To learn Magic you must equip an Esper and keep it quipped until you learn the ability. You can switch Espers without having learned abilities. You will also learn the abilities at different speeds.
| Type
| Ability
| Description
| MP
| Esper
| Rate
|
| Antdot
| Cures Poison
| 3
| Kirin
| x4
|
| Beserk
| Increase Attack Power but lose control of character
| 16
| Phantom
| x3
|
| Bio
| Moderate Posion-elemental damage and inflicts the poison status
| 26
| Shoat
| x8
|
| Bolt
| Small Lightning-elemental damage to enemy
| 6
| Bismark
| x20
|
| Ramah
| x10
|
| Bolt 2
| Moderate Lightning-elemental damage
| 22
| Maduin
| x3
|
| Ramuh
| x2
|
| Bolt 3
| Heavy Lightning-elemental damage
| 53
| Tritoch
| x1
|
| Break
| Target is turned petrified
| 25
| Shoat
| x5
|
| Cure
| Recovers Small amount of HP
| 5
| Kirin
| x5
|
| Shiva
| x3
|
| Sraphim
| x8
|
| Starlet
| x25
|
| Cure 2
| Recovers Moderate amount of HP
| 25
| Golem
| x5
|
| Kirin
| x1
|
| Sraphim
| x20
|
| Starlet
| x16
|
| Unicorn
| x4
|
| Cure 3
| Recovers High amount of HP
| 40
| Phoenix
| x2
|
| Starlet
| x1
|
| Demi
| Reduces HP of target by half
| 33
| Phantom
| x5
|
| Dispel
| Cancels all magically inflicted status's such as Shell
| 25
| Alexander
| x10
|
| Unicorn
| x2
|
| Drain
| Drains HP from target to revover your HP
| 15
| Ifrit
| x1
|
| Doom
| Target is instantly killed (heals the undead)
| 35
| Shoat
| x2
|
| Fire
| Small Fire-elemental damage to enemy
| 4
| Bismark
| x20
|
| Ifrit
| x10
|
| Siren
| x6
|
| Fire 2
| Moderate Fire-elemental damage
| 20
| Ifrit
| x5
|
| Maduin
| x3
|
| Fire 3
| High Fire-Elemental Damage
| 51
| Phoenix
| x3
|
| Tritoch
| x1
|
| Flare
| Non-elemental damage to one enemy
| 45
| Bahamut
| x2
|
| Haste
| Speed drastically increases
| 10
| Carbunkle
| x3
|
| Palidor
| x20
|
| Float
| Float - become immune to earth attacks
| 17
| Palidor
| x5
|
| Stray
| x2
|
| Haste 2
| Speeds up all party members
| 38
| Palidor
| x2
|
| Ice
| Small Ice-elemental damage to enemy
| 5
| Bismark
| x20
|
| Shiva
| x10
|
| Ice 2
| Moderate Ice-elemental damage
| 21
| Maduin
| x3
|
| Shiva
| x5
|
| Ice 3
| Heavy Ice-elemental damage
| 52
| Tritoch
| x1
|
| Imp
| Transform the target into a defenceless Imp
| 10
| Stray
| x5
|
| Life
| Recovers a single party member from KO with minimal HP
| 30
| Bismark
| x2
|
| Phoenix
| x10
|
| Sraphim
| x5
|
| Life 2
| Revives Target with Full HP
| 60
| Phoenix
| x2
|
| Life 3
| Auto-Revives Target with Moderate HP
| 50
| Phoenix
| x1
|
| Merton
| High Fire & Wind elemental damage to all enemies and characters
| 85
| Crusader
| x1
|
| Meteor
| High Non-Elemental damage to all enemies
| 62
| Crusader
| x10
|
| Odin
| x1
|
| Muddle
| Confuses Target
| 8
| Stray
| x7
|
| Mute
| Silences Target
| 8
| Siren
| x8
|
| Osmose
| Drains targets MP to heal users
| 1
| Shiva
| x4
|
| ZoneSeek
| x15
|
| Pearl
| Pearl-elemental damage to one enemy
| 40
| Alexander
| x2
|
| Poison
| Small Poison-Elemental damage, and inflicts Poison status effect
| 3
| Ramuh
| x5
|
| Quake
| Earth Eleental damage to all enemies and party members
| 50
| Terrato
| x3
|
| Quatr
| Reduces HP by a quater
| 48
| Terrato
| x1
|
| Quick
| Caster recieves two turns in a row
| 99
| Raiden
| x1
|
| Rasp
| Deals damage to targets MP
| 12
| Shiva
| x4
|
| ZoneSeek
| x20
|
| Reflect
| Reflects magic attacks back to enemy, but at half the strength
| 22
| Carbunkle
| x5
|
| Regen
| Target regenerates HP over time
| 10
| Kirin
| x3
|
| Sraphim
| x10
|
| Starlet
| x20
|
| Remedy
| Cures all the status effects besides confusion of the target
| 15
| Alexander
| x15
|
| Sraphim
| x4
|
| Starlet
| x20
|
| Unicorn
| x1
|
| Safe
| Reduce physical damage by a third
| 12
| Alexander
| x10
|
| Carbuncle
| x2
|
| Golem
| x5
|
| Unicorn
| x1
|
| Scan
| Displays targets stats
| 3
| Kirin
| x5
|
| Shell
| Reduce magical damage by a third
| 15
| Alexander
| x10
|
| Carbuncle
| x2
|
| Unicorn
| x1
|
| ZoneSeek
| x5
|
| Sleep
| Puts target to sleep
| 5
| Siren
| x10
|
| Slow
| Slows the target by 50%
| 5
| Palidor
| x20
|
| Siren
| x7
|
| Slow 2
| Slows down all enemies
| 26
| Palidor
| x2
|
| Stop
| Halts the target for a short time
| 10
| Fenrir
| x3
|
| Fenrir
| x5
|
| W Wind
| Reduces HP of all targets on screen by a tenth
| 75
| Terrato
| x1
|
| Ultima
| Extremely Powerful Non-Elemental Damage to all enemies
| 80
| Ragnorok
| x1
|
| Vanish
| Become immune to phyical attacks until a magic attack is used
| 18
| Phantom
| x3
|
| Warp
| Teleport outside of a dungeon or escape from a battle
| 20
| Carbunkle
| x2
|
| Fenrir
| x10
|
| X-Xone
| Attempts to remove all enemies from battle
| 53
| Fenrir
| x5
|