# X-Men's Scavenged Team Unveiled

> X-Men's new team of brainwashed mutants targets Wolverine's legacy.
- Title: X-Men's Scavenged Team Unveiled · ScreenRant | Shortify
- Summary: X-Men's new team of brainwashed mutants targets Wolverine's legacy. X-Men's Scavenged team, brainwashed mutants with Wolverine-like powers, will hunt down…
- Keywords: x-men, scavenged, wolverine, mutants, brainwashing, new mutants, hag, polyphemus, curare, pilot, deathdream, ransom
- Source: ScreenRant — https://screenrant.com/x-men-new-team-scavenged-members-explained
- Author: Robert Wood
- Published: 2026-10-21T22:30:18+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: x-men, scavenged, wolverine, mutants, brainwashing, new mutants, hag, polyphemus, curare, pilot, deathdream, ransom
## X-Men's Scavenged Team
Marvel's Uncanny X-Men debuted the Scavenged, a team of brainwashed mutants with Wolverine-like powers.

> The Scavenged make their first official appearance as an alliance of mutants.
## Graymalkin Prison
Graymalkin Prison was a mutant facility for experimenting on vulnerable mutants, not a prison.

> Graymalkin Prison was a facility for experimenting on vulnerable mutants, with the stated goal of creating 'New Wolverines'.
## X-Finity Project
X-Finity aimed to brainwash traumatized mutants into anti-superhuman teams with Wolverine-style claws.

> The project was intended to brainwash traumatized and vulnerable mutants, enhancing their powers and grafting wolverine-style claws to their body.
## The Hag
Sarah Gaunt, the Hag, was a former lover of Charles Xavier who now hunts New Mutants.

> Sarah Gaunt conceived a child with Professor X, only to lose him to a disastrous flood.
## Fawn
Fawn, a mutant with animalistic features, has retractable metal claws and superstrength.

> Fawn has an animalistic physique including stag-like antlers and hooves.
## Polyphemus
Polyphemus, a fire mutant, has heat vision and addresses Nightcrawler as 'demon'.

> Polyphemus addresses nightcrawler as 'demon,' suggesting he may have a religious outlook corrupted by weapon x-finity's brainwashing.
## Curare
Curare releases nerve gas and claims to admire the X-Men despite wanting to kill them.

> Curare has the ability to release a powerful nerve gas from her palms that causes muscle paralysis.
## Pilot
Pilot has jet-like wings and speaks Hausa, with a regretful outlook on their experiments.

> Pilot speaks hausa and may therefore be of west african origin.
## The Outliers
The Outliers are runaway mutants with unique powers, now called New Mutants.

> The Outliers are a group of runaway mutants who recently came under the louisiana x-men's care.
## Recruitment Target
One of the Outliers will be forcibly recruited into the Scavenged to continue experiments.

> The true motive of the SCAVENGED is revealed: capture a new mutant into their number to continue their unholy experiments.
## Scavenged's Goal
The Scavenged aim to create a team of 'new Wolverines' to kill off the Avengers.

> X-Finity's ultimate goal was to create an anti-superhuman mutant team, believing that a wolverine army could kill off even the avengers.
## Uncanny X-Men #37
Uncanny X-Men #37 revealed the Scavenged team and their first mission.

> In the recent uncanny x-men #37 - from gail simone, juan frigeri, matt wilson and clayton cowles - the hag sets her new team, now known as the scavenged, on the x-men, revealing their names and powers.
## Key takeaway

X-Men's Scavenged team, brainwashed mutants with Wolverine-like powers, will hunt down New Mutants to continue their experiments.