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{{quote|''Well, at least all that arm-waving and arcane babbling you did was impressive.''
|'''[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid{{=}}87919 Remand] [[Flavor Text]]''', ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]''}}
The ability to completely negate magic or other supernatural effects. The power is not [[Energy Absorption|absorbed]] or [[Attack Reflector|reflected]], it simply ''ceases to be'' when it comes within the radius of effect. This will usually be an extremely rare, nigh-unheard of, [[Game Breaker|game-breaking]] power: the greatest of wards become undone with incredible ease, with unforeseen effects.
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== Inherent Traits ==
=== Anime
* ''[[
* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]''
** Asuna's Magic Cancel ability. It is initially somewhat spotty and unpredictable, but she eventually gets control of this and can extend it as a field, punching out 100% unbreakable seals and dispelling giant falling pillars with a wave of her sword. Not to mention that {{spoiler|in the past her power caused a [[Floating Continent]] to fall out of the sky, destroying one of the most powerful nations in the world in the process.}} [[It Got Worse]]: {{spoiler|at least one [[Big Bad]] is after her so he can use her Magic Cancel ''to erase the magic world from existence.''}}
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* {{spoiler|Jeremiah Gottwald (a.k.a. [[Fan Nickname|Orange-kun]])}} gets the Geass Canceller, the power to completely negate Geass, in the second season of ''[[Code Geass]]''. Not only is he immune from such effects, but he can create spheres with huge radii that strip anyone caught in the bubble of any Geass effects they're currently affected by. For Lelouch's Geass, it even resets the "once per person" counter, allowing the victim to be Geassed again.
* Occasionally in ''[[Fairy Tail]]'', one of the characters will go up against an anti-mage. So far there's been one who can send out waves that negate magic, and one that can produce rope that temporarily robs one's powers while they're tied up.
* The hero of ''[[Mahoutsukai (♂) to Deshi (♀) no Futekisetsu na Kankei]]'' owns the {{spoiler|sin of gluttony}} which absorbs all magic in the next environment.
* ''[[Rave Master]]'': [[White Magician Girl]] Belnika has this ability, though she only uses it once.
** This is also essentially the function of the Rune Save form of Haru's [[Morph Weapon|sword]]. It allows him to "cut what can not be cut", making it the ideal counter to magic users. The non-magical nature of the sword's [[BFS]] base form also works against magic.
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* In the ''[[Books of Magic]]'', it is stated that Dr. Thirteen has this ability, which is why it is next to impossible to prove to him that magic exists, as it will disappear before he gets close enough to see it.
* Lord Joshua Coldrake from [[The DCU]] has the ability to outright negate any form of magic he enters contact with in a rather wide radius. Unfortunately, he's been [[Reassigned to Antarctica|banished to a cold, barren landscape]]... because of ''certain'' [[Noodle Incident|incidents in his youth]].
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== Spells ==
=== Anime
* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' again: a limited version of Magic Cancel is the "Dispulso" spell. The author notes this a "paradoxical" spell, being a magic that disperses magic.
* ''[[
** In the third season, Louise's void spell is the only reason the heroes are able to defeat {{spoiler|the square golem}}.
* The Spell "Flow Break" from ''[[Slayers]]'' causes all long-term spells (for example, "animate golem" or whatever it's called) to stop working and the Golem or [[Animated Armor]] will collapse. If used on a mage, it causes harm.
* In ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'', {{spoiler|the [[Big Bad]] can completely shut off Amestrian alchemy in an area ''at will'', since he's strongly implied to have invented it in the first place. Even he, however, is surprised to discover that this ability has no effect whatsoever on Xingese alchemy}}.
* ''[[Wedding Peach]]'' has the power to negate devil powers: possession, illusion, mind control etc will be dispelled with her "Lovely Operation Tempete".
=== Comic Books ===
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=== Card Games ===
* Insert ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'' spell here.
** The granddaddy of all countermagic is the iconic [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=185820 Counterspell], the card upon which so many others are based. The thing proved to be too overpowered; thus, it is no longer printed. We have a selection of weaker, fairer replacements like [https://web.archive.org/web/20090411134012/http://ww2.wizards.com/
** Because of the tendency for counterspells to be countered (and those spells to be countered, and those...) a favorite is [
** Anti-magic for enchantments and artifacts come in a great variety of flavors, mostly white and green: there're [https://web.archive.org/web/20090210115430/http://ww2.wizards.com/
* Several ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh (Tabletop Game)|Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' Monster Cards, such as "[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Spell_Canceller Spell Canceller]" and "[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Horus_the_Black_Flame_Dragon_LV8 Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV8]", have the ability to negate the activation or effect of any Spell Cards. Several Trap Cards, such as "[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Imperial_Order Imperial Order"], also fulfill this role.
** Trap and Monster Card effects are just as easily negated with similar effects; "[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Royal_Decree Royal Decree]" is a Trap that renders other Traps useless, and "[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Skill_Drain Skill Drain]" is crucial in [[Brought Down to Normal|bringing down to normal]] both some [http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Vennominaga_the_Deity_of_Poisonous_Snakes troublesome powerhouses]<ref>"Skill Drain" must already be active when Vennominaga hits the field, however,</ref> and a [http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Spirit_Reaper certain variety] of [http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Marshmallon defensive walls].
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