15 Most Powerful Weapons in the Marvel Universe (RANKED)

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The history of Marvel Comics is full of powerful artifacts. This is why we have decided to make a list of the most powerful weapons in the Marvel Universe!

The objects and weapons on this list are going to be ranked based on their powers and appearances in the comic books, not the movies. They are going to be ranked from 15th to 1st, thus giving you a pretty thorough overview of Marvel’s complete lore. You’re going to find out a bit about these objects and why we have ordered them as we have.

15 Most Powerful Marvel Weapons

15. The Eye of Agamotto

User(s): The Sorcerer Supreme
Debut: Strange Tales #127 (December 1964)

The Eye of Agamotto is a fictional mystical element that appears in American comic books published by Marvel Comics and in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with its first appearance in Doctor Strange.

The Eye of Agamotto is the name commonly given to the amulet Strange wears on his chest, although the Eye actually resides within the amulet and is released from time to time.

Agamotto, a powerful mystical being and one of Doctor Strange’s three Vishanti, is said to have used the Eye during his time as Earth’s Supreme Sorcerer.

The origins of the Eye are currently unknown, but there are theories of how it came into being. Some believe that it was discovered by Agamotto among the seas and stars, where it had drifted for centuries.

Others claim that it was created by Agamotto himself, which makes sense when the powers of the Eye are compared to those of “the all-seeing”.

The Eye of Agamotto is said to draw upon Agamotto’s own mystical ability to span distances and dispel disguises and illusions. Agamotto is also presumably aware of each time the Eye is used and can even record those events for later viewing.

14. Mandarin’s Rings

User(s): Mandarin
Debut: Tales of Suspense #50 (February 1964)

Mandarin’s Ten Rings are a very powerful set of weapons. These ten cylinders were parts of Makluan engineering.

Each contained the soul of a long-dead legendary cosmic warrior, trapped in a fantastical state limited by its particular device. Each of these artifacts also had an A.I. in quarantine, for when the Rings were separated from their wearers.

The Rings are worn on each finger, separately, and can be used individually or as a group. You do not have to possess all of them to use them.

When used, Mandarin’s Rings cause electrostatic reactions with each, which is their one known weakness. Iron Man shot the Rings with magnetic pulses to exploit this limitation in his last battle with Temugin.

13. The Tactigon

User(s): Violet Lightner, KIA
Debut: Avengers: The Initiative #1 (June 2007)

Separated from its original alien host during a battle a long time ago, the Tactigon fell to Earth and landed in San Francisco, California. Sometime later, when a troubled teenage girl, Violet Lightner, attempted to kill herself by jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge, the Tactigon spotted her and strapped itself to her forearm.

The Tactigon could transform into the perfect weapon to defeat a specific opponent and help Violet become a superhero named Armory and allow her to defeat a giant Ultimo robot. It was later used by KIA.

12. Mjolnir

Thor's Hammer

User(s): Thor, Beta Ray Bill
Debut: Journey into Mystery #83 (August 1962)

Mjolnir is inspired by the Thunder God’s hammer of the same name from Norse mythology and is the signature weapon of the superhero Thor, as well as one of the most powerful artifacts of Asgard and the entire Marvel universe; in its main version (that of Earth-616), it is represented as a large war hammer in the shape of a gray rectangular parallelepiped with a short handle, wrapped in brown leather laces and culminating in a circular cord.

In addition to granting immense powers to its wielder, Mjolnir is virtually indestructible, can only be wielded by those who are deemed worthy and is able to always return to its owner. The creation of Mjolnir was ordered by Odin some 65 million years before the modern era.

11. The Black Vortex

User(s): Gara, Mister Knife
Debut: Legendary Star-Lord #5 (November 2014)

The Black Vortex acts like a mirror showing an individual what they would look like if their cosmic potential was completely released. After saying “I submit to the Black Vortex”, the individual receives the promised power.

The Vortex also seems to have some sort of autonomy or sentience, as it is able to show visions of a future in which Nova would submit to its power whenever it asks why it should submit to its power. The Vortex is also able to reverse the state of its users and rob them of their cosmic powers.

