Anna Daniels
If the character’s history in the pages of Marvel comics is any indication, and we think it is, then Wanda’s power level is right in the middle of ramping up from “insanely formidable” to “actually scary.” At the peak of her abilities, her “hex bolts” — manifestations of the Chaos Magic that she wields — could cause an unbelievably wide range of effects. These include, but are not limited to: creating force fields, causing objects to explode or incinerate, energy manipulation, de-powering superhuman individuals, controlling or destabilizing matter at a molecular level, and temporarily negating the physical laws of nature.
In addition, Wanda is basically capable of manipulating the very laws of reality with her unparalleled power to affect probability. She has been described by no less an in-universe authority as Uatu the Watcher as a “Nexus Being” — essentially, the personification of the mainstream Marvel universe, Earth-616. Other known beings with this level of power (and there aren’t many) include alternate universe versions of the time-traveling villain Kang the Conqueror, the insanely powerful mutant Franklin Richards (the son of the Fantastic Four’s Reed Richards and Sue Storm), the wizard Merlin, X-Man Jean Grey, and Odin.
In the MCU, Wanda’s power bump is likely directly connected to the death of her love, the Vision, as intense emotions cause her powers to, well, level up (just look at the devastation she caused after the death of her brother Quicksilver in Avengers: Age of Ultron). At this point, there’s no telling how powerful she could become, and the implications for the MCU moving forward could be profound.
Written by: Looper
