIME on his hands, if you know what I mean. The plans of Professor Onyx may have been under way not long after the events of War of the Spark. It’s not just something you do overnight. Having Liliana infiltrate a school of this caliber seems like the long game. And, for all we know, Kaya’s failure to slay the beast may have her outside this little operation. The only clue we have is that he OR she paid Kaya with coin originating across the multiverse of MTG. Who is this patron? They definitely have the resources aka THE CASH to fund this kind of operation. Or possibly, she’s being paid by the same, deep-pocketed patron that sent Kaya to Kaldheim. Liliana has been called upon by the same anonomous benifactor who paid Kaya to look in on Kaldheim She’s playing spy in order to save the school, the plane and the multiverse from whatever Elesh Norn has planned.īut there’s a problem with this theory. And this would explain her taking a disguise. Liliana’s prowess with magic is formidable and would be a prize for any school. Getting information that Strixhaven may be the Phyrexian’s next target either by her benifactor, through the seers in Kaldheim or some other source, she calls in some one who can get inside. Liliana is still allied to the would-be assassin who spared her life, Kaya.Īfter what happened in Kaldheim, Kaya may have called in help. Everything from there is left to our conjecture and speculation. Whatever her past, she has suddenly, abruptly and without explanation, showed up at Strixhaven as a professor. It seems Liliana was living under the name Ana Lora and was left to fade into the MTG sunset.īut wait, that wasn’t the end! Apparently, something else is going on in sweet miss Vess’ life. The ghost assassin, Kaya, was given the job of hunting her down, but, in the end, she returned with only the chain veil. She had just betrayed the Gatewatch and, although she turned on Bolas in the end, she was still being hunted for her part in the War of the Spark. Last we saw of her, she was hiding away in her own personal Purgatory contemplating on her long and dark life. Yes, our Professor Onyx is none other than Liliana Vess. No, she brings an ominous feel to the school as well she should. And, although a cool card, Professor Onyx carries none of the flavor of Silverquill, the college of sharp wits and style, nor does she look like she would be a part of Witherbloom. This is odd from the very beginning seeing that the five schools are all built upon the enemy color foundation. Professor Onyx is a planeswalker sporting mono-black.
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