X-Men Officially Names the Best Powers Any Mutant Can Have – Screen Rant

Warning: contains spoilers for Sins of Sinister: Dominion!X-Men just officially confirmed the best power set it's possible for any mutant to possess, as fan-favorite hero Rasputin IV is revealed as the masterwork of evil geneticist Mister Sinister. In the recent Sins of Sinister event, fans have seen a potential future where the X-Men's worst selves are unlocked thanks to Sinister's genetic tampering. Under these conditions, Sinister has been free to continue his genetic experiments, creating the ultimate mutant in Rasputin IV - who has subsequently joined X-Men's main canon.

In Kieron Gillen and Alessandro Vitti's Immoral X-Men #3, Sinister reveals that Rasputin IV is his ultimate creation. Throughout the current era of X-Men comics, Sinister has been hard at work creating new 'Chimera' mutants. Chimera are created using cloning technology and the genetic templates of multiple mutants, giving them not just one, but many mutant powers. In Immoral X-Men #2, Sinister confirmed his project was at an end. The most mutant power sets that can possibly be combined is five, and even then, it has to be the right five which can work together on a genetic level. In issue 3, Sinister confirms Rasputin IV is the best possible result - the supreme combination of five powers which can work together without instantly killing the mutant who wields them (the fate of Rasputins I to III)

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Rasputin IV possesses the metal skin and strength of Colossus, the healing of Laura Kinney's Wolverine, the intangibility of Kate Pryde, the force fields of Unus the Untouchable, and the Omega-level telepathy of Kid Omega. Sinister had every mutant genome to pick from, and these five are officially the ultimate power cocktail. While Wolverine, Colossus, and Kate (formerly Kitty) Pryde are household names, Unus is a more obscure villain - first appearing way back in 1964's X-Men #8 - and has an incredibly degree of control over his force fields, which are strong enough to resist the Hulk. Meanwhile, X-Force's Kid Omega, aka Quentin Quire, is as powerful as it's possible for a telepath to be, and has been confirmed as a future Phoenix Force host, on par with Jean Grey. Rasputin IV also wields the Soulsword - a weapon powerful enough to destroy the Silver Surfer, and one which she can use while remaining intangible.

It's worth noting that while Rasputin IV has the best powers possible in a genetic sense, there are more outright powerful mutants. However, these levels of power tend to come with downsides - for example Proteus and Monarch are both capable of altering reality, but this comes with major drawbacks - destroying his body in the process for Proteus, and intense mental instability for Monarch. Likewise, the most outright powerful mutant Legion developed a form of dissociative identity disorder to help differentiate his near-infinite powers. The thing that makes Rasputin IV the triumph of Sinister's genetic engineering is that her powers have no inherent downsides, and they offer wildly versatile combinations.

Rasputin's telepathy and intangibility make her the ultimate stealth agent, while her enhanced strength and healing simultaneously make her a powerhouse brawler. She can shut down Juggernaut with telepathy, stop Rogue laying a finger on her with force fields, and cut through Magik's spells with the Soulsword - all at the same time. Each of her constituent mutants has also found new ways to use their powers that Rasputin IV can apply, from Kate Pryde shorting out electronics on contact to Wolverine achieving bursts of enhanced speed by deliberately over-stressing her muscles. Rasputin IV is not just an Omega-level mutant, but an Omega-level mutant plus four other world-class mutants - all of whose powers she's trained to wield for centuries.

While Sins of Sinister has officially ended, Kieron Gillen, Paco Medina, and Lucas Werneck's Sins of Sinister: Dominion sees Rasputin IV enter Marvel's main reality, meaning the X-Men just got a wildly powerful new member. She may not be able to warp reality, but Rasputin IV officially represents the greatest range of powers any mutant can physically contain, plus Marvel's most powerful mystic weapon. As Fall of X approaches to threaten all of mutantkind, the X-Men may have just encountered the one ally who can save them from extinction.

Sins of Sinister: Dominion is available now from Marvel Comics.

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