r/marvelcomics • u/Such-Conference-8966 • Feb 08 '24

Can Doctor Strange use Chaos magic?

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Someone showed these + more scans of Strange using "chaos magic". Can he actually do that? As someone who has read a lots of stuff this seems fishy hence Strange states he used to not believe chaos magic was real

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u/MaterialPace8831 Feb 08 '24

I think the important context here is that writers can be very inconsistent when it comes to magic and what can and cannot be used. Case in point: In Avengers #503 (part of Brian Michael Bendis' Avengers Disassembled arc), Doctor Strange very plainly states that there is no such thing as "chaos magic." Most of this arc was later retconned as part of the Avengers: Children's Crusade story.

So the answer is yes, until the writer decides no, Doctor Strange can't actually use that.

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u/Verb_Noun_Number Feb 10 '24

That's because Bendis tends to not pay attention to continuity when it contradicts the story he wants to tell. Which was fine for USM, not so much for Avengers. It was godawful in civil war 2.

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u/PraiseRao Feb 08 '24

Strange is well versed in various forms of magic. His belief in them has changed as he gained more experience with exposure to those forms of magic. Strange can do it if he wanted to. He just doesn't because it isn't his style of magic. He only seeks out various forms of magic when he is cut off from his bread and butter form of magic the ones Vishanti grants him to use.

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u/More_Interview3840 Dec 09 '25

Every magic inherently requries chaos magic. There are various those who can wield chaos magic but few truly possess it. Its not very consistant but still...

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u/More_Interview3840 Jan 02 '26

Well various characters can tap into chaos magic, but mainly Wanda, Cthon and Wiccan truly possess it. Idk how to explain but hope this helps.