Doctor Strange
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Wong may be the current Sorcerer Supreme in the Marvel Cinematic Universe , notDoctor Strange ’s titular character . The Ancient One was Sorcerer Supreme of the MCU for centuries , using the superpower of the Time Stone to peer into the future and identify threats before they materialise . She die out inDoctor Strangekilled after a clash with Kaecilius . As Wong excogitate after Dormammu ’s frustration , he said : " Earth has no Sorcerer Supreme to guard it . We must be quick . "
In the comics , of course , Doctor Strange succeeded the Ancient One as Sorcerer Supreme . While that evidently pass off in some MCU - neighboring timelines – What If … ?episode 4 revealedDoctor Strange was the Sorcerer Supremewho went wrong on one alternate Earth – there ’s no grounds it has happened just yet in the independent MCU one . Many viewers have seize Strange has taken on the role , especially give his manifest guardianship of the Eye of Agamotto inAvengers : Infinity War , but it ’s also entirely possible it has remained vacant ; that Earth has had no Sorcerer Supreme since the Ancient One ’s last , with the Masters of the Mystic Arts merely seek to fill the emptiness .
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But the evidence looks like building for another hypothesis , suggest another Master of the Mystic Arts could have have a promotion . Earth may well have a Sorcerer Supreme already , but it may not be Doctor Strange at all .
Doctor Strange Appears To Be Guardian Of The Sanctum Sanctorum In New York
Doctor Strangerevealed there arethree Sanctum Sanctorumsscattered across the earth , with one in London , one in New York , one in Hong Kong . Together , these Sanctum Sanctorums generate a protective field of study across the satellite to drive off likely interdimensional incursion , and each Sanctum Sanctorum has a swan protector . The New York Sanctum was previously home to Daniel Drumm , but that particular extremity of the Masters of the Mystic Arts paid for his duty with his life history when he was kill by Kaecilius and his Zealots . It increasingly looks as though Doctor Strange has taken over his post .
Doctor Strange was based at the Sanctum Sanctorum , not at themystical city of Kamar - Taj , in bothThor : RagnarokandAvengers : Infinity War . The house trailer forSpider - Man : No Way Homesuggests that is still on-key in the post - Avengers : EndgameMCU , with Spider - Man heading to the Sanctum Sanctorum at 117A Bleecker Street in the Bob Hope Strange can help him hide his hugger-mugger identity once again . foreign take place to be in New York right when the bulwark - angleworm swings by , which would be a noteworthy coincidence if he were not the guardian of this fussy Sanctum Sanctorum . Meanwhile , it ’s deserving noting the drone also prove Wong giving Doctor Strange an instruction ; while unusual clearly disobeys , he does so behind Wong ’s back , as though Wong has the authority to issue orders . It really does n’t count as thoughDoctor Strange is the Sorcerer Supremejust yet ; rather , he is the defender of the Sanctum Sanctorum in New York , closely supervise by Wong . This make sense , throw that , for all his prodigious acquirement , Strange has n’t really been commit magic for long compare to other members of the Masters of the Mystic Arts .
This does , naturally , raise the question of just why Doctor Strange was ward the Eye of Agamotto inInfinity War . In the funnies , the Eye is traditionally associated with the Sorcerer Supreme , and certainly , the Ancient One was look wearing it when she went into battle against the Chitauri inEndgame . But it ’s quite potential Strange became the bearer of theEye of Agamottosimply because he is the most experienced with its magic , having used it in the Dark Dimension for a hearty period of prison term , and that none of the other Masters wanted to learn how to use it .
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Wong Is Performing Leadership Roles For The Masters Of The Mystic Arts
Doctor Strange does not seem to be performing the project of the Sorcerer Supreme , but Wong does . As seen inShang - Chi & the Legend of the Ten Rings , he is clearly found in Kamar - Taj , and when the sorcerers there detect an vigor surge associated with Shang - Chi ’s economic consumption of the Ten Rings , it is Wong who execute the investigating . Interestingly , he also come along to be ordinate a sort of support connection for the Masters of the Mystic Arts because , inShang - Chi ’s post - credits scene , he is able to make for in Captain Marvel and Bruce Banner as consultant in a holo - conference while dialogue suggests there are steady happening . Even more curiously , Wong has built some sort of friendship with the Abomination , apparently do as some sort of mentor to him , perhaps teach him meditative techniques that help the Abomination control his passion . All this suggest Wong is the most crucial extremity of the Masters of the Mystic Arts right now .
Again , this is substantiate by the trailer forNo Way Home . Evidently , some sorting of crisis has just happened when Peter Parker get to the Sanctum Sanctorum – the interior of theSanctum Sanctorum is cover with coke – and so Wong is on hand . But with the crisis over , he move over Strange instructions not to use a dangerous enchantment that could damage the fabric of spacetime before he head off on his fashion again . It ’s just the kind of role one expects for the adult male really running the Masters of the Mystic Arts . Whether he ’s take on the title of Sorcerer Supreme or not , Wong seems to be doing the problem .
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madnesscould see that modification , of course . It ’s probable the Multiversal pandemonium will force Doctor Strange to step up , to accept a view of responsibility rather than flaunt his gifts , and become the Sorcerer Supreme the Ancient One jazz he was doom to be . Wong is a more humble man than Strange , and he wo n’t take care being surpassed by his former student , especially not ifStephen Strange proves himself worthyof that mantle in some spectacular number of heroism in theDoctor Strangesequel or another MCU title .
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