ROULETTE

ROULETTE

Real Name: Jennifer Stavros

First Appearance: The New Mutants (Vol. 1) #16, June 1984

Powers: Roulette possesses the mutant ability to manipulate the probability fields surrounding people or objects.

She can demonstrate her power through physical contact or by generating discs of solidified psionic energy. The discs contain two different colorations: Red discs for “good luck” and black discs for “bad luck”. The discs burst upon impact and cause a sudden flux in probabilities to occur around whatever target they strike. It was presumed that Roulette could generate a “good luck” effect around herself, thereby enhancing probabilities for her own sake.

Striking with black disks would cause varying effects, such as causing her opponents to slip up or temporarily lose their powers, make floors or objects collapse or burst into flames, cause mechanical failures, and so on. Her red disks were used more rarely, but in one instance she used a black disk to short out Speedball's power, and a red disk to reactivate it an uncontrollably high level. Also, by touching Cypher during a poker game, she altered his odds so that he couldn't help but win each hand (though his mutant linguistics power may have played a part in his success as well).