@arcus: Round three is the only round in which they have a chance...
Magneto controls the total concept of magnetism, and is a powerhouse of complexity in that regard.
Ferrous metals just happen to be a part of that control. While location could be a factor, any place that has a bit of metal anywhere near would automatically give Magneto the win.
Magneto can levitate himself by manipulating the magnetic forces around him and there would be no way to do this with simple metal control.
Also, while Toph manipulates metal via bending the earth fragments within it, Magneto has indirectly manipulated vast amounts of earth material by manipulating the metal surrounding it. The guy moved a entire chunk of bridge across a body of water without the bridge itself crumbling apart, that takes massive control over not just metal, but the earth material in between metal coils. He did the same thing again by lifting an entire stadium,while keeping it in one piece, and simultaneously controlling several sentinels, proving not only his power over magnetism, but also his ability to focus on and manipulate vast amounts of matter in different ways, all simultaneously.
He also has the ability to sense metal he can't see (metal sense) like when he yanked the enormous metal bunker from under the White House or when he pulled a submarine out of water. Magneto has several feats of raw power, control, and complex manipulation as a whole that outstrips Toph's, who is the better overall bender on her team. He has reacted to and negated the path of bullets and has also redirected them. He has also turned metal projectiles into weapons by launching them as if they were bullets.
He has also controlled the trajectory of a bullets (forcing one to follow Mystique) he wasn't even making visual contact with and this was while he was in the middle of combat inside of a building.
Keep in mind, Magneto has ripped iron from someone's bloodstream on panel and that was after he had been deprived of using his mutant ability for several days and was not at full capacity...and this is Movie magneto, comic magneto would end the Avatar verse.
Unless Toph has a LOT of earth and Magneto has no type of metallic matter to use, I don't see her winning, at least not easily anyway. She has a chance with pure earth, but that's if he doesn't detect iron in her blood first...
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