Welcome to our speculative stadium, where legends duke it out and winner takes all! All what? No one knows! We’re just here to have fun!
After what felt like an endless wait, The Sandman has finally arrived on Netflix! Our fight this week is between the star of the series himself, Dream, and one of Superman’s most powerful foes, Mister Mxyzptlk! Who do you think would win in a showdown between the king of the dreams and the fifth dimensional imp? Let us know who you think it would be and why, below!
This was an easy one for me. As powerful as Mxyzptlk is, Morpheus is one of the Endless. Also, aside from that, I think he could trick Mxyzptlk into saying his name backwards easily enough!
Technically both are all powerful in their own dimensions or those below them, I believe Dream is from a dimension above Mxy, so I am gong to go with Dream.
Imagination is the 5th dimension. Without Dream, Mxy’s kind couldn’t exist. Being from a dimension higher up, Mxy reads Superman stories. Reality to Clark, but stories to Mxy. I imagine they don’t fight at all, but Mxy recognizes who he’s speaking to and gives thanks. Those stories gave his life direction and purpose.
Both are infinitely, and therefore equally powerful. However: there’s a trick to defeating Mxyzptlk, which is getting him to say his name backwards. There’s also a trick to defeating Dream, which is getting him to kill a member of his family. I believe one condition is more easily met than the other.
That’s really well put! My thinking as to who would win was mostly just about them both being really powerful and having specific vulnerabilities. You put a lot more thought into it than I did.
While we have seen Mxyzptlk on multiple occasions take down the likes of Spectre, the DC universe itself, Phantom Stranger…We have also seen him die. And its pretty final when it happens.
Meanwhile putting aside infinite power levels of the Endless, if one of those dies then they simply come back. And its pretty certain that theres no way for Mxyzptlk to keep that from happening.
Mxyzptlk would struggle with the opponents like the Spector, Phantom Stranger, and Trigon. But Lucifer easily handles all four of those opponents. I think if Dream can outwit Lucifer, tricking Mxyzptlk to spell his name backwards would be trivial.
Additionally, Mxyzptlk has more raw power and could win in the waking world, but not harm Morpheus in the Unconscious. And if his ability to warp reality is limited by his imagination - i.e. dreams - or if he is reliant on Dream, because he is a “living” being(Morpheus describes he lives/dies with the first/last life and conscious)then Morpheus, I think, would have superior powers over Mxyzptlk in any reality or consciousness/unconsciousness.
