

Backlash will damage the Shadow Magic user based on their overall remaining health. Most Shadow spells carry with them backlash.Resistance Negation to Magic: The Shadow Shrike spell can be used to pierce a target's resistance to magic.Resistance to Telepathy: Grandmother Raven could no longer read the Player's mind after they started using Shadow Magic.Resistance to Probability Manipulation: Animated Shadow Creatures are shown to be unaffected by accuracy decrease and accuracy debuffs are passively removed from Shadow Transformations.Shadow-Enhanced Spells: Shadow Magic can be used to enhance the Seven Primary Schools of Magic.Damage Transferal: The Shadow Sentinel spell can be used to "intercept" damage taken.Time Manipulation: Shadow Magic can be used to disrupt the Sands of Time.Law Manipulation: Shadow Magic is described as an underlying, reality-defining and bending magic.Fear Manipulation: Shadow Magic created an embodiment of the Player's fears.Technology Manipulation: Shadow Magic can scramble the systems of a Sani-Bot.Corruption: Shadow Magic corrupted the Moon Magic inside the Eclipse Tower.Several Shadow Magic users are capable of stealing buffs from other characters. Power Absorption: The Shadow Trickster spell can absorb an opponent's power in the form of PIPs.Probability Manipulation: Shadow Magic can greatly increase the chances of dealing a critical attack and greatly increase the chances of blocking a critical attack.Statistics Reduction: Shadow Magic, like all other types of magic, can be used to reduce a target's statistics.Statistics Amplification: Shadow Magic, like all other types of magic, can be used to enhance the user's statistics.Darkness Manipulation: Shadow Magic users can summon an animated Shadow Creature to aid them in battle.Dream Manipulation: The Player's Shadow Magic turned his dreams into nightmares.Duplication: Morganthe used Shadow Magic to create duplicates of herself and the Player can summon his "Shadow self" .Power Mimicry: Shadow Magic can make warped reflections of what is, or what was.Petrification: Shadow Magic can be used to turn people into crystal.Power Nullification: Shadow Magic nullified all the powers of Sofia Darkside.Transformation: Shadow Magic can be used to take the form of Shadow Creatures, combining the skills of the creatures with the spellcaster's own.Mind Manipulation: Shadow Magic is repeatedly used to put characters under other people's control.Life Stealing: Shadow Magic can drain life force energy.Absorption: Shadow Magic can absorb a character's power (in the form of PIPs).Healing: Shadow Magic, like all other types of magic, can be used to heal the caster and their allies.

Matter Manipulation: Shadow Magic can tear matter apart and put it back together.Animation: A surge in Shadow Magic once brought a painting to life and made it attack the Player.Curse Manipulation: Morganthe has used Shadow Magic to curse someone with eternal life and make it so that everything that person touches turns to sand.


Shadow Magic is an ancient form of magic in Wizard101, which is under the complete control of its embodiment, Grandfather Spider and his spider minions.
