“X-Manhunt” has come and gone, finishing up with X-Manhunt Omega #1. The issue had some big action moments in it, as the X-Men did their best to stop Professor X from leaving the planet Earth. One of the best parts of the book comes towards the middle.

Xavier had asked X-Force member Sage to help him escape and she employed John Wraith — and a mech powered by one of the engines from the Storm Sanctuary — to slow down the pursuing Cyclops and Magik. What follows was an example of the X-Men’s unconventional tactics — Magik summoned a massive demon to battle Wraith, leading to a mech versus kaiju fight that fans never imagined they’d see. It was a huge moment and it proved something that many X-Men fans have been saying for a long time — Magik is one of the most powerful and resourceful X-Men of all time.

Magik brings something rare to the X-Men side of the Marvel Universe — magic. Magik has been wildly popular since her resurrection in the ’10s. When most people think of Marvel magic users, they think about Doctor Strange.

Some of them even think of Doctor Doom. However, Magik deserves her flowers as Marvel’s best magic user, something that is made even more clear by her long history.Magik’s Story Is One of the X-Men’s Most Complicated Magik was born Illyana Rasputin, the youngest sister of Mikhail and Piotr Rasputin.

All three of the Rasputins are powerful mutants. Mikhail can alter reality and travel through dimensions and Colossus can transform into .