Magnus Black

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Magnus Black
First Appearance	Origin of the Species Part 1
Personal Information
Age	14
Gender	Male
Race	Human
Status	Alive
Faction	AAAnimus Inc. Exit Team
Bakugan
Main Attribute	Darkus
Guardian Bakugan	Nillious

Magnus Black is a character that appears in Bakugan Battle Planet. He is a Darkus Brawler and his Guardian Bakugan is Nillious.

Appearance

Magnus is quite tall, with shaggy black hair with an ahoge and persian red eyes. His attire includes a black tailcoat with grey accents, high collar and yellow buttons on the tailcoat's wrist, a black and white vest underneath. He wears a royal purple half-mask with persian red lens that only shows his right eye and mouth and wears royal purple gloves.

In battle, Magnus wears a large purple gauntlet on his left arm.

Information

Description

A masked boy wielding the powerful Nillious who becomes Dan’s number one rival. Magnus has no interest in fame and keeps his identity a mystery. Despite working for AAAnimus, Magnus is a strong believer in the Bushido code of the samurai— though he has clearly lost his way. Ultimately, we will learn that Magnus has chosen this path for a noble purpose— AAAnimus is promising life-saving technology and medicines for his sister, who is incapacitated by a rare disease. Though he fights to save his sister, part of Magnus is ashamed of his actions, so he hides behind a mask and his strict code of honor in the field. Armed with a cadre of powerful Bakugan, Magnus is the best Battler out there… Except for Dan Kouzo. Magnus takes an instant dislike to Dan because it’s obvious that this boy is special and his bond with his Bakugan is noble. Magnus turns his jealousy into a drive, dedicating himself to becoming the best battler possible in order to take down Dan Kouzo, and save his sister once and for all.

Personality

Magnus has a dark personality along with being highly enigmatic. He is normally quiet though he can get mad quite easily if annoyed by constant talking, shown in episode 60 with Dan. Magnus doesn't really like being around anyone either due to his shame in the past.

Despite being cool and distant, Magnus has a soft spot for his sister. Due to her for having a rare disease, Magnus worked for AAAnimus Inc. in order for them to give her good health, and because of this he is a dedicated brawler who takes Bakugan very seriously- he doesn't brawl for fun, he brawls to win at any cost for his sister.

After he left AAAnimus Inc because of the defeat with Dan, he seems more power hungry as he constantly claims that the power of the Core Cell will be his- mainly due to feeling more helpless, as well as not being able to help his sister.

He's also shown to be highly intelligent as he hacked AAAnimus Inc.'s system in order to find the location of the Core Cell.

It is unknown how he officially treats his Bakugan, since they are shown to have no converations together, but it can be implied that he doesn't care about having a relationship with his Bakugan (other than establishing a relationship where they'll obey his commands in battle).  

However during the time when he was possessed by Tiko, Magnus became crazed, psychotic and overall hostile and arrogant. But he lost all of those demeanors and reverted back to his normal self due to his defeat with Dan, and has now shown approval to him.  

Bakugan

• Darkus Nillious (Guardian Bakugan)
• Darkus Fangzor
• Darkus Webam

Battles

Bakugan Battle Planet

Record
Opponent(s)	Episode(s)	Outcome
Dan Kouzo, Wynton Styles, Lia Venegas & Lightning	1-2	Lose
AAY (Tag with Shun Kazami)	9	No Outcome
Dan Kouzo, Wynton Styles, Lia Venegas & Shun Kazami	9	Win
Dan Kouzo & Lightning	11	No Outcome
Wynton Styles, Lia Venegas, Lightning & Shun Kazami	16	Lose
Dan Kouzo	19	Win
Dan Kouzo	41	Win
The Awesome Ones (Tag with The Exit Team)	43	Draw
Dan Kouzo	44	Lose
Pyravian	60	Lose
Lightning	62	Win
Dan Kouzo, Wynton Styles, Lia Venegas & Shun Kazami (Tag with China Riot and Col. Armstrong Tripp)	70	No Outcome (interrupted by Trhyno)
Trhyno	70	No Outcome
Trhyno	71	Win
The Awesome Ones	71	Win
Philomena Dusk	72	No Outcome
Pyravian	73	No Outcome
Dan Kouzo	74	Lose

Trivia

• Magnus shares a couple of similarities with Copen from the Azure Striker Gunvolt series. They are both rivals of the main character of their series and they both have a younger and ill sister (formerly ill in Copen's case) they care deeply for. Magnus's hair is also somewhat similar to Copen's hair.
• Magnus can be compared with Red Eye from Beyblade Burst Evolution: They were both antagonists from their respective series, they both wear masks, they both went through intense training in order to become stronger, they're both quiet and power-hungry and have somewhat simliar hairstyles despite the colour being different.
• Magnus was the first brawler to evolve a Bakugan in Battle Planet.
• Due to being born before the Great Collision, he is unable to brawl without his gauntlet.
• Magnus is the first brawler to defeat an Aurelus Bakugan.
• Magnus was the only member of the Exit Team to have a win rate over 50%.