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This can get as crazy as worlds where ''everything'' is done with a spell, from cooking to transportation to brushing your teeth. Another manifestation of this trope is where everyday things or tasks seem to be ''imbued'' with magic. It might be so subtly done that it leaves one wondering [[Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane]], especially in a [[Low Fantasy]] or [[Magic Realism]] work.
Either way, this kind of magic is somewhat prone to the [[What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?]] question, especially in works where the more ordinary (less ordinary?) way we view magic is also used. It happens pretty often though that this kind of magic can turn out to be [[Lethal Harmless Powers]], when the user is pushed into a corner, implying that [[Heart Is an Awesome Power]]. If the ability is a personal power rather than a general spell the user might [[This Looks Like a Job For Aquaman|be recruited to the Hero's group for some particular task]], or the character will [[When All You Have Is a Hammer|improvise the uses of their power to match the situation using cleverness]].
It should be noted that in worlds where there is some kind of [[Equivalent Exchange]] for performing magic, this kind of power appears much less often because the mundane nature of it can be performed without magic, and often times a mage, witch or wizard would rather just wash those dishes by hand then pay out the cost, whatever it might be.
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