"November 2nd. 3:00 PM in the afternoon.
~The date and time of Mutantkind's Decimation
After altering reality so mutants were the dominant race, the Scarlet Witch then changed reality again, this time attempting to rid the world of the mutant gene. 91.4% of the world's mutant population lost their powers overnight.[2] The Xavier Institute became a haven for those who still had their mutant powers, many of them attempting to escape persecution. Against the wishes of Institute professors Emma Frost and Scott Summers, the government assigned Sentinel Squad O*N*E to protect the mansion and its inhabitants.
The Sapien League took advantage of the situation by attacking the mansion and any mutants attempting to reach it.
Mutants at the Institute rallied around the number "198", an early government estimate of how many powered mutants were left in the entire world.
Reporter Sally Floyd interviewed a number of de-powered mutants for her Mutant Diaries report. However, a serial killer calling himself the Ghoul murdered several of those whom she interviewed, leaving "Not enough died" as a marker. The Ghoul was eventually killed in an explosion during an attempt to capture him by the X-Men. Given the nature of his teleportation powers, it's possible that the Ghoul survived.
The energy previously possessed by the mutants was orbiting Earth after the events of M-Day. While passing some orbiting rocks, the energy awakened Vulcan (Gabriel Summers). Eventually leaving orbit and entering atmosphere, the energy was absorbed by the Collective.
X-Factor has to face both with Rictor's powers loss, and the first step of Mutant Town end, shattered between sad or happy depowered mutants and anti-mutants activists.
Reversing the Effect
While the M-Day effect was initially thought to be irreversible, the following methods proved more or less effective in restoring mutant powers:
Using the Terrigen Mists of the Inhumans, Quicksilver was able to not only restore his own powers and those of others, but bring them back at an enhanced level. The side effect of this however, was that the powers often spun out of control and resulted in the death of the mutant. To date, the only "mutant" successfully permanently re-powered by this method is Luna Maximoff, who had initially her genetic markers mutant and inhuman cancelling each other. Pietro himself lost his terrigenesis-powers after he lost the Terrigen Crystals,[3] but his powers permanently returned to their normal level thanks to unknown means.[4]
In concordance with the High Evolutionary, Magneto was able to construct a machine to restore his powers, using the Dreaming Celestial and the product of what they called "a Celestial lobotomy". The machine however, was not only nearly impossible to construct but extremely dangerous. The process worked, and Magneto regained his mutant powers at the cost of the machine itself.
Apocalypse managed to restore the powers of Polaris (depowered by M-Day) after turning her into a Horseman. It was believed that Apocalypse simply gave her powers similar to her old ones through other means, but he seemingly managed to re-activate Polaris's X-Gene.[5]
After one of Legion's rogue personas, dubbing itself Moira, altered reality to create a world of constant war and struggle where he was a hero, some aspects of this reality bled through into the real world after Legion restored it. One of these aspects were the powers of Chamber. In this reality created by Legion, Chamber once again had his mutant powers in their old state, and upon returning reality to it's original form, Chamber kept his restored powers.
After falling into the M'Kraan Crystal and drifting into the White Hot Room, Professor Xavier regained his telepathic powers upon emerging.
Wanda Maximoff was able to reverse the M-Day effect on one mutant, Richtor. After losing the source of her enhanced powers, the Life Force, however, Wanda was unable to reverse it for anyone else.
The return of mutant messiah Hope Summers to the present triggered the first activated mutations since her own and M-Day. It is believed that this, along with Hope's unique ability to stabilise these mutants, were an extension of her relationship with the Phoenix Force.
The Phoenix Force travelled to Earth to claim Hope Summers as its host in order to reverse the Scarlet Witch's curse. It did so successfully, after Hope used its powers to re-ignite mutations across the world.
