Best wizard is fiction?

[Infernai]

Powerful, skilled, quick thinker, sexy and snarky to boot. I speak ofcourse of none other than....Hawke from Dragon Age 2:

Spoiler

Yeah yeah, i know, She's technically a mage but....well, last i checked Mages and Wizards were quite similar so, yeah. (If there is a major distinction between Mages and Wizards then i'll stand corrected but, till then, this is my choice).

 

[Plurralbles]

Vecna.

I mean, come on, that jackass made it from evil mortal wizard up to the fuggin lich-god of magic.

We have a winner. Not to mention his cult is my favorite one, flavor-wise.

 

[PunkRex]

Powerful, skilled, quick thinker, sexy and snarky to boot. I speak ofcourse of none other than....Hawke from Dragon Age 2:

Spoiler

Yeah yeah, i know, She's technically a mage but....well, last i checked Mages and Wizards were quite similar so, yeah. (If there is a major distinction between Mages and Wizards then i'll stand corrected but, till then, this is my choice).

Right im not hating on DA2, I havnt played it, I may do but im just curious... is she wearing jeans?

 

[EvanJO]

Rand from the Wheel of Time or Zeddicus Zul Zorrander from The Sword of Truth.

 

[Infernai]

Powerful, skilled, quick thinker, sexy and snarky to boot. I speak ofcourse of none other than....Hawke from Dragon Age 2:

Spoiler

Yeah yeah, i know, She's technically a mage but....well, last i checked Mages and Wizards were quite similar so, yeah. (If there is a major distinction between Mages and Wizards then i'll stand corrected but, till then, this is my choice).

Right im not hating on DA2, I havnt played it, I may do but im just curious... is she wearing jeans?

Nah, it's basically the champions armor, just seems to be weird textures on it in this picture.

 

[DAAANtheMAAAN]

My wizard in D&D has my vote.

He's the only wizard that I know of that has not only established his own nation, but has taken out a half-dozen mindflayers with a single spell, escape an exploding airship while blasting through pirates, only to loot the ship later underwater... Well, after taking out a nearby megalodon with a lightning bolt.

Don't get me wrong, Gandalf's pretty cool, but he didn't do any of that...

 

[Yosato]

And I mean real wizards here not Harry bloody Potter. Althrough by best I do not mean most powerful Harry Potter is an embarrassment to wizards. he knew what 5, 6 spells at most. How crap is that.

Whoa whoa whoa, hang on just a minute! Gandalf doesn't really use that much magic either, in fact I remember reading something about Tolkien saying that he didn't want Gandalf to be cliche and so used his magic sparingly. I mean think about it, aside from his fight with the Balrog he only really uses magic to light up places and throw people, oh and let's not forget making fireworks.

Not that I'm criticising him, in fact my vote would go to Gandalf as well, but dismissing Harry Potter because he doesn't use enough magic is just absurd. He has about a dozen spells that he uses regularly and more that he only uses once or so. He can also fly a broomstick and he mixes potions. Despite being a teenager he's more of a traditional wizard than most of the people listed on this thread.

 

[PunkRex]

Powerful, skilled, quick thinker, sexy and snarky to boot. I speak ofcourse of none other than....Hawke from Dragon Age 2:

Spoiler

Yeah yeah, i know, She's technically a mage but....well, last i checked Mages and Wizards were quite similar so, yeah. (If there is a major distinction between Mages and Wizards then i'll stand corrected but, till then, this is my choice).

Right im not hating on DA2, I havnt played it, I may do but im just curious... is she wearing jeans?

Nah, it's basically the champions armor, just seems to be weird textures on it in this picture.

Damn, I wanted a pair of dragon skin levis.

 

[Mj Kort]

You bitches need to read more fantasy BOOKS.

Gavin Guile from the Black Prism. IN those books magic comes from the light spectrum, and most people can only control one or two colors. Gavin is the Prism, and can control every single color in the spectrum and does some crazy shit.

Quick Ben from Malazan Book of the Fallen. Badass ************.

Gaborn val Orden from the Runelords series. He's the fucking earth king and saves the world from a crazy powerful army of subterranean behemoths AND a psycho conqueror who is nigh-unkillable.

Everyone else is kind of a puss, except for Gandalf. I like how his power is implied, but rarely used.

 

[brom0220]

You bitches need to read more fantasy BOOKS.

Gavin Guile from the Black Prism. IN those books magic comes from the light spectrum, and most people can only control one or two colors. Gavin is the Prism, and can control every single color in the spectrum and does some crazy shit.

Quick Ben from Malazan Book of the Fallen. Badass ************.

