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Sure looks like him. I guess you could argue it might be an anti-villain kind of thing where he's there to make sure the X-men continue to get properly "tempered." Doesn't look like there's any explanation, though.

This is a strange one, that's for sure. Apparently without Magneto Forge becomes a controlling dick for some reason. And really, none of it makes sense: Why wouldn't the X-Men simply be another superhero team without any particular prejudice against mutants in the world working against them? This "court jester/parlor trick" business really doesn't make sense in the context of the larger Marvel Universe. It's not like they couldn't have "tempered" themselves fighting some of the multitude of other villains in the Marvel Universe.