Doctor Strange, The Sorcerer Supreme
Magic in the Marvel universe in recent years has experienced several major events and upheavals which has led to a bit of restructuring in the magic of the Marvel universe as well as Strange's own. This respect thread focuses on the feats of the current incarnation of Strange under Mark Waid, but all his past feats still apply since this version is still the canon 616 version. Seeing as how Waid's current run is coming to an end, I'd figure this wold be a good time to make this as what will hopefully be a simple concise update for fellow comic fans who may be interested in what's been going on with Strange and his current situation.
I will not be including feats from flashbacks to Strange's past or ones involving the Eye of Agamotto (might add that later).
The Story So Far....
After The Last Days of Magic event and the invasion of the scientific force known as the Empirikul, magic had practically died in the multiverse and was on a slow path to recovery. This left Doctor Strange at his weakest, forced to rely mainly on magical trinkets and weapons for a time. Eventually, Strange would replenish his power and then some after pleading with Asgaard's world tree, Yggdrasil. He would later use his new power in order to restore Las Vegas and resurrect all who had died when it was destroyed during the events of Secret Empire. These actions would have unforeseen consequences, and Strange would lose his magic once again as a result of this and his other recent abuses of magic. Turning his sight to the stars, Strange would obtain a space ship from Tony Stark in order to explore space and seek out new sources of magic to hopefully revitalize his own.
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Notes:
- A few feats scale off of Zoloz, an alien sorcerer who at the time had been imbued by the mystic energies of his entire race granting him the combined power and magical knowledge, spanning a millennia, of thousands of sorcerers. Even prior to this massive increase in power, Zoloz was shown powerful enough to battle the Silver Surfer and defeat him, though the battle was off-panel - (DSV5 12)
Spells and Magic
During Strange's journey across space, he would discover and absorb new sources of magic, seek out mystical artifacts, and learn new forms of alien sorcery. At one point, Strange encounters Eoffren the Dwarf, one of Nidavellir's finest craftsmen, who would grant Strange his own magical forge and train him to craft his own magical gear and weaponry. With his magic restored and the knowledge and talents he's obtained from his journey across space, Strange reached new heights of his sorcerous power to the point where he no longer relies on paying the cost of magic for his spells. Strange's abilities had progressed so greatly that he was unsure whether or not he had surpassed Dromammu who himself shared his uncertainty.
General Showings of Power:
- Battle's Baron Mordo as well as Strange's own former apprentice, Casey Kinmont, who was massively amped with powerful magic artifacts, simultaneously and continued to do so while holding back - (DSV5 7 / DSV5 8)
- Easily able to override Nightmare's control over his own dream dimension, altering it and binding him - (WotRWSA1#2)
- Battles the Alien Sorcerer Zoloz and matches him until Zoloz absorbs magic from one of Strange's artifacts and gains the upper hand - (DSV5 12)
- While escorting Galactus through the mystic realms, Strange and Clea defeat the native races of multiple dimensions, and does so again in another panel, that were stated to be entire civilizations - (DSV5 14)
Spells and Magic:
- Binding
- Summons tendrils from a portal to restrain a dwarf - (DSV5 4)
- Uses a powerful binding spell that successfully binds Galactus, who only manages to begin breaking free when Strange also attempts to banish him and Galactus' inhuman screams disrupts his concentration, long enough for Clea to arrive to reinforce the spell and assist in teleporting him - (DSV5 13)
- Note: Galactus was significantly amped on magical energies, having just absorbed a mystical planetoid as well as a cosmic entity stated to be extremely powerful immediately prior - (DSV5 13)
- Contains Zoloz in a powerful barrier he learned to cast after experiencing Dormammu cast it on himself just once prior - (DSV5 17 / DSV5 14)
- Is able to restrain Sindr in magical bindings - (TV5 15)
- Healing
- Magically stitches a wound caused by a mystical weapon capable of wounding Mephisto - (DSV5 8)
- Uses a forbidden spell to completely heal the nerve damage in his hands though the spell has an even chance to fail and pay a terrible cost- (DSV5 19)
- Conjures a magical cast that would heal his broken leg in a few hours - (DrSV1 2)
- Energy Projection
- Casually knocks apart and stuns Loki and Malekith in the middle of battle - (WotR 1)
- Stuns a massively amped Wrecker with a mystic bolt - (DrSV1 2)
- Stuns a Zarathos-possessed Ghost Rider for several panels - (GRV9 6)
- Fodderizes some demons that were overwhelming a group of Spider heroes - (TASMV5 53.LR)
- Magic Manipulation
- Draining
- Skill
- Briefly contains the magic of two unstable magic weapons and disperse its energies to repair the damage done to a city - (DrSV1 2)
- Note: The crowbar had enough magic power that Strange states it could tear through anything, even reality but was shown able to pry through the multiverse as well - (DrSV1 1 / DrSV1 2)
- Alters spells over a city and localizes the changes - (DrSV1 6)
- Briefly contains the magic of two unstable magic weapons and disperse its energies to repair the damage done to a city - (DrSV1 2)
- Time Manipulation
- Telekinesis
- Other
- Manipulates plants to restrain several enemies - (DSV5 4)
- Performs a soul transplant and transfers a portion of his soul and several others, including a ghost dog, in order to restore the soul of someone who had theirs stolen - (DSV5 8)
- Becomes invisible with a snap of his fingers - (DSV5 9)
- Uses the Images of Ikonn to make a multitude of clones of himself mid-combat that are also able to cast spells - (DSV5 12)
