This last decade has seen an incredible amount of new mutants be added to the growing X-Men franchise’s roster. Throughout the now-concluded Krakoa Saga, not only did the mutant nation allow for a new generation of mutants to take the spotlight, but an entirely new world of mutants sealed away from Earth has been revealed. With the growing number of new Marvel mutants, the balance of power has changed in thier favor.
Krakoa and Arakko are no longer options for the X-Men to call home, but their introduction has permanently changed the scope of mutant advancement on a grander scale. In an infinite sea of multiversal possibilities, there are bound to be mutants that would better be likened to gods. It may be difficult to keep track of the surge of mutants over the last decade, so we’re taking the trouble to get readers up to speed, breaking down the most powerful X-Men and Marvel Mutants who were created in the last ten years.
15 Rasputin IV (AKA Moira 9)
First Appearance: Powers of X #1 by Jonathan Hickman and R.B. Silva
During the Krakoa saga, it was revealed that the long-time human ally to the X-Men Moira MacTaggert was actually a mutant all along. Her base powers allow her nine reincarnations, each of which she used to influence potential futures to find a way to avoid the rise of Nimrod and total mutant extermination. In her ninth life, Moira was born as a chimera-mutant in Mister Sinister’s breeding pits. She was specifically imbued with the powers of Colossus, Kid Omega, Unus the Untouchable, Kitty Pryde, Laura Kinney, and armed with Magik’s iconic Soul Sword.
In this life, Moira was practically invincible, thanks to her metal skin, ability to generate forcefields, ability to become intangible, and a hyper-accelerated healing factor. By the end of Moira’s ninth life, the only thing capable of killing her was the supermassive force of a black hole.
14 Matthew Malloy
First Appearance: Uncanny X-Men #23 by Brian Michael Bendis and Kris Anka
In the alternate reality designated as Earth-14923, Matthew Malloy was the world’s most powerful mutant. Beast described Matthew as “more than an Omega Level Mutant.” Professor X noted that Malloy was “the largest mutant power source Cerebro had ever registered.” Malloy was an unnaturally powerful mutant with reality-warping abilities that put the Scarlet Witch to shame. Unfortunately, after watching his wife die in a Skrull invasion, Matthew’s powers manifested for the first time and exploded out of control, twisting and writhing reality with each surge of emotion.
S.H.I.E.L.D. once attempted a tactical airstrike that successfully killed Matthew, Cyclops, and Magik, but Matthew used his powers to immediately revive himself. Ultimately, the only way Matthew was defeated was by having the time-traveling mutant Tempus travel backward in time to ensure Malloy wouldn’t be born.
13 Gabrielle Kinney (AKA Scout)
First Appearance: All-New Wolverine #2 by Tom Taylor, David López, & David Navarrot
Gabby Kinney, aka Scout or Honey Badger, is a perfect clone of Laura Kinney, the modified clone of Wolverine. Like Laura, who Gabby considers to be like a sister, Gabby has an identical healing factor, superhuman senses, and retractable bone claws. In addition, Gabby was infected with nanites by Alchemax which gave the young mutant an insensitivity to pain at the cost of a constantly lethal toxin that degrades her body similar to Wolverine’s adamantium.
Laura and Gabby lived, trained, and worked together for years. The sisterly duo eventually moved to Krakoa where Gabby finally met her relatives in the extended Wolverine family. While she may be young and small, Honey Badger’s identical near-immortal status, in addition to being trained by her fellow Wolverines and her inability to feel pain, has made her a promising addition to lead the next generation of young mutants.
12 Firehair (AKA Lady Phoenix)
First Appearance: Generations: The Unworthy Thor & The Mighty Thor #1 by Jason Aaron, Mahmud Asrar, & Esad Ribić
Also known as Lady Phoenix, Firehair is a powerful psychic and the first known host of the Phoenix Force, who lived around 1,000,000 BC. When Firehair first bonded with the Phoenix Force, she struggled to resist its violent temptations but ultimately avoided becoming a Dark Phoenix. Years later, Firehair recruited a younger Odin, Agamotto, the first Black Panther, a Ghost Rider, the first Iron Fist, and a Starbrand to create the aptly named Avengers 1,000,000 BC.
Firehair and Odin grew particularly close; while they never had children, after a newborn Thor was assassinated, Firehair brought the young god back to life and was recognized by both Gaea and Thor as his second mother. After her death, Firehair significantly influenced the famous Phoenix Force over the next million years. It is Firehair’s presence that has led to the cosmic deity preferring red-haired mutants from Earth as its avatars.
11 Xandra Neramani (AKA Xandra Xavier)
First Appearance: Mr. and Mrs. X #1 by Kelly Thompson and Jan Bazaldua
Majestrix Xandra Neramani is a genetically engineered Shi’ar and mutant hybrid, created after the deaths of Charles Xavier and the Shi’ar Empress, Majestrix Lilandra Neramani. Like her father, Xandra possesses extremely powerful psychic abilities that she could initially harness while still in her egg. Xandra can also manipulate the speed of a person’s neurology, in mutants causing a surge of power to their own natural abilities.
