All Spells in The Magus Circle: Verified Spell List and Casting Costs

How many spells are in The Magus Circle?

Twenty, per the official store page — “casting 20 unique spells augmented by 600 possible upgrades.” Each spell is a drawn shape: your mage starts the run with a signature spell (six mages, six starting points — see the mages roster), and more join your bar as a run goes on. The spellbook in your inventory tracks what you own, and the Day 1 patch made its gem-based filters actually work.

This page documents every spell we can verify from official patch notes and player reports, rather than copying an unverified full list. Seven were confirmed for the 1.0.2 build; the 1.0.3–1.0.6 hotfixes have since put another eleven names on record, and the rest land here as we capture them in-game.

DRAW YOUR SPELLS IN NEW ROGUELITE — DeepSpaceMatt — YouTube

DRAW YOUR SPELLS IN NEW ROGUELITE — DeepSpaceMatt

Which spells are confirmed so far?

The 1.0.3–1.0.6 hotfix notes name eleven more entries. For some, whether each is a spell rather than an upgrade or perk is still to be confirmed in-game — but the official names are on record:

A visual note that does not need names: late-run screens are loud. One official screenshot shows a meteor shower raining down while a pentagram sigil is being sketched mid-boss-fight — that is the power ceiling the twenty spells are aiming at.

How does mana work across your spell bar?

Mana is the shared resource every drawn spell drinks from, and it regenerates during the run. Three official or player-confirmed details matter for build planning:

1. Overcharge exists. The Day 1 patch note “mana regen numbers don’t fight (normal number v overcharge) anymore” confirms a normal regen rate plus an overcharge mechanic that pushes regen higher.
2. Mana motes were a lag source. The 1.0.2 hotfix “optimized mana motes that were causing massive lag hitches” — if you played the first days and felt stuttering during dense fights, that was it. The 1.0.5 hotfix tuned enemy-side performance damage further.
3. Costs scale with ambition. The Final Sigil has a cost significant enough to need fixing; cheap spam spells versus expensive finishers is a real trade-off, which is why the beginner guide suggests learning one cheap spell deeply before spreading mana across four.

Which spell bugs should you know about at launch?

If a spell “randomly stops working despite mana levels,” you are most likely hitting the Riptide-style bug rather than drawing wrong — check the drawing guide’s recognition section to rule out penmanship first.

How do spells grow into a build?

Around 600 upgrades stack on top of your twenty spells: level-up cards, tarot modifiers, Leviathan upgrades like Supernova, and estate systems back at the mansion. Two upgrade names already matter in launch-week discussion: Supernova (the split-beam Leviathan upgrade that, with enough spell size, kept enemies from ever touching one player) and Prodigal Growth (a card whose description mismatch was reported). Where those land on the power curve is exactly what our tier list is tracking — with the honest caveat that the meta is still being reshaped by hotfixes.

Balance is moving, too. The first week of hotfixes directly rebalanced spells: Exsanguinate’s area of effect dropped 25% and Prismatic Gale became free in 1.0.3; all damage-over-time upgrades were buffed, Spellblade gained +5 base damage while shattering on crit after three strikes, and the Mega Missile was reworked completely in 1.0.5. If a guide’s spell advice reads older than that, weigh it against the notes.

Sources: Steam store page, Day 1 through 1.0.6 hotfix notes, and launch-week reports from the Steam community forums. Screenshots © By Witchlight.