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With so many different members of both the X-Men and Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, the power levels of these mutants have differed drastically over the years. Here are the most powerful members of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants in Marvel Comics history, from Magneto’s run as leader to later versions of the team.
10) Pyro
Pyro is a mutant who got his start in Marvel Comics as a part of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. He joined the team when Mystique worked as its leader, and he was part of the team that attempted an assassination on anti-mutant presidential candidate Robert Kelly (which created the Days of Future Past timeline). Unlike the movie version, he wasn’t a young teen, but an adult, and he had some serious mutant powers. As his name indicates, Pyro can control fire, growing it to any size and intensity he wishes and then turning it into weapons (like gigantic claws or phoenix-like birds). The only limit to the size of the fire and its form is based on the limits of his own imagination. However, his main weakness is that he needs fire to be available for manipulation and cannot create it from within himself.
9) Mystique
Mystique is a powerful member of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants for a very different reason. She is powerful thanks to her brains and her devious nature. Her power is simply to change into any other person she wants, and her powers are so powerful that she can take on all the attributes of that person, including taking on the sexual organs of a male if she takes on a male persona. However, she is also very tactical, and she is the reason the Days of Future Past timeline happened since it was her leadership of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants that led the assassination attempt on presidential candidate Robert Kelly. On top of that, when she works with her partner Destiny, the two of them are a dangerous combo thanks to Destiny’s precog abilities.
8) Sabretooth
Sabretooth is a powerful member of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants for one reason – he is one of the strongest and most immoral members of the team. His strength is so mighty that every year on Wolverine’s birthday, Sabretooth would seek out Logan and beat him to an inch of death as an annual event, and Wolverine has only been able to stand up to him very few times. He is a mutant with most of the same abilities as Wolverine, but he is stronger and has no morals when it comes to killing anyone at any time for no reason. He is so evil that he was one of the few mutants who couldn’t fit in on Krakoa and was banished to the pits of the island nation.
7) Mastermind
Jason Wyngarde is Mastermind, one of Magneto’s original Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, and also a member of the Hellfire Club. His powers enable him to create powerful illusions that alter the reality and perception of those he affects. In his early days with the Brotherhood, he was a dangerous member of the team and consistently helped them in battles against the X-Men. Mastermind also used his telepathic powers to alter Polaris’s memories to block the truth of her parentage (she is Magneto’s daughter). However, his true might was shown in the Hellfire Club when he used his powers to mentally break Jean Grey, which ultimately unleashed the Dark Phoenix.
6) Blob
When it comes to pure power, few people match that of The Blob when he is standing on solid ground. He was the first person Magneto’s Brotherhood of Evil Mutants recruited when they initially appeared in X-Men comics. The X-Men also recruited him, but he rejected them, causing Professor X to wipe his memories of them, which made them mortal enemies when he realized what had happened. Blob’s powers increase gravity to become virtually immobile as long as he remains in contact with the ground. He is also mostly impervious to any injury, and his size makes him superhumanly strong. Of course, the fact that a person like Jean Grey could disrupt the ground beneath him allows some mutants to take him off his feet, although they really can’t hurt him once they do.
