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''Tropes about powers and mystical abilities accessible to characters. Take a look at the article on [[Magic]] and consider what it is; some claim it's usually a kind of [[Applied Phlebotinum]].''

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Subcategories=
* [[Elemental Powers]]
* [[Mind Manipulation]]
* [[Power At a Price]]
* [[Ranged Energy Attack Tropes]]
* [[Stock Super Powers]]
* [[Teleportation Tropes]]
* [[This Index Has Magic Properties]]
* [[This Index Is Cursed]]
* [[Wizards and Witches]]
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Kinds of powers=
* [[Adaptive Ability]]
* [[Alchemy Is Magic|Alchemy]]
* [[Animate Dead]]
* [[Anti-Magic]]
* [[Armor-Piercing Attack]]
* [[Art Attacker]]
* [[Art Initiates Life]]
* [[The Assimilator]]
* [[Barrier Warrior]]
* [[Black Mage]]
* [[Black Magic]]
* [[Blood Magic]]
* [[Call on Me]]
* [[Came Back Strong]]
* [[Celebrity Power]]
* [[Chain Lightning]]
* [[Clarke's Third Law]]
* [[Combined Energy Attack]]
* [[Curse]]
* [[The Dark Arts]]
* [[Electronic Telepathy]]
* [[Elemental Punch]]
* [[Emotion Bomb]]
* [[Emotion Eater]]
* [[The Empath]]
** [[Empathic Healer]]
* [[Energy Absorption]]
* [[Energy Ball]]
** [[Fireballs]]
* [[Enlightenment Superpowers]]
* [[Entropy and Chaos Magic]]
* [[Functional Magic]]
** [[I Know Your True Name]]
** [[Language of Magic]]
** [[Hermetic Magic]]
** [[Onmyodo]]
** [[Ritual Magic]]
** [[Vancian Magic]]
** [[Words Can Break My Bones]]
** [[Paper Talisman]]
* [[Fusion Dance]]
* [[Geas]]
* [[Hellfire]]
* [[Hollywood Voodoo]]
* [[Holy Hand Grenade]]
* [[Identity Absorption]]
* [[I Know What You Fear]]
* [[I See Dead People]]
* [[Intangible Man]]
* [[Invisibility]]
* [[Ki Attacks]]
* [[Kill One, and the Others Get Stronger]]
* [[Kung Fu Wizard]]
* [[Living Battery]]
* [[Made of Phlebotinum]]
* [[Magic by Any Other Name]]
* [[Magic Kiss]]
** [[A Magic Contract Comes with a Kiss]]
** [[True Love's Kiss]]
* [[Magic Enhancement]]
* [[Magic Hair]]
* [[Magic Is Mental]]
* [[The Magic Touch]]
* [[Magitek]]
* [[Make a Wish]]
** [[Mundane Wish]]
** [[Selfless Wish]]
** [[Wasteful Wishing]]
* [[Marionette Master]]
** [[People Puppets]]
* [[Master of Your Domain]]
* [[Mental World]]
* [[Merlin Sickness]]
* [[Mundane Utility]]
* [[Musical Assassin]]
* [[No Eye in Magic]]
* [[Open Sesame]]
* [[Parody Magic Spell]]
* [[Power Copying]]
* [[Power Nullifier]]
* [[The Power of Creation]]
* [[The Power of Love]]
* [[The Power of Trust]]
* [[Power of the Void]]
* [[Psychic Link]]
** [[Bond Creatures]]
** [[Mindlink Mates]]
** [[Twin Telepathy]]
* [[Psychic Powers]]
* [[Psychic Radar]]
* [[Psychic Surgery]]
* [[Pure Energy]]
* [[The Red Mage]]
* [[Sentient Cosmic Force]]
* [[Solar and Lunar]]
* [[Speak of the Devil]]
* [[Spell Construction]]
** [[Asian Rune Chant]]
** [[Eye of Newt]]
** [[Geometric Magic]]
** [[Magical Gesture]]
** [[Magical Incantation]]
** [[Magic Prerequisite]]
* [[Sphere of Destruction]]
* [[Summon Magic]]
* [[Summon to Hand]]
* [[Supernatural Sensitivity]]
* [[Technopath]]
* [[Turn Undead]]
* [[Unblockable Attack]]
* [[Unholy Nuke]]
* [[Utility Magic]]
* [[Voluntary Shapeshifting]]
** [[Animorphism]]
*** [[Totally Not a Werewolf]]
** [[Super Smoke]]
* [[Walking Wasteland]]
* [[Whatevermancy]]
* [[White Mage]]
* [[White Magic]]
* [[Wild Magic]]
* [[Wizards and Witches]]
* [[Yin-Yang Bomb]]
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Ways of establishing and showing powers=
* [[Aura Vision]]
* [[Background Magic Field]]
* [[Become Your Weapon]]
* [[Body Snatcher]]
* [[Blasting Time]]
* [[Blood Bath]]
* [[Boxing Lessons for Superman]]
* [[Brainwashed]]
** [[Hypnotize the Princess]]
* [[By the Power of Grayskull]]
* [[Celestial Body]]
* [[Celestial Deadline]]
* [[Charles Atlas Superpower]]
* [[Clap Your Hands If You Believe]]
* [[Coconut Superpowers]]
* [[Crystal Ball]]
* [[Disability Superpower]]
** [[Blind Seer]]
* [[Discard and Draw]]
* [[Eleventh-Hour Superpower]]
* [[Emerald Power]]
* [[Full-Contact Magic]]
* [[Fireballs]]
* [[God Test]]
* [[How Do I Shot Web?]]
