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* The Magician species in [[VideoGame/{{Touhou}} Touhou Project]] is a one kind of Youkai magic users that can be born as, or become from humans by magic. Patchouli Knowledge and Alice Margatroid are both of this species, while the former is a natural one and the latter became on by using "food abandon" magic. Hijiri Byakuren is one as well, through the power of magic instead of the Buddist art of her lifelong dedication.

* ''Franchise/TheDCU'': ''Homo magi'' are a HumanSubspecies used to explain the powers of some of its mages, like ComicBook/{{Zatanna}}, Madame Xanadu, and Traci 13. Pre-crisis they hid themselves away from humanity because they inevitably [[fall in LoveAtFirstSight fall in love with the first muggle they make eye contact with]], and hybrids born from this union aren't guaranteed to inherit magic.

* ''Franchise/TheDCU'': ''Homo magi'' are a HumanSubspecies used to explain the powers of some of its mages, like ComicBook/{{Zatanna}}, Madame Xanadu, and Traci 13.

*** Some pureblood Wizards discriminate against muggles and non-pureblood Wizards but it's pointed out that the Wizards who pride themselves on being pureblood must have Muggle ancestors somewhere to avoid being inbred. The families that do resort to [[KissingCousins incest]] to preserve their "purity" have a reputation for mental instability and occasional physical deformities.

* In ''Webcomic/JupiterMen'', Magite are a HumanSubspecies who developed the ability to perform magic while exploring the dimension that would become known as Magi. As a [[HalfHumanHybrid half-Magite]], Arrio inherited his mother's ability to cast magic after recieving her book and ring on his sixteenth birthday.

This attribute could be used to explain the setting's magic users (like WitchesAndWizards). Compare TokenWizard (one might think of the Mage Species as the Token Wizard ''Race'' for the overarching setting). See also the "Mages are like a Race" type of OurMagesAreDifferent. Compare SuperpowerfulGenetics.

* ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'' has this in the form of Homo Magi, a HumanSubspecies that developed from Metahumans (Homo Meta). The origin of Homo Magi is tied to one particular Metahuman named ComicBook/{{Arion}}, the grandson of the original Metahuman Vandal Savage, and the King of Atlantis back when it was a nation on its own continent. The magical Lords of Order chose Arion to become their champion and granted him a portion of their magic power. Part of this magic power was then inherited by some of his children, which resulted in the creation of a separate subspecies of humans who had the power to utilize magic.

* ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekTheAnimatedSeries'': The Megans are a magic HumanAlien species from planet Megas-Tu, located in an AlternateUniverse where magic is common practice, and they are alone in their universe. One member in particular, Lucien, take the form of a [[FaunsAndSatyrs Faun or Satyr]], and [[AmbiguousSituation may or may not]] be the {{Satan}} of UsefulNotes/{{Christianity}}.

* ''Film/HocusPocus'': While the first movie takes the old-fashioned view of witches by implying that the Sanderson sisters made a DealWithTheDevil to gain magical powers, ''Film/HocusPocus2'' reveals that this isn't so: a witch has inherent powers, which activate when she [[DangerousSixteenthBirthday turns sixteen]]. This is what happened to the Sandersons and it's [[spoiler:what happens to Becca]].

* ''Fanfic/ThePalaververse'': Most intelligent races have a subspecies capable of harnessing magic in a more direct, spellcasting fashion than the rest of their kin -- the ponies have unicorns, the caprids ibexes, the sheep black sheep, the cattle longhorns, the corvids ravens and the elephants forest elephants. There are also subspecies that can use less "flashy" forms of magic: takin goats can use RunicMagic and enchant objects, while rooks posses oracular abilities.

* ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekTheAnimatedSeries'': The Megans are a magic HumanAlien species from planet Megas-Tu, located in an AlternateUniverse where magic is common practice, and they are alone in their universe. One member in particular, Lucien, take the form of a [[FaunsAndSatyrs Faun or Satyr]], and [[AmbiguousSituation may or may not]] be the {{Satan}} of ''UsefulNotes/{{Christianity}}''.

* In ''Webcomic/JupiterMan'', Magite are a HumanSubspecies who developed the ability to perform magic while exploring the dimension that would become known as Magi. As a [[HalfHumanHybrid half-Magite]], Arrio inherited his mother's ability to cast magic after recieving her book and ring on his sixteenth birthday.

* The Magician species in [[VideoGame/{{Touhou}} Touhou Project]] is a one kind of Youkai that can be born as, or become from human by magic. Patchouli Knowledge and Alice Margatroid are both of this species, while the former is a natural one and the latter became on by using "food abandon" magic. Hijiri Byakuren is one as well, through the power of magic instead of the Buddist art of her lifelong dedication.

* ''Manga/{{Dorohedoro}}'': Magic users, unlike {{muggle}}s, have a special organ in their abdomen for producing magic smoke, with smoke ducts running along their arms to their fingertips. They also have a tiny devil-shaped tumor in their frontal lobe. [[spoiler: It appears magic users were created by devils, and Chirudama creates a magic user for fun]].

* ''LightNovel/{{Konosuba}}'': Whilst any native of the world can potentially wield magic if they have the right ability scores to take a spellcasting class, the Crimson Demon Clan are a HumanSubspecies who were engineered by a Hero From Another World in the distant past to give their entire race a natural affinity for arcane magic, meaning ''every'' Crimson Demon Clan-member is a fairly powerful magic user. This trait even makes them be considered an entirely separate race option from "Native of the World" in the tie-in tabletop roleplaying game, where their unique Racial Talents revolve around this increased proficiency with magic and their base stats make them excellent choices for the Wizard class. The downside is that they are an entire race of {{chuunibyou}}, though that issue is at least more cultural than genetic.

* ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'' has this in the form of Homo Magi, a HumanSubspecies that developed from Metahumans (Homo Meta). The origin of Homo Magi is tied to one particular Metahuman named Arion, the son of the original Metahuman Vandal Savage, and the King of Atlantis back when it was a nation on its own continent. The magical Lords of Order chose Arion to become their champion and granted him a portion of their magic power. Part of this magic power was then inherited by some of his children, which resulted in the creation of a separate subspecies of humans who had the power to utilize magic.