Obviously Gambit gets my vote. Has been on the fringes of the X-Men for far too long. Also would like to see him in a book with Storm plus I reckon Gambit would have a great knack for getting under Old Man Logan's skin.
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Cannonball and older Iceman. I thought they were verging on homoerotic when on the team in adjectiveless #187-203.
Cable and Laura. Sub them for Old Man Logan.
- Kitty Pryde
- Storm
- Colossus
- Nightcrawler
- Wolverine (Laura)
- Cable
- Prestige
Rogue and Sunfire for me.
Forge is also a good option. I always enjoy him. Liked the friendship he was developing with Logan in Extraordinary X-men too. Just before it ended.
I'd like to see Dazzler, Gambit, or Magik join alos though not technically a classic Laura should replace old man Logan.
Psylocke, Rogue, or Polaris. I'd also love to see some more of Dani.
If i picked two it would be rogue and Gambit
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Still not fond of the writing in Gold, but I can definitely see Magik joining the roster on a permanent basis. The book is basically Kitty & Co. so it makes sense for Illyana to be present. Plus of course, there's the obvious Rasputin dynamic (I've been waiting for Mikhail to come back too).
Outside of Illyana, I'd take Husk
Dazzler should join for obvious reasons.
Just remove Storm and Logan from Gold and add Storm to Astonishing(while removing Mystique and Fantomex) and you'd have your wish. a team of Storm, Logan, Gambit, Rogue, Bishop, Psylocke, and Archangel would be one of the best rosters in a long time IMO. All these characters have some sort of connection to one another too.