Magneto Magneto is a minifigure from the Marvel Super Heroes theme introduced in 2012 . Description . Classic . Magneto has a new moulded helmet to depict the iconic one from the comic books and is coloured red and purple to follow his suit . His face has grey bushy eyebrows , wrinkles , and is double - sided with serious and angry expressions . He also has a cape . His torso print features his collar , muscles against his suit , and red arms with purple hands . He has back printing depicting the back of the collar and the suit against his back . His hips are purple with red legs . This version of Magneto is based on his appearances in the X - Men comic books . Headmaster . In 2014 , a variant of him was released based on when he was Headmaster of Xavier ' s School . He has the same slicked back white hair as Doc Brown , as well as his helmet . His legs and torso are also purple rather than bright red . Video Games . His appearance in LEGO Marvel Super Heroes is identical to his first physical minifigure . A modern variant is available on the portable versions of the video game . He has the abilities to shoot metal studs , levitate on a metal platform , and manipulate metal LEGO objects . Background . Erik Lensherr ( born Max Eisenhardt ) aka Magneto was a victim of the Holocaust during World War 2 . This exposed young Erik to the cruelty that some humans are capable of , cruelty that he believes that humans are ONLY capable of . But what truly sent him on the path of darkness was , years after the war had ended , when an angry mob attacked him and refused to help save his daughter Anya from a burning building because he was a mutant with the power to control any metal object on the planet . Enraged by the death of his daughter , he killed them all . His wife fled in terror ( unknown to Erik , she was pregnant with twins at the time ) Magneto was once a friend of Professor X , the leader of the X - Men , until they parted their ways due to their different beliefs . ( Xavier believing in a world of peace between humans and mutants , Erik believing that humans were far beyond redemption and had lost their right to be the dominant species ) Magneto has since made many attempts to take over the world for the sake of protecting mutantkind from humans . Because of this , Magneto has become a recurring enemy ( or sometimes ally ) of Xavier ' s X - Men . He is the leader and founder of the Brotherhood of Mutants , which also includes Mystique , Juggernaut , Pyro , Toad , Mastermind , Blob and Sabretooth and is often pitted the X - Men . Even though he is mostly a villain , there are occasions when he became a hero and teamed up with the X - Men to prevent the eradication of mutant kind . For a time he once even became Headmaster of Xavier ' s School to honor his old friend dying wish to keep the school open . " LEGO Marvel Super Heroes " . Magneto and his Brotherhood are part of the super villains assembled by Dr . Doom and Loki to collect the pieces of the Silver Surfer ' s board . Magneto went with Sabretooth and Mystique to unleash some villains on Ryker ' s Island . Iron Man , Hulk , and Wolverine thwarted them , and the unleashed villains stalled them . He and Mystique managed to escape in some helicopters , but Sabretooth was defeated by the Hulk . Later , he and his brotherhood attacked the X - Mansion and escaped with the Tesseract with Mystique . Then , he uses his powers to take control of the Statue of Liberty and steals a power core from the Roxxon power station . Then he travels to Asteroid M island and places the power core in the top of the island ' s main tower . Then , he uses Mystique ( disguised as Magneto ) and Rhino to stall Captain America , Thing and Storm , but the two supervillains are defeated and Magneto escapes as his island flies off . He helps Loki and Doctor Doom build their weapon but Magneto is defeated by Spider - Man , Iron Man and Thor . Later he is one of the villains assisting the heroes during the final battle with Galactus . How to fight with it . In first round try to dodge all attacks , running around the arena and waiting for enemy ' s mistake ( notice that minions will flow in endlessly ) . Magneto will throw some bricks at you - avoid them for some time , then build a huge iron from the debris . Use it with Iron Man , so you can beat up the weakened villain . Second round is quite the same - dodge enemy ' s attack , waiting for the proper quantity of the bricks to appear . After short time you will have an opportunity to build a pumpkin from them and hit it with Thor ' s hammer . Now you can smash Magneto . The final round is very similar - wait for bricks , then build a battery from them andcharge it with electricity . When it is done , switch into Spider - Man and shoot his web at the attachable point , so you can finally defeat an enemy .