Doctor Strange’s portal ring just got a massive upgrade in the MCU

Doctor Strange’s famous portal-generating sling ring received a major upgrade in Deadpool & Wolverine
. Introduced in 2016 Doctor StrangeThe Sling Ring is a notable example of the Marvel Cinematic Universe creating its own unique lore for a character that did not originate in Marvel’s comic universes. Sling rings are magical artifacts that allow their users to create portals for long-distance travel. While sling rings have been shown to have an incredibly effective range, Deadpool & Wolverine Makes one sling ring more than the usual capabilities.

With proper training, Masters of the Mystic Arts can use sling rings to connect two locations through inter-dimensional portals. Characters like Doctor Strange and the Ancient One can instantly travel to any part of the world using the portals, but their range is shown to be even greater in Avengers: Endgame. After the Hulk’s resurrection of everyone killed by Thanos, Doctor Strange and the other Masters of the Mystic Arts transport various heroes to Lower Westchester, New York to fight Thanos, with Strange creating portals​​​​​​​connecting Earth to the distant planet Titan.

How Cassandra Nova’s sling ring created multiversal portals

While sling rings have been demonstrated capable of connecting two distant planets, Deadpool & Wolverine Shows one sling ring connecting two planes of realityAn unprecedented in the MCU. Cassandra Nova took a sling ring from a Doctor Strange variant she murdered long before the events of the film, using the ring to transport Wolverine and Deadpool to the latter’s home reality – and later traveling there herself. This incredible feat was achieved thanks to her ring being Augmented by two Infinity Stones: the Reality Stone and Time Stone, As confirmed in a picture posted by Ryan Reynolds on Instagram.

Attaching two infinity stones to a sling ring while justifying its ability to create multiversal portals is a bit questionable. A single Infinity Stone is extremely dangerous and destructive, and six stones must be housed in a specially-made vessel, such as the Uru Infinity Gauntlet. Two stones. Cassandra Nova’s sling ring is from another reality, however, and therefore May be made of a material that can harness the power of two Infinity Stones.

No, the Spider-Man variant to get to the sacred timeline is not a Sling Ring Recon

Some viewers may mistakenly assume that Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield’s Spider-Man variants traveled to the main MCU timeline in Spider-Man: No Way Home Through multiversal portals. While it’s an understandable assumption, that’s not the case, as Garfield’s Spider-Man dialogue reveals that he was transported to the main MCU reality by the same botched spell that transported his and Maguire’s villains (and Maguire’s variant ).

Before Deadpool & WolverineSling Rings cannot create portals connecting different universes, and it took the addition of two Infinity Stones to make this feat possible. This means that Cassandra Nova joins the horde of MCU characters who have an Infinity Stone in the MCU and survived.