With Kevin Fiege announce that he will be dropping more information about Marvel ’s next big saga in the coming months , the success of the MCU ’s Phase 4 villains can not be overlooked ( perScreenRant ) .

This phase has been packed with   brainy patch lines , powerful tale , and most significantly , stellar villains . From the plot turn that was Agnes Harkness plain off stage 4 inWandaVision , to , most recently , Arthur Harrow in   theMoon Knightseries , it is unquestionable that rooter have catch their fair share of complex , nuanced , and just plain wicked villain story .

Note : This lean focalize on stringently MCU entries , not any of the MCU - Sony collaborations .

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The Mandarin

Shang - Chi and the Legend of the Ten Ringsremain to be one of the most unique motion picture because   the scoundrel who was set up from the start of the movie , was not really the villain by the end . Wenwu , the Father-God of Shang - Chi , hear his married woman ’s voice telling him she is trapped in Ta Lo , beautiful land where the locals   are keeping Dwellers - in - the - Darkness locked .

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Wenwu has every intention of breaking his wife out but is stopped by Shang - Chi who knows the voice is just a call from the   Dwellers - in - the - wickedness begging   to unleash them . Even though Wenwu was set up as the villain , at the end of the day , Shang - Chi fought the Dwellers - in - the - Darkness during his final battle after beating   and simultaneously making up with   his Father-God . The villain of this story is not only one who can be sympathized with , but one who , at the remnant of the day , was not the   scoundrel , but rather a homo with sorrow .

Iron Man looking inside Sokovia in Avengers Age of Ultron

Agatha Harkness

Agatha Harkness , aka Agnes Harkness , through the continuance ofWandaVision , takes vantage of Wanda ’s exposure , and the curse she bump to have cast , to minimally work havoc on the people within Westview .

While Agnes ’s   reveal was quite ingenious and localize her up to potentially appear as a baddie in next MCU projects , her character did not act as the main scoundrel behind this story . Besides her motive to take Wanda ’s powers , she still did not play a enceinte role as the antagonist   in this serial publication until theshow ’s slenderly disappointing finale . Here , even though presented as the baddie , Agnes was just a bystander as Wanda was the true anti - hero of this serial .

Karli Morgenthau

Karli is one of the more virtuously confutative reference in Phase 4 . She is neither good nor evil . Her end throughoutFalcon and the Winter Soliderwas to restore the world to the way it was   during the blip .   For her , that meant creating equitable housing and healthcare .

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Because there were fewer people during the pip , there were more resources for a larger phone number of people , and   detail were distributed more equitably to people . However , after the pip , things went back to the way they were . While Karli ’s belief of   want entree to healthcare and housing were   morally excuse , her action were   not , making her a morally questionable villain .

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Arishem

A eccentric who poses a large philosophic enquiry in the MCU was Arishem . He   was first introduced to fans during theEternalsand his   goal was to expand the macrocosm by create   star and planet but in doing that , Aishem would sacrifice " humble aliveness forms . "   When the Eternals plant this out , they divide into sides : one that backed Arishem and his plan to ruin Earth , and the ones who were defending   the people of Earth .

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Aishem is a effective villain , just not a corking scoundrel , as he was able-bodied to divide the Eternals and almost carry out his program . What fix Arishem a questionable villain is the fact , like Thanos , he posed a philosophic question that had a very shortened and dry   reply , but still leave fans conceive and potentially side with him by the conclusion .

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Arthur Harrow

As seen inone of the proficient young television receiver shows ,   Arthur Harrow , the scoundrel of theMoon Knightseries , has the power of Ammit , the Egyptian Goddess of devouring souls . His goal , and Ammit ’s goal , is to adjudicate souls before they have the business leader to commit their future malefic deeds . This villain also puzzle a gravid philosophical dubiousness regarding right field and improper , and whether   it ’s appropriate to judge a person before they ’ve intrust wrongdoing .

Regardless , Arthur was willing to steal the individual of millions of the great unwashed , even fry , if that meant preventing a criminal offence that would ’ve been done in the future .   If Arthur was not stopped by the Avatars of Konshu , the Jewish American and English alters   Marc Spector and Steven Grant , severally , multitude ’s someone would ’ve been try prematurely , an activity which would be   knockout to unmake .

Wanda Maximoff

Wanda has had some   incredible fights , many of which took office duringDoctor Strange In the   Multiverse of Madness . The issue ofWandaVisionleft Wanda looking for her shaver in the multiverse . By channeling the power of the Darkhold , and essay to nobble America Chavez , the multiverse traveler , fans saw the darkest variation of MCU Wanda .

In attempting to abduct Chavez , Wanda performs some questionable action on her former " friends " and by the end of the movie , she comes full lot , recognizing the error of her way , hold her an unhinged , yet virtuously questionable , the villain in this movie .

General Dreykov

Some of the good baddie are the ones who habituate both reason and military group to achieve their goal . General Dreykov is one of those hoi polloi . InBlack Widow , General Dreykov is reveal to be the humankind who mind - controls his widow and the only fashion to break out of his control is through the ruddy dust powder .

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What defecate General Dreykov so intimidating is that not only is he taking girls at a young age , and training them to be his assassin , but , on top of that , he is mind - contain them . What ’s even more surprising is that he is enacting his malicious   agenda from behind a work desk .

Wenwu looking serious in Shang-Chi

Kingpin

One of the most complex and nefarious characters , who also chance to deliver some of the mostmemorable quotes in the MCU ,   is Kingpin , aka , Wilson Fisk . Wilson first appear in the NetflixDaredevilseries and then re-emerge in theHawkeyeseries to recapitulate his iconic role . Like inDaredevil , Kingpin rest to be the " behind - the - scenes " villain , not revealing himself to the fans until nearly the end of the series .

What makes Kingpin one of the best villains in phase 4 is that not only does he have the raw combined strength of about 20 man , but he can mentally pull wires hoi polloi to make them do his ill-gotten work . He only step in during the final moments , just showing fan how thought - out of a character he is .

Ultron

A consciousness   who had the potential for lawful vicious inAvengers : Age of Ultron , turn truly deadly in the animatedWhat If … ?series . It is know to fans that Ultron wasalways a ruthless characterand in theWhat If … ?series , Ultron ’s on-key design for the human race were made very absolved .

Ultron , in the series , receives Thanos - layer power which earmark him to pass over out all of humanity and is only stopped by the group of hero sandwich The Watcher put together . This makes this variation of Ultron really nefarious as he had both no witting and a   drive to fulfill his order of business .

Kang/He Who Remains

What make Kang truly severe is that not only will he do anything to own his hallowed timeline , but he has yet to discharge his agenda in the MCU . The show leave alone fans with an ambiguous ending , not sleep together how or when this methodical baddie would rejoin , make him not only a villain to look forward to in the future , but one the succeeding new Avengers should fear .

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Karli Morgenthau holding a child in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier

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Wanda Maximoff with blood on her face in Doctor Strange 2.

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