10. The Casket of Ancient Winters

User(s): Surtur
Debut: Thor #346 (May 1984)

The Casket of Ancient Winters was an Asgardian artifact containing Ymir’s Fimbulwinter; it produced huge blizzards when it was opened. The Casket of Ancient Winters is a hand-sized box containing the fury of a thousand murderous winters.

The Casket was used by Surtur during his battle against Thor. Surtur unleashed the destructive capabilities of this Casket on planet Earth. This event, of course, caused mass hysteria on the planet. Thor was able to defeat Surtur with the help of the heroes of earth and protect the box so that it could no longer be misused.

9. The Staff of One

User(s): Tokiko Minoru, Nico Minoru
Debut: Runaways #4 (October 2003)

The Staff of One is an ancient magic staff capable of casting any spell imaginable and is most notably used by Nico Minoru. However, despite being extremely powerful, the Staff has two limitations.

First and foremost, Nico cannot cast the same spell twice, or the spell will misfire and a random effect will occur; for example, the second time she tried to use Freeze, she produced pelicans, and the second time she tried to cast the Fumigation spell, the staff teleported Nico and Carolina into the Los Angeles desert.

The second limitation of the Staff of One is that it cannot be used to bring people back from the dead. Niko discovered this limitation when she tried to resurrect Alex Wilder and explained why she couldn’t magically revive the deceased future version of Gertrude Yorks.

8. The Crimson Gem of Cyttorak

User(s): Cyttorak
Debut: X-Men #12 (July, 1965)

The unbelievable energies of the gemstone can cause anyone who comes in contact with it to transform into the so-called Cyttorak’s Exemplar, the Juggernaut, an almost unstoppable individual.

The Juggernaut has immense strength and stamina and does not have to sleep, eat, drink or breathe. The only weak point is the spirit of the Juggernaut, but to protect him from mental attacks, the helmet of his armor is protected against practically all psionic attacks.

But that’s not all: After returning from a trip to space, the gem appeared to develop new skills as it was later used to emit rays of concussion force by a young boy (who was not physically altered despite touching the gem), animating wax statues and sending communication signals around the world.

What happened to it is unknown, but the status of the gem clearly changed as it was later poured into Cain Marko’s body. The power of the Juggernaut has dramatically increased his aggressiveness and is driven by an overwhelming urge to destroy.

Cyttorak can regulate the amount of his blessings he gives to his avatar by decreasing or increasing their power at will.

7. Odinsword

User(s): Odin
Debut: Journey into Mystery #117 (June 1965)

The first iteration of the Odinsword is known as the Over Sword of Asgard. It is a special, giant sword which, if ever drawn, would bring upon “the end of the universe at hand”, as the story goes.

A story about the origin of this weapon says that it was made from a cursed gold Nibelung ring that would result in the end of Asgard. Greed for the mighty Ring had cost many lives, including that of a mortal incarnation of Thor, due to Odin’s greed for it.

When he resurrected Thor, Odin sacrificed himself to atone for endangering Asgard for his greed and parted the Ring to act as a gang to hang himself on Yggdrasil.

A second iteration of the Odinsword was revealed during the Serpent’s War.

During the Crisis with Skadi, Odin presented Thor with a sword claiming it was the Odinsword, revealing its real name, “Ragnarok,” “the end of all things,” before the final confrontation with Cul Borson. Odin said it was the only weapon that could defeat Cul, seeing how no other weapon could harm him.

6. Destroyer, the Enchanted Armor

User(s): Loki
Debut: Journey into Mystery #118 (July 1965)

The Destroyer is an enchanted armor forged by the king of the Norse gods, Odin. When he first appeared, it was hinted that the Destroyer had been created as a weapon to meet the dark menace of the stars. First seen in the Temple of Darkness in Asia, the Destroyer is used by Thor’s arch-enemy Loki against him.

Encouraged by a nearby life force, she battles Thor until he stops, Loki is forced to step in and stop the Destroyer with deadly force when Odin threatens to kill him. Thor then buries the armor under a mountain slide.

The armor is worn again by Loki in a failed attempt to kill Odin, before being rescued by Karnilla, the Queen of the Norns, and encouraged by Thor’s partner Sif, who attempted to use it to fight the villain Demolisher when Thor was temporarily deprived of his divinity and powers. The Destroyer, however, attacks Thor, ending the battle when Sif breaks her connection to him.

