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* Dr. Byron Orpheus from ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' is a powerful necromancer and wizard. The world established is a SciFiKitchenSink filled with super-scientists, superheroes and supervillains born from sci-fi shenanigans, with magic-users being comparatively rare. This makes Dr. Orpheus the only magical ally of Team Venture (which is predominantly science-based), eventually joining a SupernaturalTeam composed of his old friends.

** Zatanna often serves as this for the ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica, being the most consistent spellcaster and magic expert in the team. While Franchise/WonderWoman and ComicBook/{{Aquaman}} have some understanding of magic due to their origins and powers, neither of them actually specialize in sorcery like Zatanna. Wonder Woman serves this role when Zatanna isn't around as she is the most associated with magic after her.
** Manitou Raven, Jason Blood, and John Constantine have also served this role for the Justice League.
** ComicBook/{{Raven}} is usually the Token Wizard of the ComicBook/TeenTitans, with the only other spellcasters being Tempest and Omen, and neither started out as having magic.
** June Moone aka The Enchantress has served this role on the ComicBook/SuicideSquad thanks to her being the only one with knowledge of spellcasting. However, her tendency to get DrunkOnPower meant that she wasn't always reliable (Amanda Waller later said she hates working with sorcerers for this reason). When she joined ComicBook/{{Shadowpact}} she was technically this as while the other members had abilities of magical origin, she was the only one who was actually a spellcaster.

** Billy Kaplan (aka Wiccan) in the first run of ''ComicBook/YoungAvengers''. In a team with BadassNormal Kate, SuperSoldier Eli, heavy-hitter {{Shapeshifter}} Teddy, SizeShifter Cassie, [[SuperSpeed speedster]] Tommy, and robot Jonas, Billy is the only spellcaster, owing to his being the "son" of the Scarlet Witch.
** ComicBook/ScarletWitch herself is this for ''ComicBook/TheAvengers''. Whether Wanda's powers are purely magical or a mutant power that can be attuned to magic (it changes DependingOnTheWriter), she is the Avengers' longest-serving spellcaster.
** During Wanda's disappearance after ''ComicBook/HouseOfM'', ComicBook/DoctorStrange served this role for the Avengers.
** Not counting the Scarlet Witch whose history with magic is complicated, the first "proper" sorcerer to join the Avengers was Dr. Druid.
** Nico Minoru of the ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}''. Karolina is an alien with a FlyingFirepower powerset, Alex, Chase, and Gert don't have powers, and Molly is a mutant with SuperStrength. Meanwhile, Nico wields the Minoru family's Staff of One, which allows her to cast any spell she can think of once. She's also this of the second iteration, where Alex and Gert by then are killed and replaced with the {{Cyborg}} Victor, the Skrull Xavin, and the GreenThumb Klara.
** ComicBook/{{Magik}} was this for the ComicBook/NewMutants and presently serves this role for the ComicBook/XMen. Other spellcasters associated with the team include Amanda Sefton[[note]]Never officially an X-Man, but a longtime ally as Nightcrawler's on-and-off girlfriend trained in sorcery by her mother[[/note]], Forge[[note]] A [[MagicalNativeAmerican Cheyenne shaman]] who was the first magic-user to join the team, but he vastly prefers working with technology and only resorts to sorcery when facing a magical foe[[/note]], and Pixie[[note]]Had a portion of her soul replaced with black magic, giving her the capacity for sorcery[[/note]].
** Temporarily invoked when the teenage original X-Men spent time in the present day, and Beast took up sorcery to complement his scientific knowledge. He even had a demonic, grey-furred, horned "Beast" form that he involuntarily turned into whenever he used magic.
** Shaman serves this role for ''ComicBook/AlphaFlight'', though unlike most examples of this trope, he isn't the only one on the team with magic-based powers.
* Alexandra Cabot from ''ComicBook/JosieAndThePussycats'' is not only the TokenEvilTeammate of the group, but also wields witchcraft powers, though somewhat less powerful than those of printmate ''ComicBook/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch''. Whether Alexandra needs her TeamPet familiar Sebastian to cast spells, or whether her brother, Alexander, is aware of her powers or not is DependingOnTheWriter. Generally, when Alexandra tries to embarrass or humiliate Josie, or acts as a Josie x Alan ShippingTorpedo, her spells result in LaserGuidedKarma; whenever Alexandra uses her powers to benefit her friends or to thwart the villain of that chapter, her effectiveness is much improved.
* In the ''Creator/AmericasBestComics'' universe, William "Bill" Woolcott[=/=]ComicBook/{{Promethea}} and Splash Brannigan are the only known magical science-heroes in the SuperTeam America's Best, the former being a LegacyOfTheChosen and the later being a person composed of magic ink.

