Who are the New Mutants?

Illyana Rasputin / Magik

Ilyana Rasputin is the youngest child of Nikolai and Alexandra Rasputin. She was born and raised in Siberia. Of all the New Mutants presented in the article, she is probably the most recognizable one. Firstly because of his brother Peter, known as Colossus, who had quite large roles in films such as X-Men: The Last Stand and Deadpool. Secondly, there is no question of a random coincidence of names here – the girl’s great-grandfather was the famous favorite of the tsarist family, Grigory Rasputin. But let’s get back to Ilyana herself. As a child, she was a hair from death under the wheels of a speeding tractor. Then she was saved by the aforementioned Piotr, who in this way used his powers for the first time and shortly afterwards he went to the school run by Charles Xavier. When Arcade was imprisoned by Dr. Doom, his assistant, Miss Locke, kidnapped people close to the X-Men in order to get the group to help free her boss. Among the abductees was also a young Rasputin. After her release, however, she did not go home – Piotr wanted to keep his sister with him, and Xavier gladly agreed. He knew that the girl was also a mutant and he wanted to explore her potential. The girl quickly acclimated to the new place and became friends with Kitty Pryde. Some time later Ilyana accidentally teleported to the Limbo dimension, where an evil wizard named Balasco intended to teach her black magic and make her heir. To achieve his goal, he placed fragments of her soul in the Blood Stones and thus imprisoned her in his castle. Her second teacher was Storm (or rather her alternative version from the Limbo dimension), who showed the girl how to use white magic. Rasputin herself did not know what power was hidden in her. She managed not only to create a disk with which she escaped from the castle, but also to focus her energy to conjure a Soul Sword and fight Balasco, whom she defeated and spared, so that she herself would not become such an evil creature as him. She also gave up the possibility of becoming the ruler of Limbo and returned to Earth. For a long time, she hid the truth about her fate. She was able to do this thanks to strong protection against telepathy and the ability to erase the memory of others. Over time, however, more and more people learned the truth. Ilyana had to save her friends from oppression very often. She defeated, among others the demon S’ym, freed Kitty from the hands of the White Queen, helped Colossus in the fight against the Dark Phantoms, killed the Demon Bear who harassed Dani Moonstar, clashed with the Beyonder, or seized New Mutants at the hands of Baby Yagi. Ilyana had to save her friends from oppression very often. She defeated, among others the demon S’ym, freed Kitty from the hands of the White Queen, helped Colossus in the fight against the Dark Phantoms, killed the Demon Bear who harassed Dani Moonstar, clashed with the Beyonder, or seized New Mutants from the hands of Baby Yagi. Ilyana had to save her friends from oppression very often. She defeated, among others the demon S’ym, freed Kitty from the hands of the White Queen, helped Colossus in the fight against the Dark Phantoms, killed the Demon Bear who plagued Dani Moonstar, clashed with Beyonder, or seized New Mutants from the hands of Baby Yagi.

It is difficult to say what exactly mutations Ilyana Rasputin had in her. It was likely a teleportation ability, but could not be confirmed. Her powers only developed in the Limbo dimension. It was there that she learned to control the disks and use them to move from place to place. In addition, she mastered the elements of white and black magic. No wonder she was nicknamed the Magician. It was thanks to these abilities that she was able to create mystical armor, protecting her from physical and mental attacks. Its most important ability, however, was the ability to summon the Soul Sword, which is able to break any spell and drain the spiritual essence of other people, thus even leading to the death of the opponent.

In the film, the New Mutants Ilyanę play Rasputin Anya Taylor-Joy. This American actress is known for such productions as Split , Glass , Skłodowska and Emma . She also appeared in several episodes of the Peaky Blinders series and lent her voice to Brei from Dark Crystal: Time of Rebellion .