Magic is a core part of the fantasy genre. It's not at the core of every story, but it's often a major element of what makes a setting fantastical. Magic fuels spell-casting, magical items, and sometimes even monsters and the ecosystem of a given world. Video games, often being fantastical themselves, have come up with many novel uses for magic. Just about any gamer can recall moments where they used magic for some purpose, and magic was used against them. In some game genres, magic feels like a near-ubiquitous element.