The Phoenix Drive is acknowledged as one of the vital {powerful} entities within the Marvel Multiverse because of its capacity to annihilate universes and rewrite actuality. Over hundreds of thousands of years, the Phoenix Drive has had quite a few mortal hosts. After all, no host is extra iconic than Jean Gray. As the primary character in comics to own the Phoenix Drive, Jean has outlined the limitless and oftentimes corruptive energy of this all-powerful being. Because the Phoenix Drive is all the time drawn to Jean, it has on multiple event discovered itself taking possession of different members of the X-Males. These mutant heroes have proven the limitless quantity of life and loss of life the Phoenix can deliver.
The Phoenix Drive is an entity of unbelievable harmful energy. Through the years, many X-Males, other than Jean, have grow to be its host in her stead, with blended outcomes.
10) Stepford Cuckoos
The Phoenix Drive is especially thinking about possessing mortals who wield potent psychic talents. This obsession would finally lead it to grant its energy to a few telepaths concurrently. The Stepford Cuckoo sisters, Celeste, Mindee, and Phoebe, are cloned daughters of Emma Frost created by the nefarious Weapon Plus Program. Throughout their time with the X-Males, the sisters had been chosen by a portion of the Phoenix Drive to be its new host. Sadly, though every of the Stepford Cuckoos acquired a fraction of the Phoenix’s limitless energy, it additionally had the unintended aspect impact of reactivating their Weapon Plus programming. After attempting and failing to exterminate all mutants on Earth, Mindee and Phoebe had been kidnapped by the villain Chic, and Celeste grew to become the only real wielder of the Phoenix Drive fragment. Having damaged freed from her thoughts management, Celeste not solely saved her sisters however labored with them to imprison the Phoenix Drive fragment in a diamond, guaranteeing that it couldn’t damage anybody else.
9) Namor
Namor the Sub-Mariner could also be finest identified for being the King of Atlantis, however his winged ft are the results of his mutant X-Gene. Due to his mutant standing, Namor grew to become an official a part of the X-Males in 2009. When the Phoenix Drive was break up into 5 items throughout the Avengers vs. X-Males storyline, it discovered its method to 5 X-Males members: Cyclops, Emma Frost, Colossus, Magik, and Namor. As a member of the Phoenix 5, Namor aided his empowered teammates in making a mutant pseudo-utopia. Nonetheless, when the Phoenix 5 sought to arrest the Avengers, Namor took the chance to make use of his cosmic improve and mastery of the ocean to attempt to destroy his longtime rival, Black Panther, as soon as and for all. Harnessing a large flood, Namor devastated Wakanda and killed 1000’s of individuals. For this horrific atrocity, the Avengers actually beat the residing Phoenix Drive out of Namor.
8) Colossus
Even earlier than acquiring a portion of the Phoenix Drive throughout the Avengers vs. X-Males arc, Colossus was already wrestling with being the host of a cosmic entity of pure destruction. Colossus has all the time been the X-Males’s muscle, however he acquired a big energy increase when he obtained Juggernaut’s powers and connection to the eldritch god Cyttorak. As one can think about, a model of Colossus that has each the ability of Juggernaut and the Phoenix is a significantly {powerful} and harmful being. As a member of the Phoenix 5, Colossus labored alongside his sister Magik to crush all those who would oppose their reign. Nonetheless, of the Phoenix 5 members, Colossus did his finest to withstand the corruptive pull of the Phoenix Drive. Nonetheless, Spider-Man managed to govern Colossus and Magik to assault one another to steal one another’s portion of the Phoenix Drive. This battle resulted in each siblings shedding the cosmic energy and not being a menace to humanity.
7) Child Omega
When Quentin Quire, aka Child Omega, was first launched, he was a merciless, bratty bully with Omega-Degree psychic powers. Naturally, such a harmful mixture appeared like it will spell catastrophe if Child Omega received his fingers on the Phoenix Drive. Upon encountering this omnipotent entity, Child Omega made a cope with it and absorbed a few of its energy. As one can think about, for an boastful, immature, and oftentimes violent teenager, Child Omega initially used this cosmic energy poorly. He exploited its drive to make himself be lauded as a god on an alien planet. Nonetheless, Child Omega would present his improvement by sacrificing his portion of the Phoenix Drive to save lots of Jubilee’s life and restore her misplaced powers. This received’t be the final time Child Omega turns into the host of the Phoenix Drive, as quite a few doable future timelines depict him wielding the cosmic entity’s full energy. Child Omega has all the time been acknowledged for his nice potential, and changing into the Phoenix Drive’s subsequent everlasting host would make him one of the vital {powerful} X-Males of all time.
6) Magik
Like her brother Colossus, Magik was one of many 5 mutants who had been granted a portion of the Phoenix Drive throughout the occasions of Avengers vs. X-Males. Even earlier than this improvement, Magik, because the queen and Sorcerer Supreme of the hell-like dimension of Limbo, already was among the many mightiest sorcerers in Marvel Comics. As one can think about, Magik grew to become much more harmful with the Phoenix Drive. Magik labored with the remainder of the Phoenix 5 to create an uneasy mutant utopia whereas punishing those that would defy them. Magik, particularly, started utilizing the Phoenix Drive in more and more merciless methods as she grew to become corrupted by its energy. She trapped Captain Marvel in Limbo and tried to goad Colossus into killing Spider-Man. When Colossus started to get involved in regards to the corruptive toll the Phoenix Drive was having on his sister, Spider-Man took the chance to trick them into combating one another. It was fortunate that Spider-Man did so, as a result of with Magik’s management over the Phoenix Drive and darkish magic, she would have threatened all life on Earth.
