History Main / EvilSorcerer

* Wanda, the croakamancer from ''ErfWorld''.

** Eberron kind of subverts the trope (like it does with about every other trope) with Vol, who is not only half elf and half dragon, but also undead. And some people believe she was turned into an undead creature as a child.

** Mordru -- arch-foe variable (but originally TheLegionOfSuperheroes).

* Profion from the awful ''DungeonsAndDragons'' movie.

** Dr Gotham, enemy of the Shadowpact.
** Felix Faust, enemy of the JusticeLeagueOfAmerica, both of whom also appeared in the animated ''JusticeLeague'' and ''JusticeLeagueUnlimited'' series.

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*** The most dangerous and powerful probably being Thoth-Amon. He turns up by name and fearsome reputation in several Conan tales and although Conan faces several of his dooms by chance and the character himself is met in "The Phoenix on the Sword," the very first Conan story, he and Conan never directly encounter one another in Howard's stories, although he is a common antagonist in later derived works.

* In RobertEHoward's ConanTheBarbarian story ''The Hour of the Dragon'', Xaltotun. He scares even his own allies into stealing his Artifact of Doom.

** Though he's actually a PhysicalGod, Sauron ''is'' called a sorcerer in ''TheSilmarillion'' as well, probably due to the largely mystical/spiritual nature of his particular power set. The Nazgul all are also called sorcerers, though it's unclear whether or not they had their powers before getting their rings.

* Gargamel from ''TheSmurfs''.

* And then there is what might be the ultimate example of this trope, the Warlock Lord, Brona from Terry Brooks' ''The Sword of {{Shannara}}'' and its prequel ''First King of {{Shannara}}''. He is actually described by Bremen to be things like "no longer a man" and "a dark creature." He is said to no longer have human thoughts, but to act completely on instinct. He has given himself to the darkness so completely, when he's in his tent, Risca tries to sneak inside and finish him off only to realize that... he's not there. He literally becomes the darkness around him. It gets to the point that it seems that even taking the form of a vague cloaked figure is somewhat of an annoyance and not actually necessary. He IS sorcery.
** Given that a recurring theme in Brooks' writing is that the abuse of magic twists and warps the user, it isn't surprising that he uses this one a lot. [[DemonLordsAndArchDevils The Dagda Mor]] from ''The Elfstones Of Shannara'', The Mord Wraiths in ''Wishsong'', the [[TheHeartless Shadowen]] from ''TheHeritageOfShannara'', and The Morgawr from ''TheVoyageOfTheJerleShannara'' are all prime examples. Then there's Meeks from his MagicKingdomOfLandover series.

* Rasputin in ''Hellboy''.

* Mr. Gone started off as this in TheMaxx, but later claimed that his magic powers were limited to knowing a few "loopholes". And then later it turned out that he had no power at all and was just an ordinary dude who everyone else consensually hallucinated was an evil sorcerer. Or something.

* The SpiritOfTheCentury supplement SpiritOfTheSeason brings magic more fully into the game, and naturally has a couple of magical villains, including Salomon Mizrahi, a evil kabbalist who is convinced he is a Tzadikim Nistarim, one of the 36 Righteous People whose existence
supports that of the world. Interestingly, he's actually better at Science! than he is at magic, making him particularly dangerous.

* Matthew Patel has this role among the 7 Evil Exes in ''Scott Pilgrim''

* Turok and Rumina from ''The Adventures of Sinbad''

* Matthew Pilgrim has this role among the 7 Evil Exes in ''Scott Pilgrim''

* Jafar and Mozenrath from Disney's ''{{Disney/Aladdin}}''.

* Mozenrath from the ''{{Disney/Aladdin}}'' television series.

* Jafar from Disney's ''{{Disney/Aladdin}}''.

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* One of the earliest Lego minifigures was actually ''called'' Evil Wizard.