Let's see...assuming we can only use mutants that are currently alive and not currently de-powered:
Cyclops: Leader. With Captain America dead, he may be one of the top three strategists in the Marvel Universe, and has enough power to handle many threats by himself.
Cloak: Can teleport with much greater range and reliability than Nightcrawler. Plus, there seems to be such a shortage of quality black mutants, with the exception of Storm and Bishop.
Beast: Provides not only speed and strength, but superior intelligence. Prodigy may have been better, but he is de-powered (see complaint above about the paucity of black mutants)
Polaris: Magnetic powers are always very handy, especially on refridgerators.
Colossus: Provides raw strength, and is one of the most visually impressive charcters in comics.
Iceman: A fellow Long Islander who has matured from a real annoyance to one of the few Alpha mutants alive.
Emma Frost: Again, a combination of skills - telepathy, strength, and durability. My only complaint is that having her and Iceman in the same scenes can be visually confusing.
Elixir: These guys always get almost killed, so you'll need him to keep patching them up.
There you have it. Let the debating rage on.
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