List of confirmed powered or depowered mutants
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- Alchemy (Thomas Jones)
- Amelia Voght
- Anole (Victor Borkowski)
- Apocalypse (En Sabah Nur) (Post M-Day Death)
- Archangel (Warren Worthington III)
- Arclight (Philippa Sontag)
- Armor (Hisako Ichiki)
- Ariel (Alien mutant)
- Astra
- Asylum (Henrique Gallante)
- Aurora (Jeanne-Marie Beaubier)
- Avalanche (Dominic Petros)
- Banshee (Sean Cassidy) (Post M-Day Death)
- Banshee (Terry Rourke Cassidy)
- Beast (Hank McCoy)
- Beautiful Dreamer (Post M-Day Death)
- Beyonder (Inhuman mutant)
- Big Bertha (Ashley Crawford)
- Bishop (Lucas Bishop) (Mutant from Earth-1191) (Trapped in future)
- Black Box (Garabed Bashur) (Post M-Day Death)
- Black Womb (Amanda Muller)
- Blaquesmith (Mutant from Earth-4935)
- Blindfold (Ruth Aldine)
- Bling! (Roxy Washington)
- Blink (Clarice Ferguson)
- Bliss
- Blob's clone (Post M-Day Death)
- Blockbuster (Michael Baer) (Post M-Day Death, Resurrected)
- Boom-Boom (Tabitha Smith)
- Box (Madison Jeffries)
- Bruiser (Molly Hayes)
- Cable (Nathan Summers)
- Caliban (Post M-Day Death)
- Cannonball (Sam Guthrie)
- Catiana (Tatiana Caban)
- Cecilia Reyes
- Cipher (Alisa Tager)
- Collective Man (Chang, Han, Ho, Lin and Sun Tao-Yu)
- Colossus (Piotr Rasputin)
- Crosta (Atlantean mutant)
- Cyclops (Scott Summers)
- Cypher (Doug Ramsey) (Pre M-Day Death, Resurrected)
- Daken/Dark Wolverine (Akihiro) (Post M-Day Death)
- Danger (AI mutant)
- Damian Tryp (Dafydd ap Andras)
- Dark Beast (Henry McCoy) (Mutant from Earth-295)
- Dark Mother (Fiona Knoblach) (Post M-Day Death)
- Darkstar (Laynia Petrovna) (Pre M-Day Death. Resurrected. Died again)
- Darwin (Armando Muñoz)
- Dazzler (Alison Blaire)
- Debrii (Deborah Fields)
- Death (Sanjar Javeed) (Post M-Day Death)
- Devil Dinosaur and his clone (Dinosaurs mutants)
- Diamond Lil (Lillian Crawley) (Post M-Day Death)
- Doctor Nemesis (James Bradley)
- Domino (Neena Thurman)
- Doorman (DeMarr Davis)
- Doug and Jerry
- Dragoness (Tamara Kurtz)
- Dust (Sooraya Qadir)
- Elixir (Josh Foley)
- Emma Frost
- Empath (Manuel de la Rocha)
- Emplate (Marius St. Croix)
- Erg
- Ernst
- Ethan Warren (Post M-Day Death)
- Evangeline Whedon
- Exodus (Bennet du Paris)
- Famine (Jeb Lee)
- Felon (Bobby Soul)
- Fever Pitch (Post M-Day Death)
- Firestar (Angelica Jones)
- Flatman (Val Ventura)
- Forge (Post M-Day Death)
- Franklin Richards
- Frederick Slade
- Frenzy (Joanna Cargill)
- Gambit (Remy LeBeau)
- Gateway
- Gargouille (Lavinia LeBlanc) (Post M-Day Death)
- Genesis (Evan Sabahnur)
- Gentle (Nezhno Abidemi)
- Ghoul (Post M-Day Death)
- Glob Herman (Robert Herman)
- Gorgon (Tomi Shishido) (Post M-Day Death, Resurrected)
- Graymalkin (Jonas Graymalkin)
- Gregor Smerdyakov
- Havok (Alex Summers)
- Headhunter
- Hellion (Julian Keller)
- Husk (Paige Guthrie)
- Icarus (Jay Guthrie) (Post M-Day Death)
- Iceman (Bobby Drake)
- Indra (Paras Gavaskar)
- Inferno Babies
- Alex (Trapped in Limbo with other Inferno Babies)
- Bob (Trapped in Limbo with other Inferno Babies)
- Face
- Loca (Post M-Day Death)
- Maw (Post M-Day Death)
- Russell (Post M-Day Death)
- Scab (Post M-Day Death)
- Shauna (Trapped in Limbo with other Inferno Babies)