5. All-Black the Necrosword

User(s): Gorr the God Butcher
Debut: Thor: God of Thunder #2 (November 2012)

All-Black, initially born as the Necrosword, was the first symbiote ever created from the shadow of the evil deity Knüll and softened with the divine power of a slain celestial head.

It was shaped like a sword from living darkness and reacts to intense negative emotions, often leading its user to commit divine atrocities.

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After removing the All-Black away from Knull, the alien Gorr is corrupted by the dark symbiote and continues the “butchering of the Gods” started by Knull and becomes Gorr, the God Butcher.

After Gorr’s plan to kill all gods in the universe fails, Thor Odinsn, Thor, and King Thor kill him and throw the All-Black Necrosword into a black hole.

4. The Cosmic Cube

User(s): Various
Debut: Tales of Suspense #79 (July, 1966)

In the comics, the Cosmic Cube is represented as a cubic device containing an immense amount of energy and capable of transforming every desire of its owner into reality. In the earliest stories, it is claimed that it was created by A.I.M., an organization of para-military scientists. It was later revealed that the energy contained in the cube has cosmic origins.

Over the years, the Cosmic Cube has appeared several times in Marvel stories, the object of the desire of many evil characters, who intended to take it to fulfill their criminal intent. Among the characters who have mostly tried to exploit the power of the Cube, the main ones are Red Skull, Thanos, Doctor Doom.

The superheroes who faced these threats the most were: Captain America, Captain Marvel, the Avengers, and the Fantastic Four.

In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the Tesseract is not a faithful transposition of the comic book Cube.

The Tesseract, despite the cubic shape and the initial link with the Red Skull, is actually one of the Infinity Gems, to be precise the Space Gem, while in the comics the Cosmic Cube and the Space Gem are two distinct objects. In the MCU the main characters using the Tesseract are Red Skull, Loki, and Thanos.

3. The Ultimate Nullifier

User(s): Fantastic Four
Debut: Fantastic Four #50 (May 1966)

The Ultimate Nullifier has been described as “the universe’s most devastating weapon”. As such, the Ultimate Nullifier has the ability to completely and thoroughly eliminate (violating even the law of conservation of mass) any target chosen by the wearer and – if the wearer’s mind is not powerful enough – the wearer themself.

Its effectiveness strongly depends on the concentration, knowledge, and state of mind of the wearer. In the hands of a being with an extremely powerful intellect, like Galactus, the Ultimate Nullifier can actually destroy entire timelines from start to finish, or instantly destroy (and paradoxically recreate) a multiverse.

Although its origins are ancient and previously unknown, it has been revealed that the Ultimate Nullifier is actually an aspect of Galactus.

2. The Infinity Gauntlet

User(s): Thanos, Adam Warlock
Debut: Silver Surfer #44 (December 1990)

The Infinity Gauntlet is a special object designed to house the six Infinity Gems (or Infinity Stones). The Gauntlet itself isn’t of much use without the Gems but it’s fully connected to them.

The Infinity Gems or Infinity Stones – formerly called “Power Gems” or “Soul Gems” – are fictional cosmic artifacts present in the Marvel universe of the publishing house Marvel Comics.

There were originally six gems (gemstones). Each of them gives a particular power to its wearer if this one is strong enough to control it. Taken together, they form one of the most powerful weapons in this fictional universe. There is also a seventh gem: the Ego gem. This gem has the power of the other six combined.

1. The Heart of the Universe

User(s): Thanos, Celestial Order
Debut: Marvel Universe: The End #2 (May 2003)

The Heart of the Universe is a rather elusive but seemingly omnipotent weapon; it is assumed to be the most powerful weapon in Marvel’s fictional universe, on par with the powers possessed by the One Above All.

Most of the history of the Heart of the Universe is unknown, but it is known to be practically omnipotent and compete with all cosmic beings, including the Living Tribunal during the Infinity events, and this is the reason for which Thanos was able to achieve his goal.

However, it was reportedly destroyed when Thanos brought his own universe back into existence.

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