zatanna VS Dr. strange

Strange is very powerful. He should win because he is the most paranoid person in all of comics. Doom and read may give him a run for his money in the paranoia area. But if he is too cocky with zatanna who Jason blood says has more potential then she knows, she can put him away easily. it's like a gunfight between two guys one has a colt six shooter (zatanna) and the other has a cannon(strange). While he can easily pull out the six shooter and fire off 6 shots in under 30 seconds. The other dude has to load the cannon with gun powder and a five pound ball, and pack it real good. Anyone who has read the old JLA comics knows that zatanna is fast and quick on her feet. And eventhough strange is not as slow as I portrayed him, he is not fast as zatanna.

I meant reed.

Originally posted by eleveninches
Well, strange cold do a magic spell and seal her mouth shut.

That or blast her to death. 😉

are you ppl kidding zattana is no pushover man! her magic is second only to gods and other beings of myth eg. Circe, and yeah Fate too, but her magic is diffterent. like marvel's scarlet witch she was naturally imbued with a sensitivty to magic, while strange had to study up for years. and its also been shown that her saying stuff backwards is only a means of concentration for she has in the past cast spells just by waving her hands and yes, say them in forward order. also, her spells are only limited by her imgination, as long as she says it backwards.

tho ,like i previously mentioned, she is second only to a few beings with magical power, but she would have no problem dealing with someone like strange who relies on artifacts and channeling energies thru dimensional entities. im not saying that she would wipe the floor with him or anything but she definatly wuld win out in the end...decidingly

besdies how the heck is strange gonna know off the bat that he needs to heep her mouth shut. him being a magic user himself and knowing that he doesnt necessarily have to chant to weave a spell. how would he just be like,"hmm she has to say it backwards, maybe i should magic her mouth up"

and then again why wuldnt she hareverse that spell. i dont think he would just assume that. this is one of the coolset threads in a while, and i know stranges power is up there but i refuse to rule her out. she has this IMO

Originally posted by manjaro
are you ppl kidding zattana is no pushover man! her magic is second only to gods and other beings of myth eg. Circe, and yeah Fate too, but her magic is diffterent. like marvel's scarlet witch she was naturally imbued with a sensitivty to magic, while strange had to study up for years. and its also been shown that her saying stuff backwards is only a means of concentration for she has in the past cast spells just by waving her hands and yes, say them in forward order. also, her spells are only limited by her imgination, as long as she says it backwards.

tho ,like i previously mentioned, she is second only to a few beings with magical power, but she would have no problem dealing with someone like strange who relies on artifacts and channeling energies thru dimensional entities. im not saying that she would wipe the floor with him or anything but she definatly wuld win out in the end...decidingly

Deathstroke took her out with a pressure point attack to the throat.

Strange pulls out the Crimson Bands of Cyttorak and seals her mouth shut. Furthermore, Dormammu, Mepshisto, and Shuma Gorath are gods and beyond god (Shuma Gorath) level enties than Strange has fought. Your average god ain't worth mentioning.

Originally posted by Beyonder
Deathstroke took her out with a pressure point attack to the throat.

You say that like it's something to be scoffed at. Deathstroke took out the entire JLA for half a comic.

Strange pulls out the Crimson Bands of Cyttorak and seals her mouth shut. Furthermore, Dormammu, Mepshisto, and Shuma Gorath are gods and beyond god (Shuma Gorath) level enties than Strange has fought. Your average god ain't worth mentioning.

The bands of cytorrak thing is useless if you paid attention to his post. How would Strange know to do that in the first place? By the time he figured it out, Zatanna could do some serious damage.

yeah that is why i created this post- they are both magically powerful and have beaten many people- imo zatanna wins

Well, Strange is no longer Sorcerer Supreme.
Bump.

Classic Strang would stomp current could go either way

^ Classic Strange wouldnt stomp.

^classic strange would stomp

Originally posted by Warlord
^classic strange would stomp

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Originally posted by jrodslam
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how many wins out of 10 would you give him?

In The Oath, I think it was, a novice mage turned off Dr Strange's powers.
He also was nearly shot and killed and had to be saved.

Then again, Zatanna nearly lost to Joker too. [though that IS the Joker, and not a random novice or a guy with a gun.]

Magic casters tend to be all over the place.

Originally posted by Warlord
how many wins out of 10 would you give him?

Dont know. It depends who gets off the first major spell. Whoever does that gains a great advantage.

Originally posted by Beyonder
Deathstroke took her out with a pressure point attack to the throat.

As if Dr. Strange doesn't have equally embarrassing feats to his credit...

Current Strange is crap so he would most likely lose.

Classic strange FTW.

Originally posted by demigawd
ok, here's what I found.

I checked about 20 sites just now, and disregarded statements that weren't backed up by at least five other sites. This is to make sure I'm fair.

It seems that you're correct in that there's no real "limit" to her magic. In fact, she really doesn't even need to say it backwards to cast the spell.

HOWEVER - there are three important things that don't make her all-powerful.

1)The source of her power is natural - she's half-human and half homo magi or something. So her magic is internally generated, which means that it's actually fairly easy to override and undo by a full homo magi, or a sorcerer in touch with greater magic.

2)She must visualize exactly what she wants exactly how she wants it. That mean she can't just "blink the Spectre away". She'd have to visualize the Spectre, I mean completely visualize him (not just picture him in her mind - she'd need every detail of his being), and then she'd have to completely visualize what to do with him. And since it's impossible for a human to truly visualize a holy figure, she wouldn't be able to do it. However, it doesn't stop her from trying, which leads to...

3)....Her spells often going wrong. She has to completely and totally visualize things so much when she's casting her spell that in high pressure situations, she often leaves something out, which leads to bad effects. And her power is also always in flux. It's a little bit like instructing a three year old to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. You can't just say, "take some peanut butter and take some jelly and spread it on the bread", because you'd end up with the child putting a jar of peanut butter and a jar of jelly IN THEIR JAR inside a loaf of bread. You'd have to say, "First, walk into the kitchen. Then grab a butter knife from the drawer to the left once you pull it open, then...."

So overall, she's sorta a combination of Samantha from Bewitched and Orko from He-Man. She can "theoretically" do anything, but her very human limitations make her a couple of leagues below Dr. Fate, as all the bios agree.

Strange takes this.

🙂 Hard to argue with this really. It's rare to see someone break shit down like this, but as Zatanna has said before yes she could theoretically do anything with the way her abilities work.

She has to narrow down the specifics, that is where her power is limited.