Earning a 90 percent Rotten Tomatoes score and $500 million worldwide in the two weeks since its release, the Hoary Hosts of Hoggoth seem to be in agreement that Director Scott Derrickson’s Doctor Strange (starring Benedict Cumberbatch) is another solid victory for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. For many, this film was their first introduction to Marvel’s quintessential surgeon-turned-sorcerer. However, outside of the big screen, the Sorcerer Supreme has a storied history dating all the way back to his first appearance in Strange Tales #110 in July of 1963.

Despite Strange’s numerous accolades over the past fifty plus years, there are many other figures that have demonstrated a far more superior mastery of the mystic arts in their own right. Whether they hail from the Marvel Universe or beyond, let us take a look at 9 Sorcerers who have proven themselves to be more powerful than the Sorcerer Supreme.

Is there a wielder of magic you know of that didn’t make the list? If so, cast your own incantations in the comments section!