Marco is the 1st division commander of the Whitebeard Pirates.Marco ate a Devil Fruit refered to as a Mythical Zoan type, which is said to be even more rare than Logia. His Devil Fruit enables him to transform into a phoenix. It is because of this ability that he is identified as "Marco the Phoenix."
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