11 Powers You Didn't Know Thor's Hammer Has

Mjolnir is essentially the Swiss army knife of comic book weapons. It can kill like James Bond, it can travel through time like TARDIS, it can morph into a person like a Transformer, and as it turns out it can also act like one super useful cosmic metal detector. Except it detects things that are a lot cooler than metal.

Thor’s hammer has the ability the snuff out anything that Thor wants it to, and it can guide Thor right to it like a flashing beacon. In the past this ability has been used when Thor needs to find a person or an object, but it’s also been used for more cosmic things, like snuffing out illusions. This power is particularly useful when you live in the Marvel Universe and people like Loki or Doctor Strange are always trying to trick you by setting up traps steeped in illusion.

With a simple wave of Mjolnir, Thor can see right through any magic and then blast his way through it.