MAGIK I

Through the magick of Limbo, Illyana aged seven years in Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #160, and she joined the New Mutants as "Magik" in New Mutants (1st series) #14. Later, during Inferno, Magik was regressed back to her true age in New Mutants (1st series) #73. She died of the Legacy Virus in Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #303. Belasco later conjured a soulless reincarnation of Illyana in New X-Men (2nd series) #38. This "Illyana 2.0", as Warlock put it, eventually reclaimed the fragments of the original Illyana's soul from the Bloodstone amulet, effectively becoming the original in New Mutants (3rd series) #21.

Illyana's knowledge of magic was originally derived from her training with Belasco. She became the Sorceress Supreme of Limbo by besting him, but her black magic was primarily tied to Limbo itself. On Earth, her abilities were limited to the use of her Soulsword. After her resurrection and an attempt by Dormammu to claim Limbo in Uncanny X-Men Volume 3, Illyana began training with Doctor Strange on the fundamentals of magic, allowing her better access to spellcraft on Earth. In New Mutants Volume 4, she forcibly severed her ties to Limbo and ceded control of it to Madelyne Pryor. Her stepping discs were formerly tied to Limbo, but now Magik admittedly doesn't know what they connect to when teleporting.