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“ These things create chaos and mischief as easy as breathing. They're more like Demigods, really. There's Loki in Scandinavia. There's Anansi in West Africa. Dozens of them. They're immortal, and they can create things out of thin air, things as real as you and me. Make them vanish just as quick. Tricksters target the high and the mighty, knock 'em down a peg, usually with a sense of humor -- deadly pranks, things like that... They're lots of things, but human, mostly. ”

Tricksters are a type of mischievous gods with the ability to warp reality and make realistic objects and people out of thin air.

Description[]

“ Demigod-like immortal creatures that thrive on creating mischief and mayhem. With the power to make objects materialize out of thin air, the Trickster accomplishes its destructive feats via unusual and often humorous means, its intent to humble the self-important. The Trickster's metabolism is such that it craves sugary treats and consumes calories voraciously. To kill a Trickster one must obtain a stake dipped in the blood of its victim and plunge it into the god's heart. Famous Tricksters include Loki of Scandinavian myth and Anansi of West Africa. ”

Tricksters are rather rare but their powers are greater than some other gods; they are able to warp reality, create people and objects out of thin air and create time loops. According to Bobby, they can take the form of anything but most of the time they appear as humans. They generally have a sweet tooth, and enjoy sugary treats, as they have the "metabolism of an insect". They commonly have a mischievous personality, and generally go after the high and mighty, and enjoy taking them down a peg, normally in ironic ways.

The Trickster[]

The only Trickster who encountered the Winchesters did so on four occasions and on the third time, it was revealed that the Trickster wasn't really a Trickster but the archangel Gabriel who had assumed the identity and persona of Loki. In Unfinished Business the Winchesters and Gabriel fought the actual Loki who referred to himself as "the real Trickster." Loki was ultimately killed by Gabriel with a specially-crafted wooden sword.

Powers and Abilities[]

“ They're immortal, and they can create things out of thin air—things as real as you and me. Make 'em vanish just as quick. ”
— Bobby to Sam and Dean
in Tall Tales

Tricksters, known as Mischievous gods, are extraordinarily powerful beings capable of warping reality to an immense degree, creating or erasing things, beings, fictional creatures, pocket universes, entire worlds, and objects out of thin air with a thought, or creating and trapping people in time loops. However, their power is nowhere near an archangel's.

  • Immortality - Tricksters can live forever, they can easily live hundreds of thousands of years without aging or dying. Loki was alive before the First Heavenly Civil War, making him hundreds of thousands of years old.
  • Invulnerability - Tricksters are invulnerable to almost all forms of harm and eathly weapons.
  • Highly Advanced Reality Warping - A Trickster's main power, they can alter, bend, manipulate, and control the very fabric of reality to unimaginable degrees, and play with it to fit their own desires and bend it to their will, both for their tricks and their personal use. Loki was able to turn a crappy motel room into a five-star suite at will for his own usage. Their reality warping abilities, though tremendously powerful, is nowhere near on an Archangel's level. Archangels are the only beings in existence that have greater reality warping abilities.
    • Conjuration - Tricksters could create things and beings out of thin air including constructs of other beings and realistic projections of themselves that could harm others but suffer no damage in the process. They can create almost anything they desire out of thin air with mere thoughts.
    • Advanced Shapeshifting - They can instantly change into any form they want as seen with Anansi. Their extremely powerful shapeshifting abilities is such that it is similar to that of the Alpha Shapeshifter, Eve, Leviathans, and Archangels.
  • Telekinesis - During his fight with Gabriel, Loki displayed telekinesis. Loki was able to fling Gabriel, though Gabriel was severely weakened and had almost no grace.
  • Teleportation - As The Trickster, Gabriel teleported into Sam and Dean's hotel room and stole his computer when the door was locked. According to Dean, Tricksters can teleport out of holy fire.
  • Super Strength - As seen with Loki, Tricksters are superhumanly strong. Loki was able to easily overpower Dean and throw him across a room with great force.

Weaknesses[]

  • A Stake of Wood Dipped in the Blood of a Trickster Victim - A stake of wood dipped in the blood of a Trickster's victim sticked in the heart of this same Trickster, is one way to kill them.
  • Gabriel's swords - A wooden sword specially-crafted by Gabriel to target Loki through the heart was able to kill him.
  • Archangels - At full power, Gabriel would have been able to effortlessly destroy Loki. Any archangel can easily annihilate Tricksters.
  • Snake Venom - Odin trapped Loki in a cave with a snake dipping her venom in his eyes as a form of torture.
  • Angels - In Changing Channels, Castiel implies that Tricksters should not be more powerful than angels, as he hoped rescuing the brothers Winchester from the TV world by his own.

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