There are many ways movies keep us entertained, one of which is by introducing magic. We get these awesome characters that possess extraordinary powers and abilities to do things that an ordinary human cannot do.
Whether the purpose of this magic is to acquire more power, wealth, and knowledge or to cause harm to someone the characters perceive to be an enemy, we still love the entertainment and yearn for more.
This article has ranked powerful mages who have paraded our TV and have shown us nothing but the most incredible supernatural powers. Evil or not, they sure gave us something interesting to talk about.
Here are the most powerful magicians that ever graced our screen.
10) Queen Ravenna( Snow White and the Huntsman)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyAkeAUdJQk
Ravenna was also known as the evil queen, who was cruel and ruled evilly. Aside from being evil, she was also very powerful and was a Thorn in the flesh for Snow-white. This evil queen thought herself to be the fairest of them all, but her magical mirror proved her wrong and revealed to her the fairest of them all was Snow-white. This revelation made her envious and determined to kill Snow-white. Ravenna also possesses dark powers, which she had hidden on her sleeve. She had super control of life and death.
Ravenna could also shape-shift into any form she desired apart from her power to be invisible.
9) Bavmorda (Willow)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5913n8NcNOM
The character Bavmorda is a sorcerer queen who got betrothed to the crown prince at a young age, only to have him killed alongside his in-laws and start building her empire. The ruthless queen had her subject in fear while using dark magic to keep all her enemies in check. She could transform an enemy into an animal and have people thrown into thin air. In the end, despite her powers, Bavmorda got tricked and was destroyed by the portion she made by herself.
8) Eisenheim (the illusionist)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gciwyiz4uM
Eisenheim is the eldest of four children, and at 17, he got pretty good with cabinet making. By chance, he came across a traveling magician, and this encounter with the magician fueled his passion for magic. This illusionist embraced his passion slowly while he continued to be known for making cabinets. However, at 28, he exploded into the scene with full vigor and appeared in front of a theatre in Vienna.
Eisemheim was known for his mastery of the illusion of the day. As he progressed in his career, his illusion became more appealing and enticed the audience. He made money from his popularity so that people thought of him as a wizard instead of someone who sold his soul to the devil for power.
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7) The Scarlet Witch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kZSpGB7OOY
The Scarlet Witch happens to be the most powerful being in the Marvel Universe. She has no limit to how she can alter reality. She changed reality, so her children stayed existing but then altered reality when her dreams were not fulfilled. With a single phrase, “No More Mutants“, she could wipe out a few Mutants from existing.
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6) Glinda (Oz the great and powerful)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NdeuYgRoTI
Glinda, a beautiful lady, is simply a good witch who ruled over a very peaceful kingdom filled with easy-going and kind people. Glinda was a compassionate witch filled with kindness for her people. Despite her kindness, she was a fierce protector of her people and would do anything within her power to see her people protected. This good with was also very powerful, and she helped Oz achieve his true destiny.
5) Gandalf (Lord of the Rings)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8UAUAuKNcU
This is another magical character that graced our screen. He paraded as someone with extremely powerful magic. He experienced a transformation from Gandalf the great to Gandalf the white, and this transformation can easily be read as a story of resurrection. Gandalf’s transformation also marked the taking of Saruman’s palace as the chief wizard. Gandalf is the only character who seeks to end Sauron, and the transformation he experiences embeds more power into him than before.
4) Zeddicus Zu’l Zorander( legend of the seeker)
https://www.youtube.com/show/SCOllJ3JjNqwvYo6xjwa3z7A
While he was still a child, Zeddicus was taught by his father how to use his wizard Powers during training. He grew to be one of the most powerful sorcerers alive and was well respected by other magicians he came across. He possessed the power to shoot wizard fire through his hands, and this fire was hot enough to burn out many people and creatures. With his magic, Zeddicus could also freeze objects into ice and create an invisible shield that protects him against attacks from someone with magic and non-magical spells. Zeddicus, with his magic, could make things float and sweep people off their feet. He was quite intelligent too.
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3) Lord Voldemort (Harry Potter)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1iaJWSwUZs
He was also known as Tom Riddle. He happens to be one of the best students to graduate from Hogwarts as the most dangerous dark wizard of all time. Before he was graced with this title, he was known to terrorize his fellow orphans by displaying magic that was disturbing and, at the same time, impressive. He was a very brilliant student at Hogwarts, but he became so obsessed and consumed with dark magic. He became the only wizard ever to create multiple Horcruxes to achieve immortality. His arrogance, and inability to love others, got him defeated by Harry Potter, who also happens to be the one to fulfill the prophecy of Voldemort getting defeated.
2) Ciri (The Witcher)
https://www.youtube.com/c/witchernetflix/videos
The character in the movie The Witcher. She is the lady of space and time and also the one who uses her magic more in the movie. Her magic is unarguably impressive, as she could teleport, travel swiftly to the other world, and control magic to a deeper level. She is also the last inheritor of the Elder Blood; therefore, she was able to use magic compellingly.
1)Merlin (Merlin)
https://m.youtube.com/user/MerlinOfficial
The character, Merlin, needs no introduction. Merlin is one character who could unarguably pass for one of the best magicians that ever graced our screen. The movie he featured in, titled “Merlin”, came at a time when magical movies were not too popular.
In the movie, Merlin is a young warlock who has to use his magical Powers to protect the prince of Camelot, even at the risk of losing his life. From the very beginning of the movie, Merlin paraded himself to be the most powerful character with the most powerful magic. From his looks, He appeared ordinary in the movie, but with his magic, he overcame many witches who sought to take his life to reign over Camelot.
Which of these mages happens to be your favorite? These magicians had fascinating powers, and we were deeply involved in their character growth.
Do you disagree with my list? Let me know in the comment section.