* While all three of the teens in ''WesternAnimation/{{Trollhunters}}'' possess magical weaponry -- [[TheLancer Toby]] possessing a LethalJokeItem [[DropTheHammer War-Hammer]] and [[TheChosenOne Jim]] possessing the [[AncientArtifact Amulet of Daylight]] with a CoolSword and InstantArmor -- Claire acts as the closest thing to a combative magic-user (before they find Merlin) the trollhunters possess. Her weapon is a magic staff that can summon shadow portals that she nicked off of Angor Rot, and after she manages to regain control of her body from Morgana, she ends up learning a spell that allows her to call the staff to her on command.

* Downplayed in the case of Donald Duck in ''Franchise/KingdomHearts''. Goofy uses a shield, meaning he is adept at both offense and defense and is all-around the physical fighter of the trio. Sora is a JackOfAllStats, his keyblade acting as a sword, a blunt weapon, a magic wand and an object that could be used to block attacks, being an [[UnbreakableWeapons unbreakable]] CoolSword. Donald Duck on the other hand is the most adept at magic, most useful as both a teammate to use Limit commands and as a WhiteMage to heal his teammates. This is to be expected from Disney Castle's official [[CourtMage Royal Magician]].

* ''Fanfic/TheMountainAndTheWolf'': While the Wolf has several warriors with magic powers on his crew (most notably a Slaaneshi hermaphrodite able to change people's appearance, including itself), Sven Swordeater serves as the main link to the Chaos Gods. However, this doesn't get him much respect from the Wolf, who has a bad (and entirely justified) case of WarriorVsSorcerer, constantly deriding them with the same contempt he holds for weaklings and cowards.

The Token Wizard (or Token Witch, Mage, Shaman, etc.) stands out among their SuperTeam as the only member whose wheelhouse is magic and the supernatural. It is handy to have someone with deep knowledge on spells, demonic possession, and mythical creatures when a team is facing up against such threats. And against non-magical foes, the esoteric nature of their abilities makes them a wildcard such villains can't easily predict.

** [[Characters/MCUDefenders The Defenders]]: Downplayed with [[Characters/MCUIronFist Danny Rand]]. He's not an out-and-out spellcaster, but he's the only one in the group whose powers are magic-based, having SupernaturalMartialArts abilities whereas [[Characters/MCUDaredevil Matt Murdock]], [[Characters/MCUJessicaJones Jessica Jones]], and [[Characters/MCULukeCage Luke Cage]] received their powers from scientific sources. He is also the most knowledgeable of the Hand and their sorcery.

The Token Wizard (or Token Witch, Mage, Shaman, etc.) stands out among their SuperTeam as the only member whose wheelhouse is magic and the supernatural. It is handy to have someone with deep knowledge on spells, demonic possession, and mythical creatures when a team is facing up against such threats. And against non-magical foes, the esoteric nature of their abilities makes them a wildcard the villains can't easily predict.

* Dr. Byron Orpheus from ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' is an all-powerful necromancer and wizard. The world established is a SciFiKitchenSink filled with super-scientists, superheroes and supervillains born from sci-fi shenanigans. This makes Dr. Orpheus the only magical ally of Team Venture (which is predominantly science-based), eventually joining a SupernaturalTeam composed of his old friends.