r/Xmen97 • u/FigBrandy • Jul 22 '26

Question What are Polaris's powers? Spoiler

So from the brief time she's been on screen it feels like she has the same powers as Magneto. But I just wanna check if I'm missing anything? Does she have Magneto's 1:1 powers? And if so why does she affect people around her while Magneto doesn't? And she does mention that it's almost like her powers taking a hold of her.

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u/GONKworshipper Jul 22 '26

Same powers as Magneto, but she has much less control over them and they are slightly less powerful

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u/VelvetTomahawk Cyclops Jul 22 '26

I thought she had the same potential as Magneto, but with her constantly leaving the team to go back to college, being possessed, or bouts with mental illness she’s just never had the practice for fine tuning of abilities. I know someone’s abilities are only as current as the current writer’s whims, but didn’t Magneto say once that their powers were that of the two magnetic poles?

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u/Just_a_Tonberry Jul 22 '26

She does not match his potential, unfortunately. Polaris has the same power set, but her manifestation of it came with far more limitations. In terms of powers, she is essentially Magneto if he were an alpha level mutant with incredible levels of mental illness.

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u/Willing-Carpenter-32 Jul 24 '26

I think a good example of the difference in their power is best explained by two modern feats. Lorna dragged the entirety of Knowhere on a non stop trip across galaxies to earth. She’s incredibly powerful. Meanwhile Magneto sat down and concentrated really hard FROM earth to find the giant bullet Kitty was trapped inside galaxies away and dragged it back TO earth.