- Timothy (Post M-Day Death)
- Toko (Trapped in Limbo with other Inferno Babies)
- Trista (Trapped in Limbo with other Inferno Babies)
- Jamie Braddock (Post M-Day Death)
- Jazz (John Arthur Zander) (Post M-Day Death)
- Joe Bugs (Post M-Day Death)
- Johnny Dee
- Joseph (Pre M-Day Death, Resurrected)
- Justice (Vance Astrovik)
- Karma (Shan Coy Manh)
- Kaufman, unnamed
- Kid Omega (Quentin Quire)
- Kiden Nixon
- Klara Prast (Time-traveler from before M-day)
- Krakoa
- Kraven the Hunter (Alyosha Kravinoff)
- Kylun (Colin McKay)
- Lady Mastermind (Regan Wyngarde)
- Layla Miller
- Leech
- Legion (David Haller) (trapped in "no-time" during M-Day)
- Leon Nunez (In a coma)
- Leonard Gary (Post M-Day Death)
- Lifeguard (Heather Cameron) (Shi'ar/Human hybid)
- Lightbright
- Lil' Bro
- Lila Cheney
- Litterbug
- Living Monolith (Ahmet Abdol)
- Loa (Alani Ryan)
- Longshot ("Mojoverse mutant" (see his origin))
- Lorelei Travis
- M (Monet St. Croix)
- Madame Web (Cassandra Webb) (Post M-Day Death)
- Magik (Illyana Rasputina) (Pre M-Day Death, Resurrected)
- Magma (Amara Juliana Aquilla)
- Mammomax (Maximus Jensen) (Post M-Day Death)
- Malice
- Mandrill (Jerome Beechman)
- Marvel Girl (Rachel Summers) (Mutant from Earth-811)
- Masque
- Mastermind (Martinique Wyngarde)
- Mastermind (Jason Wyngarde)'s clone
- Match (Ben Hammil)
- Matt Landru (Post M-Day Death)
- Meggan
- Meld (Jeremiah Muldoon) (Post M-Day Death)
- Melter (Christopher Colchiss)
- Mentallo (Marvin Flumm) (Post M-Day Death)
- Mercury (Cessily Kincaid)
- Microbe (Zachary Smith Jr.) (Post M-Day Death)
- Micromax (Scott Wright)
- Mikhail Rasputin (Trapped himself in the void in Dark Zone)
- Milo Gunderson
- Mister Immortal (Craig Hollis)
- Mister M (Absolon Mercator) (Post M-Day Death)
- Mister X
- Moon Boy (Prehistoric mutant)
- Mortis (Lois London) (In a coma)
- Multiple Man (James Madrox)
- Mutant Zero (Mary Walker)
- Mysterio (Francis Klum)
- Mystique (Raven Darkholme) (Post M-Day Death. Resurrected)
- Namor McKenzie (Atlantean/Human hybid)
- Namora (Aquaria Neptunia) (Atlantean/Human hybid)
- Namorita Prentiss (Clone of Namora)
- Nekra Sinclair (Post M-Day Death)
- Neophyte (Simon Hall)
- Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner) (Post M-Day Death)
- Nightcrawler (Kurt Darkholme)
- Nocturne (TJ Wagner) (Mutant from Earth-2182)
- No-Girl (Martha Johansson)
- Northstar (Jean-Paul Beaubier)
- Nuwa
- Omega (Michael Pointer)
- Omega Red (Arkady Rossovich) (Post M-Day Death)
- Onyxx (Sidney Green) (Post M-Day Death)
- Outlaw (Inez Temple)
- Owl (Leland Owlsley) (Post M-Day Death)
- Peepers (Peter Quinn) (Post M-Day Death)
- Penance
- Pestilence (Ichisumi)
- Pete Wisdom
- Pixie (Megan Gwynn) (Fairy/Human hybid)
- Portal (Charles Little Sky)
- Prism (Robbie) (Post M-Day Death, Resurrected)
- Projector (Zachary Williams)
- Proteus (Kevin MacTaggert) (Dispersed)
- Psylocke (Betsy Braddock)
- Puck (Zuzha Yu) (Post M-Day Death)
- Pulse (Augustus)
- Purple Woman (Kara Killgrave)
- Queen (Ana Soria) (Post M-Day Death)
- Quicksilver's clone
- Quiet Bill (William Kimpton) (Post M-Day Death)
- Quill (Maxwell Jordan) (Post M-Day Death)
- Random (Marshall Evan Stone III)
- Raptor (Gary Wilton, Jr.)
