Powers: The Scarlet Witch is a mutant who had the ability to manipulate probability via her hexes (often manifesting physically as hex spheres or hex bolts ). She can use her hexes to light flammable objects, contain or remove air from a particular volume, deflect objects, stop the momentum of projectiles, open doors, explode objects, create force fields and deflect magical attacks, etc. The effects are varied but almost always detrimental to opponents. In House of M, her power was depicted as sufficient to rewrite her entire universe, and cause multiverse-threatening ripples.Backstory: The Scarlet Witch debuted, together with her brother, Quicksilver, as a part of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants in X-Men #4. After several brief appearances as a villain, Wanda and her brother were added to the cast of the superhero team the Avengers. Her and her brother Quicksilver often assist the X-Men, as their father is Magneto.