- With a thought, completely repairs a damaged home and sets up a birthday party - (DSV5 18)
- Can access a realm to a being with knowledge of forbidden spells that he can learn from - (DSV5 19)
- Seals dimensional breaches in Eternity's being - (WotRWS 2)
- Alters the dimensional gateway in Master Pandemonium's stomach to Mephisto's realm who drags Pandemonium inside - (SSMV2 6)
- Freezes Wrecker in a flash of absolute zero - (DrSV1 2)
- Freezes a large dragon - (DrSV1 2)
- Is able to create magical three duplicates of Ronan's Universal Weapon which is shown to function identically to the original - (CMV10 19)
- Is able to mask his presence from Conan's senses who was able to detect Elektra trying to ghost him immediately prior - (SAV1 12)
- Cleanses Ghost Rider of a corrupting force that was killing him - (DrSV1 6)
- Simultaneously stitches together and saves all the civilians from a collapsing bridge - (TASMV5 52.LR)
Shields:
- Rides on top of a spaceship in order to form a large enough shield with his magical energies to block a bomb that would have destroyed the Earth - (DSV5 5)
- Manages to shield from a blast from a Galactus significantly amped by magical energies - (DSV5 13)
Telepathy/Mental Magic:
- No-sells someone attempting to use the Mind Stone on him and causes the person's nose to bleed as a result - (IC 5)
- Places a calming spell on a large group of people that was stated to number in the thousands while they were morphed into one being - (SSMV2 6)
- Casts a spell that calms Zoloz's rage after first distracting his concentration with illusions - (DSV5 17)
- Mind wipes Clea - (DSV5 17)
- Puts a little girl to sleep with a gesture - (DrSV1 1)
Speed and Senses:
- His magic allows him to look into people's souls and instantly understand their problems - (DSV5 1)
- Tracks someone eavesdropping on his conversation by banging on a crystal then teleporting to their location after sensing the unique reverberations the crystal makes through the object the person was listening through despite the reverberations being in a frequency most can't here while he was at an entirely different part of New York - (IC 5)
- Is among the few mystics to be able sense Mephisto altering reality - (CV3 2)
- Is able to sense the alien sorcerer Zoloz travelling 100,000 miles above Earth and prepare for his arrival while the alien was stated to be able to travel trillions of miles in an instant - (DSV5 12)
- Senses guide him through the mystic realms to the sealed dimension where Galactus was magically banished - (DSV5 12)
- Can sense Galactus' every move despite being realms apart - (DSV5 15)
Durability (Personal Shields)/Endurance:
- Endured an indefinite number of painful experiments while held captive on an alien planet - (DSV5 2)
- While significantly weakened in power, survives a beat down from a bloodlusted Super Skrull long enough to use the Time Stone - (DSV5 3)
- Survives magic flames, powerful enough to threaten to destroy Atlantis, rushing over his body as he absorbs them into an amulet - (DSV5 7)
- Gets stabbed in the chest with a powerful magic spear by someone who was amped with a Crimson Gem of Cyttorak - (DSV5 8)
- Tanks an energy attack from an enchanted gauntlet which was shown just after to cause a large explosion - (DSV5 8)
- Survives Galactus screaming, which was stated loud enough to shatter a moon, while Strange was shown to be in close proximity in the panels just prior - (DSV5 14)
- Survives an entire collapsing dimension condensing around him like a diamond under tectonic pressure - (DSV5 14)
- Takes a hit directly to the face from Wrecker's massively amped crowbar and recovers fast enough to cast a counter spell but then takes a beatdown from him - (DrSV1 1)
- Note: Strange states the weapon could tear through anything, even reality and it was later shown able to pry through the multiverse as well - (DrSV1 1 / DrSV1 2)
- Tanks two buildings being collapsed on top of him and is still able to cast multiple counter spells underneath the rubble before coming up - (DrSV1 2)
- Gets impaled by Wrecker's amped crowbar that was killing Strange and all versions of himself in the multiverse but endures the immense pain and manages to coordinates with his other versions to cast a spell to free themselves - (DrSV1 2)
- Gets slammed and crushed from a creature strong enough to tear through the walls of his forge and break his shields but comes out just fine - (DrSV1 4)
- Tanks being ensnared by chains covered in hellfire summoned by Zarathos-possessed Ghost Rider - (GRV9 6)
- Tanks being sent flying through his Sanctum and into a street outside, destroying it, by an attack from Zarathos-possessed Ghost Rider - (GRV9 6)
- Takes a massive blast of hellfire at pointblank from an enraged Zarathos - (GRV9 7)
- Tanks a kick from an amped Silk who was overwhelming Spider-Man - (TASMV5 51)
Forging:
- Forges a magical blade - (DSV5 5)
- Forges a gauntlet he can use to project magical hand constructs which he's used to knock down multiple superhuman aliens and pins one to a wall - (DSV5 5)
- Forges an armband meant to grant himself limitless stamina though he still seems susceptible to exhaustion if he is pushed too far all at once - (DSV5 12 / DSV3 13)
- Forges an amulet that shields himself from the toxins found in other dimensions while travelling through the realms - (DSV5 12)
- Forges a mace capable of channeling all of his mystical energies and uses it to strike Galactus when he was vulnerable at the peak of his power, after he had absorbed enough energies to threaten the multiverse, which destroyed his form, releasing all the energies he contained - (DSV5 12 / DSV5 15 / DSV5 16)
- Forges gauntlets, made of material from a creature highly resistant to magic, that enable Strange to grab and wrench the Wrecker's magically amped crowbar from his hands - (DrSV1 2)
- Note: The crowbar had enough magic power that Strange states it could tear through anything, even reality but was shown able to pry through the multiverse as well - (DrSV1 1 / DrSV1 2)
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