“Remy LeBeau would be the first to remind you that life, like the cards, is wild. Yet he moved through his life as a force who believed better times lay ahead, that luck always won.”
Gambit (real name Remy Etienne LeBeau) is one of the main characters in the Marvel Studios Animation series X-Men '97. He is a mutant, commonly in association with the X-Men. His abilities are to mentally create, control, and manipulate pure kinetic energy to his desire.
Gambit was created by Chris Claremont and Arthur Adams.
Kinetic energy generation and manipulation: Gambit has the ability to convert the potential energy stored in an inanimate object into pure light kinetic energy, thus "charging" that item with highly explosive results.
Combat: Gambit is extensively trained in martial arts, particularly Savate and the staff style art Bōjutsu. He is an excellent hand-to-hand combatant, applying street-fighting techniques and acrobatics. Gambit is also a skilled card-thrower, so he throws his charged playing cards at opponents with great accuracy.
Weapons and equipment[]
Playing cards: Gambits prefers to create kinetic charges with smaller objects, such as his deck of playing cards, which he will use to charge and throw at his enemies.
Bō staff: Gambit also carries an extendable metal staff.