# Why is Magneto considered such a powerful mutant **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 9, 2013, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-magneto-considered-such-a-powerful-mutant/670731 "2013-10-09T00:17:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2013, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-magneto-considered-such-a-powerful-mutant/670731/41 "2013-10-11T21:22:13Z")
Nope. There are a [bunch](http://marvel.wikia.com/Category:Omega_Level_Mutants). ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2013, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-magneto-considered-such-a-powerful-mutant/670731/42 "2013-10-11T21:38:05Z")
Does he blend? ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2013, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-magneto-considered-such-a-powerful-mutant/670731/43 "2013-10-11T21:56:25Z")
> [@Donna\_Lange](#): > > Couldn’t a naked Nightcrawler just Bamf himself right next to a sleeping Magneto and stab him in the throat with a shard of glass? Or (committing suicide) bamf right into Magneto. Kitty Pryde could just drag Magneto underground and leave him there. Magik could teleport him to Limbo. (Hm, bad idea; he’d end up taking over…) Squirrel Girl! That’s the answer! I don’t know how she’d defeat him, but she would defeat him! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2013, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-magneto-considered-such-a-powerful-mutant/670731/44 "2013-10-12T00:19:18Z")
> [@Trinopus](#): > > Kitty Pryde could just drag Magneto underground and leave him there. The first time Kitty got within reach of Magneto and tried to use her powers, he ruthlessly sent a lethal charge of electricity through her. Yes, she was intangible at the time. She still went down like the proverbial sack of potatoes. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2013, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-magneto-considered-such-a-powerful-mutant/670731/45 "2013-10-12T00:35:13Z")
Oops! Although I’m a long-time reader (i.e., since before Kitty Pryde existed!) I didn’t remember that’n. Squirrel Girl. She’s our only chance. ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2013, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-magneto-considered-such-a-powerful-mutant/670731/46 "2013-10-12T04:01:47Z")
Actually, like all great anti-heroes, magneto has a conscience. That is both his greatest strength and weakness. He could be the greatest hero of all time if only he wasn’t sent to a concentration camp. Everything he believes in is virtually identical to any superhero, its just that his methods are too violent. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-magneto-considered-such-a-powerful-mutant/670731.md?page=2)