Thanks to this ability, Rogue was gifted full control over her powers, allowing her to have physical contact with others without risking draining their energy. In addition to her father’s enhanced telepathic powers, Xandra is also a frighteningly powerful psychokinetic, granting her a similar concussive blast skill to that of Cyclops. As Empress of the Shi’ar, she rarely involves herself with mutant politics, however, after the Arakki mutants were transplanted to Mars, Xandra has acted as a political ally to the mutant-led planet Arakko Prime.
10 Tarn The Uncaring
First Appearance: Hellions #6 by Zeb Wells and Carmen Carnero
One of the biggest additions to the X-Men franchise over the past decade was the introduction of Arakko. It was revealed during the Krakoa Saga that an ancient civilization of mutants from Earth had been locked away in the demonic dimension known as Amenth, the home dimension of Annihilation. This society, now known as Arakko, included dozens of new and powerful mutants including Tarn the Uncarring.
Tarn is a Mutant/Daemon hybrid with the ability to psychically manipulate a person’s biology, allowing him to alter a mutant’s powers, reverse aging, and to disfigure bodies. Additionally, Tarn is a powerful sorcerer trained in the dark magics of Amenth, which he primarily uses to aid in his genetic experimentations. Similar to Mr. S/inister, Tarn is a deeply curious geneticist whose moral boundaries are only ambiguously defined by his immediate goals.
9 Isca The Unbeaten
First Appearance: X-Men #12 by Jonathan Hickman and Pepe Larraz
Another Arakki mutant, Isca the Unbeaten is an Omega-level mutant whose power makes it to where she can never lose. Isca is both Apocalypse’s sister-in-law and Tarn’s wife; combined with her unmatched power, Isca maintains a strong position of authority in Arakko. Unlike a power like Domino’s, which imbues bad luck onto her opponents, Isca genuinely can never be beaten.
Due to this, her power scale can increase significantly to match and surpass even the strongest of opponents, Omega-level mutants and gods alike. However, her abilities also have significant sway over her own decision-making. If she happens to be on the losing side of a battle or war, Isca is compelled to switch sides so that she may win the fight. Likewise, she may be compelled to die in battle if death is the only way to achieve victory. Fortunately for Isca, she is granted a life of longevity, living for approximately 10,000 years.
8 Miranda
First Appearance: X-Men: Worst X-Man Ever #3 by Max Bemis and Michael Walsh
Like Matthew Malloy, Miranda is a mutant from an alternate reality with the power to manipulate reality on a god-like scale. While little is truly known about Miranda, it is known that she has altered her reality’s history multiple times to adjust to her own liking. Her powers are on such a grand scale that not only can she erase anything or person from existence, but she can also erase all memories of that thing or person as well.
Miranda is also gifted with fourth-wall-breaking awareness, knowing that she is a comic book character in our reality. She often uses this as the basis to alter the history of her world. While she has only appeared in a single series, if Miranda were to decide to travel outside her reality, she could cause a significant amount of damage on a scale even greater than the Scarlet Witch.
7 Okkara (AKA Grove)
Debuted in Powers of X #4 by Jonathan Hickman and R.B. Silva
Okkara was the sentient mutant island progenitor to both Krakoa and Arakko before being sliced in two by Annihilation in ancient times. Originally a Thresholder mutant named Grove, it once served as a guardian to thousands of mutants and humans nearly two billion years ago. Over time, Okkara grew exponentially both in size and power. 10,000 years before the modern age, the second generation of mutants arose on Okkara led by Apocalypse and Genesis.
While Okkara was inevitably split in two, its powers of vegetative self-regeneration allowed both Krakoa and Arakko to thrive and regrow into full sentient islands themselves. Independently, Krakoa and Arakko have both survived centuries of wars and assaults from outside forces. Arakko specifically is now powerful enough to have integrated into Mars, becoming an entire planet over time.
6 Summoner
Debuted in X-Men #2 by Jonathan Hickman and Leinil Francis Yu
Technically an unnamed mutant, Summoner is an Arakki and the grandson of Apocalypse. Summoner, like Tarn, is well-versed in Amenth’s dark magic, specializing in summoning spells. Unlike large swaths of Arakko, Summoner is purely and fiercely loyal to Arakko, rejecting Amenth’s “political” involvement with the mutant population. An expert liar and manipulator, Summoner was successful at pulling one over on Apocalypse, allowing an Arakki invasion of Krakoa.
As a mage he prefers to summon creatures of immeasurable strength, once invoking the presence of a massive Cthulhu-esque creature. As a mutant, Summoner has been blessed with invulnerability and increased longevity, much like Apocalypse and his other immediate family members. Summoner’s primary weapon, a sword named Colony, has an amorphous quality that allows him to alter its shape and size, sharing certain qualities and appearances to the famous All-Black, the Necrosword.
