This magic list was compiled with reference from several walkthroughs.

Life

Name Elemental Affects status Purpose Affects
Cure No No Restores HP (small amt)  1
Cura No No Restores HP (restores more) 1
Curaga No No Restores HP (restores a lot) 1
Death No Yes Immediate death (low rate of success) 1
Holy Life No No Holy magic damage 1
Full-Life No No Revives the dead companion and fully restores HP  1
Regen No No Restores HP each turn in small quantities 1
Zombie No Yes Inflicts Zombie (undead) status 1

Fire

Name Elemental Affects Status Purpose Affects
Fire Yes No Minor fire damage 1
Fira Yes No Fire damage 1
Firago Yes No Major fire damage 1
Flare No No More fire damage 1

Ice

Name Elemental Affects status Purpose Affects
Blizzard Yes No Minor ice damage 1
Blizzara Yes No Ice damage 1
Blizzaga Yes No Major ice damage 1
Water Yes No Water damage 1

Thunder

Name Elemental Affects status Purpose Affects
Thunder Yes No Minor thunder damage 1
Thundara Yes No Thunder damage 1
Thundaga Yes No Major thunder damage 1
Aero Yes No Wind damage 1
Tornado Yes No Wind damage All

Time/Space

Name Elemental Affects status Purpose Affects
Haste No No ATB gauge charges up faster  1
Slow No No Target becomes sluggish 1
Stop No No Target is frozen in time 1
Quake Yes No Earth damage All
Demi No No HP of target is reduced to 1/4 1
Double No No Target gains ability to cast 2 consecutive spells  1
Triple No No Target gains ability to cast 3 consecutive spells 1

Support

Name Elemental Affects status Purpose Affects
Esuna No Yes Rids target of poison, blind, petrify, sleep, silence, berserk, curse, slow, stop, confuse, slow petrify, zombie and Vit 0 status 1
Dispel No Yes Rids target of regen, haste, aura, protect, shell, reflect, double, triple and float 1
Protect No No Halves physical attack damage points 1
Shell No No Halves magic attack damage points 1
Reflect No No Reflects magic any magic cast on target back to caster 1
Drain No No Drains hp from target, which is transferred to caster 1
Aura No No Increases limit break occurrences 1

Forbidden

Name Elemental Affects status Purpose Affects
Meteor No No Assails enemies with meteors 1
Ultima No No Large amount of damage All
Apocalypse No No ?? ??

Status-affecting

Name Elemental Affects status Purpose Affects
Bio Yes Yes Poison damage; poison status; target loses hp each turn
Status remains unchanged after battle
1
Break No Yes Causes damage; petrify status; target turned to stone 1
Blind No Yes Blind status, reduces hit rate - status remains unchanged after battle 1
Silence No Yes Silence status; stops all magic-related commands 1
Berserk No Yes Berserk status; target loses control of his/herself and attacks enemy with physical attacks 1
Sleep No Yes Sleep status; target suffers temporary inactivity until woken up with a physical attack, or until spell loses potency 1
Confuse No Yes Target loses facility of control of his/herself, employs random commands which can be targeted at enemy, companion or even self-inflicted. 1
Pain No Yes Silence, blind and poison status. 1
Meltdown No Yes Vit 0 status; lowers defence of target 1

Miscellaneous

Name Elemental Affects status Purpose Affects
Float No No Target is suspended in air, thus is unaffected by elemental earth damage 1
Scan No No Target's stats are analysed 1