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He, or sometimes she, is the mage who has delved too deeply into [[Things Man Was Not Meant to Know]] and mastered [[The Dark Arts]]. He has achieved great power, but at the expense of [[Our Souls Are Different|his soul]]. He deals in [[Black Magic]] and might well have made a [[Deal with the Devil]]. Evil Sorcerers are very dangerous foes, as they are creative as well as clever. From them, one can expect anything; hordes of demonic [[Mooks]] as the bluntest tool, [[More Than Mind Control]] as the subtlest one, and anything between those two and beyond. He will probably be a [[Sorcerous Overlord]], dwelling in an [[Evil Tower of Ominousness]] and ruling the land with an iron - but also magical - fist, though he may also show up as an [[Evil Chancellor]], using his powers to subvert the throne more subtly.
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It's likely that every sorcerer will be this if [[Magic Is Evil]]. Compare the [[Wicked Witch]] and (for the more modern descendant) [[Mad Scientist]]. An undead
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*** His daughter Astrid Mordo, who tried to kill both her father and Strange.
*** Dormammu, Strange's archenemy and Mordo's sometime master, is a demon who is ''also'' an evil sorcerer.
** Belasco, foe of Ka-Zar and the [[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]].{{context}}
** Master Pandemonium, enemy of [[The Avengers (Comic Book)|The Avengers]].
** Master Khan, enemy of [[Immortal Iron Fist|Iron Fist]] and [[Sub-Mariner|Namor]].
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** Maleficent from ''[[Sleeping Beauty (Disney film)|Sleeping Beauty]]'', who cursed baby Auroa to die at her sixteenth birthday, just because she wasn't invited to the baby shower.
** The Horned King from the film version of ''[[The Black Cauldron]]'' (where he takes on the role filled by Arawn in the novel).{{context}}
** Ursula from ''[[The Little Mermaid (1989 film)|The Little Mermaid]]''.{{context}}
** Jafar from ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]''.{{context}}
** Dr. Facilier from ''[[The Princess and the Frog]]''.{{context}}
* Queen Bavmorda from ''[[Willow (1988 film)|Willow]]''.{{context}}
* Profion from the ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' movie.
* The title character from the ''[[Warlock (film)|Warlock]]'' series of movies.
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* Mozenrath, Caliph Kapok and Khartoum from the ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]'' television series.
* Eli Pandarus from ''[[American Dragon: Jake Long]]''.{{context}}
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* Skeletor in ''[[He-Man and the Masters of the Universe]]'' is a borderline [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain|sympathetic]] variant on this.
** Also Evil-Lyn.{{context}}
** He's somewhat more competent, dangerous and evil in the recent remake series; we also get to see two other [[Big Bad]]s who fit the bill: King Hiss and Hordak. Unfortunately, the new series was cancelled before we could get to see Hordak really strut his stuff outside of the [[Backstory]] and [[Flash Back|flash backs]], as he gave every indication of being far more [[Badass]] than his ''[[She
* Hex from ''[[Ben 10]]''.{{context}}
* Mr Crocker becomes one of these in the ''[[Fairly Oddparents]]'' episode "Timmy the Barbarian".
* Carl the Evil Cockroach Wizard from ''[[Yin Yang Yo!|Yin Yang Yo]]''.
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* The Archmage from ''[[Gargoyles]]''.{{context}}
* Wrath-Amon and Ram-Amon from ''[[Conan the Adventurer (animation)|Conan the Adventurer]]'', the latter being an obvious [[Expy]] of the Conan books' Thoth-Amon.
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