5 The High Mutant Prophet Idyll
Debuted in X-Men #12 by Jonathan Hickman and Leinil Francis Yu
Raised alongside Summoner, Idyll is another Arakki Omega-level mutant. His powers allow him precognition sight, although his greatest vision was of Arakko’s fall to the daemons of Amenth. After his apocalyptic vision, Idyll was blinded leaving only his powers to guide his sight. Because of his Omega-level status, Idyll served on the Great Ring of Arakko, the mutant civilization’s governing power.
As with many of the Arakki, Idyll also possesses enhanced longevity so far allowing him to live for close to 300 years. Outside of culture and appearance, Idyll is nearly identical to Destiny, Mystique’s wife, and another blind mutant who uses precognition powers to see. While his fate after Arakko’s fall in Amenth is unknown, the High Prophet most likely relied on his powers to survive the event.
4 Old Man Logan
First Appearance: Old Man Logan #1 by Brian Michael Bendis and Andrea Sorrentino
Quickly becoming one of Marvel’s most beloved interpretations of Wolverine, Old Man Logan has become an inspirational focal point for other media, like the radio show Marvel’s Wastelanders, the massively popular movie Logan, and whose origin story inspired the Wolverine of Deadpool and Wolverine. In his original reality, Logan possesses identical powers and abilities to his Earth-616 counterpart and presumably lived a near-identical life until the modern era. His world had rapidly become overtaken by villains, initially instigated by an invasion of the X-Mansion, ultimately leading to Logan slaughtering the X-Men while under Mysterio’s illusions.
Over the next many decades, Logan abandoned the title “Wolverine” and refused to use his claws while continuing to dredge through the wasteland that had become the Earth. In 2509, Logan traveled to Earth-616 bringing the remnants of his broken world with him. However, the ancient mutant eventually returned to his original reality to help repopulate alongside the Elder God Gaea.
While the original incarnation of an “Old Man Logan” was created by Mark Millar and Steve McNiven in 2008, it was later confirmed that this version existed on Earth-807128. The other, more frequently appearing “Old Man Logan” of the modern era hails from the similar, but distinct Earth-21923.
3 Nameless, The Shape-Shifter Queen
Debuted in S.W.O.R.D. #8 by Al Ewing and Guiu Vilanova
An Omega-level mutant and member of the Great Ring of Arakko, Nameless was once the champion expert and the representative for Arakko’s land, weather, the planet, and its people. During times of relative peace for the mutant society, Nameless was chosen to serve as the civilization’s acting regent and “ruler.” Much of her ascension, before she was deposed by Storm, was strongly due to her mutant abilities.
The naturally amorphous mutant has the power to adopt both the appearance and powers of another being. Somewhere in between the power sets of Darwin and Rogue, Nameless is an incredibly adaptive mutant who possesses a strong advantage over any opponent. While Nameless eventually lost her seat on the Great Ring in a competition of strength against Storm, she had the tenacity and dedication to her purpose that she chose to take her own life in combat rather than give Storm a proper victory.
2 White Sword
Debuted in X-Men #12 by Jonathan Hickman and Pepe Larraz
Originally known as Blue, White Sword is a dedicated warrior and central military figure to Okkara. Soon after Annihilation severed Okkara in half, White Sword led the first charge into Amenth slaying every Daemon in his path. While White Sword disappeared after his initial victories, it was uncovered that he had been living deep within Amenth continuing his crusade against Annhilation’s forces.
His continued successes over his opponents are nearly entirely thanks to his mutant powers. White Sword is an Omega-level healer, blessed with immortality, self-healing, a profound resurrection power, and the ability to enthrall others into his army. That final power helped him create a near-immortal army of powerful warriors that he had collected over time. Outside of his powers, White Sword is a master sword fighter and nearly won the Contest of Swords tournament for Arakko had he not been more interested in gaining a new thrall rather than winning the contest.
1 Uqesh The Bridge
Debuted in Legion of X #1 by Si Spurrier and Jan Bazaldua
The final new mutant and Omega-level Arakki on this list, Uqesh would be better likened to a god in his own right than a mutant. Incredibly reminiscent of Mimir in Norse mythology, Uqesh is only a head with no body. Despite his lack of physical form, which was not always the case, he possesses the godlike ability to summon gods to him regardless of their will or wishes.
He has primarily used his powers in times of war and conflict, bolstering Arakko’s army with beings of divinity. It is unknown how many gods he can summon at once, but during a period of Arakki civil unrest he successfully conjured thirty gods at once. Unfortunately, he lost that battle and was sentenced to decapitation and life-sustainment, being used as a tool by his successor to hunt down any gods among the Arakki people.
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The X-Men franchise, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, centers on mutants with extraordinary abilities. Led by the powerful telepath Professor Charles Xavier, they battle discrimination and villainous mutants threatening humanity. The series explores themes of diversity and acceptance through a blend of action, drama, and complex characters, spanning comics, animated series, and blockbuster films.