5) Emma Frost
Emma Frost has removed from the most effective experiences with the Phoenix Drive. When she was a member of the Hellfire Membership, she helped corrupt Jean Gray and switch her into the universe-threatening Darkish Phoenix. And when Frost joined the X-Males, Jean used her cosmic powers to kill Frost briefly. Her first try to possess the complete energy of the Phoenix Drive ended poorly, because the entity shortly acknowledged that she wasn’t robust sufficient to wield its infinite energy. Nonetheless, whereas Frost can’t deal with the whole thing of the Phoenix Drive, she was capable of grasp a fifth of its energy when she grew to become a part of the Phoenix 5. Even with only a fraction of the Phoenix Drive, Emma was robust sufficient to beat Thor inside an inch of his life. As with every story about absolute energy, Emma’s didn’t prove properly for her. Frost was betrayed by Cyclops in order that he might steal her portion of the Phoenix Drive and grow to be unstoppable. Unsurprisingly, this betrayal didn’t bode properly for his or her relationship and led to Frost and Cyclops breaking apart.
4) Hope Summers
Not solely was Hope Summers the primary mutant born after M-Day, however she’s additionally the kid of the Phoenix Drive itself. As one can think about, part of Hope’s all-powerful mom all the time existed as part of her. At the same time as a child, Hope was believed to be destined to grow to be the savior of mutantkind. When the Phoenix Drive was heading in the direction of Earth, the X-Males educated Hope in order that she might grow to be its host and restore all of the mutants misplaced after M-Day. Nonetheless, after the entire catastrophe with the Phoenix 5 and Cyclops changing into the Darkish Phoenix, Hope labored with Scarlet Witch to tear the cosmic entity from the chief of the X-Males. Having lastly grow to be the host of the Phoenix Drive, Hope used its energy to satisfy her future of restoring mutantkind’s misplaced inhabitants. On the finish of the Krakoa Period, Hope even sacrificed her life to resurrect the dying Phoenix Drive. Whereas Hope might now be useless, her connection to the Phoenix makes her resurrection inevitable.
3) Wolverine
Wolverine is probably the most iconic X-Man of all of them, so it’s not an enormous shock that he would finally discover himself changing into the host of the Phoenix Drive. Throughout a time-traveling journey with Spider-Man, Wolverine grew to become possessed by the Darkish Phoenix and threatened all of actuality. It was solely by Spider-Man speaking Wolverine down that the X-Man managed to solid the Phoenix Drive from his physique. Nonetheless, on Earth-14412, a future model of Wolverine totally embraces the Phoenix Drive’s limitless energy. On this post-apocalyptic future, Wolverine, now often known as Outdated Man Phoenix, has served because the host of the Phoenix for billions of years. Few beings within the multiverse have mastered the Phoenix Drive like this historical model of Wolverine. With infinite energy at his disposal, Outdated Man Phoenix travels the cosmos to deliver life and loss of life throughout the universe. Outdated Man Phoenix is the most effective there may be at what he does, and what he does finest is preserve common order.
2) Rachel Summers
Within the bleak future timeline of Days of Future Previous, also referred to as Earth-811, Rachel Summers, the daughter of Cyclops and Jean Gray, inherited her mom’s connection to the Phoenix Drive. This connection allowed Rachel to journey again in time to the current, attempting to stop the dystopian future she got here from. When that plan failed, Rachel made the present-day her new residence. For a very long time, Rachel was the only real host of the Phoenix Drive and used her powers as each a member of the X-Males and the British mutant superhero crew Excalibur. Rachel’s mastery over the Phoenix Drive was so nice that she was capable of defeat the all-powerful Beyonder and almost destroyed the universe. Sadly, a time-travel incident brought about Rachel to lose her connection to the Phoenix Drive, and she or he’s but to regain its full energy. Nonetheless, other than Jean Gray, no different character in Marvel has held the Phoenix mantle so long as Rachel.
1) Cyclops
As Jean Gray’s longtime lover and chief of the X-Males, Cyclops has all the time had an in depth and oftentimes tragic historical past with the Phoenix Drive. Famously, Jean died to save lots of Cyclops and the remainder of the universe from the Darkish Phoenix’s wrath. Nonetheless, many many years later, Cyclops would discover himself changing into the brand new Darkish Phoenix. Cyclops was the chief of the Phoenix 5 and used his connection to a fraction of the Phoenix Drive to assist mutantkind and to wage conflict in opposition to the Avengers. The ability quickly grew to become too nice for Cyclops’ thoughts to bear, so he made issues worse by stealing Emma Frost’s portion of the Phoenix Drive. Then, having utterly gone mad with energy, Cyclops killed Professor X and reworked into the Darkish Phoenix, threatening to destroy the Earth. Even the Avengers and X-Males working collectively couldn’t cease Cyclops’ devastating rampage. Solely by Hope Summers and Scarlet Witch’s collaboration might they exorcise the corrupted Phoenix Drive from Cyclops, bringing the chief of the X-Males again to his senses. Cyclops might have began with good intentions to save lots of mutantkind, however he shortly devolved into Earth’s best menace.
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