AMANDA SEFTON

AMANDA SEFTON

Real Name: Jimaine Szardos

First Appearance: The Uncanny X-Men (Vol. 1) #98, April 1976

Powers: Formerly known as Daytripper, Amanda Sefton is a sorceress who followed the path of the Winding Way like her mother Margali Szardos. This meant that her sorcery waxed and waned over time, with periods of great power followed by periods of virtual powerlessness. A follower of the Way who intended to increase their powers would become stronger over time through a series of cycles, but their periods of being powerless would be longer and make them weaker, as the Way sought to make them retain their humility and respect for power as they progressed on the Way. Margali Szardos sought power, and so she went through periods where she outmatched the Sorcerer Supreme, to periods where she was reduced to a powerless beggar living on the streets. Amanda, who did not seek to increase her power as much as her mother, maintained a relatively consistent level of moderate power as a result.

Among the spells Amanda was known for are teleportation, flight, casting shields to defend against elemental or other attacks, the summoning of demons, and transmutation. She could change one set of clothing into another, or mystically change humans into demons and back again. She could sense and manipulate various esoteric forces, such as detecting changes in the timestream or registering psychic phenomena. As Magik, she wielded the Soulsword as Sorceress Supreme of Limbo, channeling her teleportation power through Limbo's stepping discs.