Originally Posted by
Sharpandpointies
Okay, I can place where/when this is. And, unfortunately, it's well-outside of Classic Strange territory.
By 2003, Strange's 'Sorcerer Supreme' series has ended. In that series, he was depowered not once, but twice, switched magic systems two times, ended the series using one of those other magical systems, and never regained his full power. Classic Strange's power level only really lasts a chunk of that series, until he loses his magic the first time.
Everything after that is pretty much on its own for feats. And we end up with all kinds of miniseries where his magic is inexplicably presented in different ways, or dying, and the feats are...not so great. Plus, we have on top of that his run in Avengers, where he pretty much states he isn't what he used to be.
It's not until recent years - in the 2018 Dr. Strange series - that he actually shows feats on a similar level to what we would expect from Classic Strange, as well as being presented as Clea's equal (Clea, who never really got messed with at all and has always basically kept the same level of power). And he actually GETS that way by doing something, rather than just 'being written' that way, which is how most of the miniseries with his altered magic/lost magic/regained magic stuff went.
So what does it mean?
To me, it means the guy that Doom dropped wasn't Classic Strange.
Now, as Sorcerer Supreme, which he apparently was, that's saying something. And in that range of time, he was certainly being used as Earth's Sorcerer Supreme. But he wasn't Classic Strange, with all of the ridiculous power level.
So I'm currently leaning more Mordo, here, since Mordo toyed with and wrecked Stephen in his Sanctum, while Stephen was still in his Classic Strange time period.