At first I thought team one would beat them pretty solidly, but I've become convinced the X-men have a bit of a chance, using strategy, especially like Thunderbolt30 mentioned.. Magneto and Storm together wield a lot of power. When it comes to Jean's powers, its always confusing. People always list her as "no Phoenix," but her non-phoenix powers have not been very consistent: sometimes she has telepathy, sometimes telekinesis, sometimes both. And for both TP and TK, she's had a huge range of strength, from fairly weak to very strong. At her higher levels, she has pretty serious TK, perhaps enough to deal with Gladiator physically, and if she has her upper-level (but non-Phoenix) TP, she might be able to join with Emma to control him.
In the long run, I think perhaps one way or another the others might be able to gang up and take out Gladiator and Beta Ray Bill. In addition to Magneto, Storm, and Jean, Rogue is key in any strategic attack here. If she adds the powers of Madrox, Colossus, etc., she could be a physical powerhouse against Glads and BRB.
The real wildcard is Binary. They might be able to defend against her, but how can they really beat her? I don't see it. Magneto is really their only chance there, and I think he probably is not up to it, unless perhaps they add BRB's powers to their side somehow, either through mind control (sort of unlikely, I think) or through Rogue (but his storm powers are through his hammer, not him). So I see the X-men having a very small chance, but probably losing in a long battle.
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