Phantazia

Fictional character biography

Phantazia is recruited by Toad into his lineup of the Brotherhood of Mutants. She is one of the more powerful members of the group, possessing a mutant ability that allows her to manipulate and disrupt not only the electronic systems and weaponry of her opponents, but their physical senses and superhuman powers as well. Her first mission with the Brotherhood leads her to battle X-Force. She locates the team's hidden bunker, shuts off Cable's weaponry, and disrupts Cannonball's blast field, allowing Sauron to stab Cannonball in the chest.

After Thornn's defeat, Phantazia flees, leaving Masque to be killed by Shatterstar. Other missions set the Brotherhood up against X-Factor, Darkhawk, Spider-Man, and Sleepwalker. Eventually, Phantazia is invited to Avalon, a mutant sanctuary, by Exodus. She rejects the offer and stays with the Brotherhood. After battling the X-Men, Phantazia departs Avalon with her teammates.

Phantazia is next seen in the altered reality of the 2005 "House of M" storyline. After the timeline is restored, Phantazia is confirmed as one of the many mutants who lost their powers on M-Day. The reality alteration leaves her in a catatonic state as she is taken into S.H.I.E.L.D. custody.

Years later, with her sanity and powers both regained, Phantazia is granted sanctuary at Madelyne Pryor's Embassy of Limbo in Manhattan.

Powers and abilities

Phantazia's mutation grants her the ability to sense, manipulate, and disrupt electromagnetic energy fields in her environment, allowing for a wide range of effects. She referred to her power as "harmonizing" in her early appearances. The specifics and upper limits of her superhuman abilities have never been clearly defined.

When her power is used on electronic systems and computerized weapons, Phantazia can short them out completely or interact with them, controlling their functions to a limited degree. She can disrupt or interact with the bioelectric fields of living beings in a similar manner, causing pain and paralysis and a loss of muscle control and coordination. When directed on a superpowered human, Phantazia's disruptive ability can cause their powers to fluctuate, resulting in a loss of control or total power dampening. She can generate a masking effect with her power, rendering herself and others undetectable to electronic surveillance systems and the physical senses of others, and can levitate herself, presumably by disrupting the gravity of her own body, but cannot truly fly.

Phantazia's power also allowed her to sense energy fluctuations in her immediate environment, such as hidden electronics or the atmospheric distortion preceding a teleportation effect. She is not immune to energy attacks, as her powers require conscious will to activate, and has been caught off guard and incapacitated by both Cyclops' optic blast and Havok's plasma on separate occasions.

Other versions

Age of Apocalypse

An alternate universe variant of Phantazia appears in Age of Apocalypse as a prisoner of Mister Sinister who is later killed by Dark Beast.

House of M

Phantazia was seen as part of Magneto's elite guard. Phantazia was one of but a few people to remember the events of House of M, although this led to her going insane.

No More Humans

An alternate Earth version of Phantazia, with powers intact, assisted Raze's Brotherhood against the X-Men.

References

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