A Mutant Circuit
Perhaps the coolest shot in the trailer sees Gambit leap on Wolverine’s back as he charges into battle (against, presumably, the aforementioned Sentinels), and use his kinetic energy manipulation powers to supercharge Wolverine’s adamantium claws. Superheroes have combo’d powers before, but in terms of mutants, this idea—inspired by Colossus and Wolverine’s iconic “fastball special”—has recently been codified in the modern comics era as an example of a “mutant circuit.”
Originally used as a way to describe the power combination of the five mutants behind the Krakoan resurrections protocols, it’s a breakthrough that helped establish the Krakoan age of X-Men comics. Mutant circuits are now more holistically any form of symbiotic power combination by mutants—an exploration and advancement of their powers. They also, as previously noted, just look cool as hell.
