Doctor Strange: 11 Giant Questions It Leaves Unanswered
4. Is The Ancient One Permanently Dead?
The Question: This question always arises when someone dies in the MCU: is the Ancient One really dead after succumbing to her injuries in the real world? Or can she eventually be magicked back into existence?
The Likely Answer: Given how much import her death was lent, what it means for Strange and Mordo moving forward and the finality of her speech, it seems like a resounding yes.
As brilliant as Tilda Swinton was in the part, this seems like the right call, especially given how the MCU struggles with establishing firm life-and-death stakes. To have a mystical being of the Ancient One's power actually stay dead would help redress the balance a little.
Yes, she could probably return in some spiritual form because it's all basically magical nonsense, but that doesn't seem massively likely.