Pensive Professor
| Name | Pensive Professor |
|---|---|
| Type | Creature — human wizard |
| Description | Increment (Whenever you cast a spell, if the amount of mana you spent is greater than this creature's power or toughness, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.) Whenever one or more +1/+1 counters are put on this creature, draw a card. |
| Flavor | "To the patient mind, no problem is unsolvable." |
| Artist | Billy Christian |
| Set | Secrets of Strixhaven Promos #63p |
| Wallpaper |  download |
| Image |  download |
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About Pensive Professor
Pensive Professor, Creature — human wizard, designed by Billy Christian first released in Mar, 2026 in the set Secrets of Strixhaven and was printed exactly in 3 different ways.
Pensive Professor would fit best in a blue-based spellslinger or tempo deck that casts a high volume of noncreature spells, especially ones costing 3+ mana, since Increment rewards you for spending more mana than its current power or toughness and then snowballs into card draw whenever counters are added; it synergizes particularly well with cheap protection (like Shore Up–style effects), proliferate, or counter-doubling effects to repeatedly trigger the draw ability and turn it into a growing card-advantage engine. However, at 1UU with no immediate board impact and requiring additional mana investment to scale, it competes unfavorably with more efficient blue card-advantage creatures such as Ledger Shredder (which grows and filters cards more reliably and cheaply), Third Path Iconoclast (which generates board presence immediately in spells decks), or even Balmor, Battlemage Captain in aggressive shells, all of which provide value without needing higher mana thresholds. As designed, Pe
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What type of card is Pensive Professor?
Pensive Professor is a Creature — human wizard card in Marvel Snap SNAP.
What does Pensive Professor do?
Increment (Whenever you cast a spell, if the amount of mana you spent is greater than this creature's power or toughness, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.) Whenever one or more +1/+1 counters are put on this creature, draw a card.
What set is Pensive Professor from?
Pensive Professor was first released in the set Secrets of Strixhaven, illustrated by Billy Christian.
Is Pensive Professor legal to play?
Legality depends on the tournament format -- Pensive Professor can be legal in some formats and banned or restricted in others. See the full breakdown per format in the Legality section above.
What cards are similar to Pensive Professor?
Cards similar to Pensive Professor include Topiary Lecturer, Cuboid Colony, Berta, Wise Extrapolator. See the full list in the Similar cards section above.
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