* [[Instant Runes]]
* [[Lamarck Was Right]]
* [[Ley Line]]
* [[Life Energy]]
* [[Magi Babble]]
* [[Magic A Is Magic A]]
* [[Magic Dance]]
* [[Magic From Technology]]
* [[Magic Meteor]]
* [[Magic Mirror]]
* [[Magic Missile]]
* [[Magic Music]]
** [[Evil Diva]]
* [[Magic Staff]]
* [[Magic Wand]]
* [[Mana]]
* [[Mineral MacGuffin]]
* [[Mystical Plague]]
* [[Neck Lift]]
* [[New Powers as the Plot Demands]]
* [[90% of Your Brain]]
* [[One Hero, Hold the Weaksauce]]
* [[One Person, One Power]]
* [[Our Ancestors Are Superheroes]]
* [[Personality Powers]]
* [[Place of Power]]
* [[Post-Modern Magik]]
* [[Power Born of Madness]]
* [[Power Echoes]]
* [[Power Makes Your Voice Deep]]
* [[Power Overhaul]]
* [[Power-Up]]
* [[Power-Up Food]]
* [[Powers as Programs]]
* [[Powers in the First Episode]]
* [[Pstandard Psychic Pstance]]
* [[Psychic Nosebleed]]
* [[Real Life Super Powers]]
* [[The Rainman]]
* [[Religion Is Magic]]
* [[Re-Power]]
* [[Rewriting Reality]]
* [[Shaping Your Attacks]]
* [[Shockwave Clap]]
* [[Signature Move]]
* [[Simplified Spellcasting]]
* [[Spell Book]]
* [[Sufficiently Analyzed Magic]]
* [[Summoning Ritual]]
* [[Supernatural Is Purple]]
* [[Superpowers for A Day]]
* [[Super Serum]]
* [[Technicolor Fire]]
* [[Thought-Controlled Power]]
* [[Un-Equal Rites]]
* [[Upgrade Artifact]]
* [[Voodoo Doll]]
* [[Wing Pull]]
* [[With Great Power Comes Great Perks]]
* [[Wizard Beard]]
* [[Wizards Live Longer]]
* [[Wonder Twin Powers]]
* [[Your Mind Makes It Real]]
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Power limitations and catches=
* [[Addiction-Powered]]
* [[Addictive Magic]]
* [[Bad Powers, Bad People]]
* [[Bad Powers, Good People]]
* [[Black Magic]]
** [[The Dark Side]]
** [[Magic Is Evil]]
* [[Cast from Hit Points]]
* [[Celestial Deadline]]
* [[Curse Escape Clause]]
* [[Death-Activated Superpower]]
* [[Defence Mechanism Superpower]]
* [[Equivalent Exchange]]
* [[Fighting Spirit]]
* [[Fights Like a Normal]]
* [[Flight, Strength, Heart]]
* [[Glamour Failure]]
* [[Gods Need Prayer Badly]]
* [[Good Powers, Bad People]]
* [[Healing Magic Is the Hardest]]
* [[Heart Is an Awesome Power]]
* [[Heroic RROD]]
* [[Hour of Power]]
* [[Hulking Out]]
* [[Inept Mage]]
* [[Inertia Is a Cruel Mistress]]
* [[Involuntary Shapeshifting]]
* [[Lethal Harmless Powers]]
* [[Long-Range Fighter]]
* [[Magic Is a Monster Magnet]]
* [[Magic Misfire]]
* [[Malfunction Malady]]
* [[Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane]]
* [[A Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Read]]
* [[Mind Over Manners]]
* [[Muggles Do It Better]]
* [[Mutually Exclusive Magic]]
* [[No Self-Buffs]]
* [[Only the Pure of Heart]]
* [[Power Crutch]]
* [[Power Incontinence]]
* [[Power Limiter]]
* [[The Power of Blood]]
* [[Power Strain Blackout]]
* [[Psychic Block Defense]]
* [[Psychic Static]]
* [[Psychoactive Powers]]
* [[Randomly-Gifted]]
* [[Required Secondary Powers]]
* [[Restraining Bolt]]
* [[Situational Sword]]
* [[Squishy Wizard]]
* [[Superpower Meltdown]]
* [[Superpower Silly Putty]]
* [[Swiss Army Tears]]
* [[Sympathetic Magic]]
* [[Un-Sorcerer]]
* [[Useless Superpowers]]
* [[Virgin Power]]
* [[What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?]]
* [[Willfully Weak]]
* [[Wishplosion]]
* [[Words Do Not Make the Magic]]
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See also=
* [[As Lethal as It Needs to Be]]
* [[Apothecary Alligator]]
* [[Cats Are Magic]]
* [[Children Are Special]]
* [[Cosmic Entity]]
* [[Fantasy Character Classes]]
* [[The Force Is Strong with This One]]
* [[Genie in a Bottle]]
** [[Freeing the Genie]]
* [[Inverse Law of Utility and Lethality]]
* [[Inverse Law of Complexity to Power]]
* [[I Thought Everyone Could Do That]]
* [[Made of Magic]]
* [[Mage Killer]]
* [[Magic Carpet]]
* [[Magical Girl]]
** [[Cute Witch]]
** [[Dark Magical Girl]]
** [[Magical Girl Warrior]]
** [[Magic Idol Singer]]
* [[Magical Native American]]
* [[Magic Mushroom]]
* [[Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane]]
* [[Power Levels]]
* [[Power Perversion Potential]]
* [[Reality-Changing Miniature]]
* [[Ring of Power]]
* [[Secret Art]]
* [[A Wizard Did It]]
* [[Wrong-Context Magic]]
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