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Final Fantasy 5's magic system is both complex and easy at the same time. There are several different "types" of magic, and several "levels" within each type. Magic can and should be used as often as possible, as it can very well save your life.

Magic List

White Magic

Spell Description MP Cost
[ - ] Level 1
Cure1 Recover some HP 4
Libra See HP / Status of the enemy 1
Pure Cure "Poison" status 2
[ - ] Level 2
Quiet Enemy can't see spell anymore 2
Safe Physical damage reduced by 1 / 2 3
Mini The enemy shrinks; damage reduced 5
[ - ] Level 3
Cure2 Recover more HP 9
Raise Recover from Death 29
Charm Enemy attacks his own ally 4
[ - ] Level 4
Blink Enemies miss attacks more often 6
Shell Magical damage cut by 1 / 2 5
Esna Cures all bad status effects 10
[ - ] Level 5
Cure3 Recover a lot of HP 27
Wall Magic is reflected back on enemy 15
Bersk A character can only physically attack 8
[ - ] Level 6
Arise Recover from death with full HP 50
Holy The ultimate White Magic 20
Displ Removes all negative status effects 10

Black Magic

Spell Description MP Cost
[ - ] Level 1
Fire Fire elemental attack (weak) 4
Ice Ice elemental attack (weak) 4
Bolt Bolt elemental attack (weak) 4
[ - ] Level 2
Poisn Enemy gradually loses HP 2
Sleep Enemy falls asleep and doesn't attack 3
Toad Enemy turns into toad 8
[ - ] Level 3
Fire2 Fire elemental attack (moderate) 10
Ice2 Ice elemental attack (moderate) 10
Bolt2 Bolt elemental attack (moderate) 10
[ - ] Level 4
Drain Steal enemy's HP 13
Break Enemy becomes petrified 15
Bio Strong poison attack 16
[ - ] Level 5
Fire3 Fire elemental attack (strong) 25
Ice3 Ice elemental attack (strong) 25
Bolt3 Bolt elemental attack (strong) 25
[ - ] Level 6
Flare The ultimate black magic 39
Death K.O.'s the enemy 29
Aspil Steal enemy's MP 1

Time Magic

Spell Description MP Cost
[ - ] Level 1
Speed ??? 1
Slow Slows down an enemy's movement 3
Regen Recover HP gradually 3
[ - ] Level 2
Mute Makes casting magic impossible 3
Fast Hastens an ally's movement 5
Float An ally floats above the ground 10
[ - ] Level 3
Demi An enemy loses half of their HP 9
Stop An enemy can't move for a short time 8
Exit Run away from a battle or exit a dungeon 15
[ - ] Level 4
Comet Comets come down and hit the enemy 7
Slow2 All enemy attacks are slowed 9
Retrn Restart a battle 1
[ - ] Level 5
Qrter Reduces enemy's HP to 1 / 4th 18
Fast2 All allies attack more often 15
Old Stats gradually decrease during a battle 4
[ - ] Level 6
Meteo Meteors rain down on enemies 42
Quick An ally can attack twice before someone else 77
XZone An enemy disappears into the cleft of dimensions 20

Call Magic

Spell Description MP Cost
[ - ] Level 1
Chocob Chocobo attack! 4
Sylph Steal enemy's HP to give to entire party 8
Remora Stop the enemy 2
[ - ] Level 2
Shiva Ice elemental attack (all) 10
Ramuh Bolt elemental attack (all) 12
Ifrit Fire elemental attack (all) 11
[ - ] Level 3
Titan Creates an earthquake 25
Golem Protects party from physical damage 18
Shoat Cast break on one enemy 33
[ - ] Level 4
Garnet Casts reflect on all party members 45
Syldra Strong bolt attack on all enemies 32
Odin Kills all enemies 48
[ - ] Level 5
Phenix All dead party members are revived 99
Leviat Water elemental attack (all) 39
Bahamu Very strong magic (all) 66

Sword Magic

Spell Description MP Cost
[ - ] Level 1
Fire Fire attack 2
Ice Ice attack 2
Bolt Bolt attack 2
[ - ] Level 2
Poisn Poisn attack 1
Quiet Quiet (Mute) attack 1
Sleep Sleep attack 2
[ - ] Level 3
Fire2 Fire2 attack 5
Ice2 Ice2 attack 5
Bolt2 Bolt2 attack 5
[ - ] Level 4
Drain Drain attack 6
Break Break attack 8
Bio Bio attack 3
[ - ] Level 5
Fire3 Fire3 attack 15
Ice3 Ice3 attack 15
Bolt3 Bolt3 attack 15
[ - ] Level 6
Holy Holy attack 10
Flare Flare attack 30
Aspil Aspil attack 1

Blue Magic

Spell Description MP Cost
[ - ] Blue Magic
Condemn Countdown to death 10
Roulette Cast Doom on random target 1
Aquabreath Water elemental attack 38
L5 Doom Kills enemies at level 5, 10... 22
L4Grav2 Casts Qrter on enemies at level 4, 8... 9
L2 Old Casts Old on enemies at level 2, 4, 6... 0
L3 Flare Casts Flare on enemies at level 3, 6, 9... 18
Frog Song Transforms an enemy into a frog 5
Melody Casts Small on a target 0
Flash Casts Blind on all enemies 7
TimeSlip Casts Sleep and Old 0
Moon Flute Casts Berserk on all enemies 3
DeathClaw Drops HP to 1 0
Aero Wind elemental attack 4
Aero2 Wind elemental attack 10
Aero3 Wind elemental attack 24
Emission Fire elemental attack 5
GoblinPunch Physical attack 0
DarkShock Level is halved 27
Guard Off Lowers defense 0
Fusion Gives all HP to target 0
MindBlast Damages and paralyzes an enemy 6
BloodSuck Sucks HP from an enemy 2
Magic Hammer Halves enemy's MP 3
BigGuard Casts full protection on everyone 0
Exploder Uses own HP to damage an enemy 0
???? Damage = HP total - current HP 3
BlowFish Does 1,000 HP damage 0
WhiteWind Recovers everyone's HP 0
Missile Damages enemy 7

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