- Rhapsody (Rachel Argosy)
- Ricochet (Johnny Gallo)
- Riptide (Janos Quested)
- Rockslide (Santo Vaccarro)
- Rogue (Anna Marie)
- Sabra (Ruth Bat-Seraph)
- Sabretooth (Victor Creed) (Post M-Day Death, Resurrected)
- Sack (Post M-Day Death)
- Sage ("Tessa") (Merged herself with the Panoptichron, then rejected into another reality and joined the X-Treme X-Men)
- Senyaka (Suvik Senyaka) (Post M-Day Death)
- Scalphunter (John Greycrow)
- Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff) and her clone
- Scrambler (Kim Il Sung) (Post M-Day Death)
- Sebastian Shaw
- Selene (Post M-Day Death)
- Shadowcat (Kitty Pryde)
- Shadow King ("Amahl Farouk")
- Shatterstar (Gaveedra Seven) ("Mojoverse mutant" (see his origin) merged with mutant from mainstream reality)
- Shinobi Shaw (Post M-Day Death)
- Silver Samurai (Keniuchio Harada) (Post M-Day Death)
- Skein (Sybil Dvorak)
- Skids (Sally Blevins)
- Snow Leopards
- Speed (Thomas Shepherd)
- Squirrel Girl (Doreen Green)
- Stepford Cuckoos (Three-In-One)
- Stinger (Wendy Sherman)
- Storm (Ororo Munroe)
- Strong Guy (Guido Carosella)
- Sugar Man) (Mutant from Earth-295)
- Sunspot (Roberto da Costa)
- Surge (Nori Ashida)
- Symbiote Warriors (X-23's clones)
- "Tattooed Man"
- Tempo (Heather Tucker)
- Tito Bohusk
- Thunderbird (Neal Shaara)
- Timeslip (Rina Patel)
- Toad (Mortimer Toynbee) and his clone
- Toro (Thomas Raymond) (Pre M-Day Death, Resurrected)
- Trance (Hope Abbott)
- Ultra Girl (Suzanna Sherman) (Kree mutant)
- Unuscione (Carmella Unuscione)
- Ursa Major (Mikhail Ursus) (Post M-Day Death)
- Vanguard (Nikolai Krylenko) (Post M-Day Death)
- Vanisher ("Teleford Porter") (Post M-Day Death, Resurrected)
- Vindaloo (Venkat Katregadda)
- Vulcan (Gabriel Summers) (Post M-Day Death)
- Wallflower (Laurie Collins) (Post M-Day Death)
- War (Decimus Furius)
- Warlock (Technarch mutant)
- Warpath (James Proudstar)
- Whirlwind (David Cannon)
- Wiccan (Billy Kaplan)
- Wither (Kevin Ford) (Post M-Day Death)
- Wiz Kid (Takashi Matsuya)
- Wolf Cub (Nicholas Gleason) (Post M-Day Death)
- Wolfsbane (Rahne Sinclair)
- Wolverine (James Howlett)
- X-23 (Laura Kinney) (Female clone of Wolverine)
- X-Man (Nate Grey) (Mutant from Earth-295)
- X-Treme (Adam Neramani) (Shi'ar/Human hybid)
- unnamed Gargouille's boyfriend[6]
- unnamed fire-breather (Post M-Day Death)[7]
- Utopia and Ravencroft Asylum for the Criminally Insane appears to have various unidentified mutants.
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Hope Summers is the first mutant born after the M-Day. After her return from the future she activated several new mutants:
Immediately after the "Phoenix No More" incanted by The Phoenix Messiah and the Scarlet Witch, the mutant race was restored. Although publicly known mutants regained their powers, about the same number of mutants as before M-Day popped up in the world. These list contains a few (mostly the first encountered by various teams of X-Men and their enemies).
Known Pre-M-Day Deceased Powered Mutants
It is possible that Jean Grey kept X-Gene in her DNA.[citation needed] Beast and Dark Beast have found none X-Gene in dead bodies of mutants in Genosha, so some dead mutants lost their powers. However, some have kept them, as seen in the Necrosha.