Gaborn val Orden from the Runelords series. He's the fucking earth king and saves the world from a crazy powerful army of subterranean behemoths AND a psycho conqueror who is nigh-unkillable.

Everyone else is kind of a puss, except for Gandalf. I like how his power is implied, but rarely used.

You need to read my post on page 3. It's post number 100. Those wizards are many things, but definitely not pussies.

 

[octafish]

Dr. Stephen Strange, because he wields the awesome power of the mighty Ditko. Sure Ditko is a dick but the man can draw.

Special shout outs to Rincewind, Jonathan Creek (magician, wizard whatever), and Ignus from Planescape: Torment "You are naught but tallow for my flamessssss... Ignus wishes to BURN!"

 

[Samurai Silhouette]

As opposed to a nonfictional wizard?

Would genies count? Cause I like the one from Aladdin. If not, probably Gandalf.

 

[Ooga600]

And I mean real wizards here not Harry bloody Potter. Althrough by best I do not mean most powerful Harry Potter is an embarrassment to wizards. he knew what 5, 6 spells at most. How crap is that.

As far as we know, Gandalf hardly knows any spells either (possibly less than potter), despite his demigod status.

 

[w00tage]

Huh, well, I guess they were books from the 80's.

Ingold Inglorion from the Darwath trilogy by Barbara Hambly. Great story and Ingold was a fantastic character. I'd put him up against Gandalf and bet my life savings on him any day.

Of course the two of them would just chuckle a bit at the absurdity of having a fight, make some tea, swap some stories and end as friends for life, so I guess my money'd be safe

Edit: forgot to mention that for a very long time, I hoped that BH would put out a prequel trilogy about Ingold's life prior to the trilogy. The references in the trilogy make it sound like it would be a great story. Oh well

 

[Fanfic_warper]

Either Harry Dresden, the ONLY practicing professional wizard-for-hire, Merlin a historic icon or Harry Potter, just generally cool.

 

[idarkphoenixi]

I can't believe none of you suggested Blackwolf yet
BAM! :

It's Blackwolf the Wizard BIAAATCH !

 

[Dalvyn]

You are all wrong. Raistlin Majere. Best wizard ever.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raistlin_Majere

 

[SckizoBoy]

I was waiting for someone to drop a Magic character. But why Jaya? Sure she's awesome and has badass quotes, but what about Urza .

Sure he's a bit stock, but sealing away the satanic god of a race of civilization destroying aliens by putting your eyes in a silver robots chest in order to power up a minotaurs axe and send down heavenly rainbows from the sky has to count for something.

I was trying to think of a more powerful Magic character (Nicol Bolas, actually) but I just find Jaya so amusing that whatever comes out of her mouth as pure one-liner gold...

There're a few... and I think Tezzeret was one, but there was a really old character (back before Invasion) whose name completely eludes me. Definitely blue though...

 

[Uncreation]

I was waiting for someone to drop a Magic character. But why Jaya? Sure she's awesome and has badass quotes, but what about Urza .

Sure he's a bit stock, but sealing away the satanic god of a race of civilization destroying aliens by putting your eyes in a silver robots chest in order to power up a minotaurs axe and send down heavenly rainbows from the sky has to count for something.

I was trying to think of a more powerful Magic character (Nicol Bolas, actually) but I just find Jaya so amusing that whatever comes out of her mouth as pure one-liner gold...

There're a few... and I think Tezzeret was one, but there was a really old character (back before Invasion) whose name completely eludes me. Definitely blue though...

First of all, planeswalkers and wizards are not one and the same. Sure, some, maybe even most planeswalkers are wizards or can use magic, but there are plenty that are not wizards. Also, the diference between pre-mending and post-mending planeswalkers is huuuuuuuge. Before, they were almost gods, they had almost infinite power, they could create and destroy planets, or relocate entire continents to other worlds almost at will. Now, they are pathetic. Most are barely a bit more powerful than a regular wizard.

Oh, and the blue aligned planeswalker from before the invasion could be Teferi. Was he black (as in african, not black mana aligned) by any chance? If so, then it's Teferi for sure. There were a few others, but they are more obscure.

Also, @HeySeansOnline: Yawgmoth was not satanic. I mean, srsly, he couldn't have been, satan does not exist in the multiverse of Mtg. And the Phyrexians are not aliens, they are human (or were). At their origin they were the Thran, but they changed over time. And i still call bullshit on the death of Yawgmoth. I mean come on that was just so ridiculously forced! Plus, to me he was the single most interesting character in all of mtg, and one of the most interesting i have found in any fictional universe.

All that said, i have to +1 the guy that said Vecna. The guy was a mortal, and he became a god. And almost managed to destroy the universe/gods/make himself omnipotent. I admire that greatly.

PS: All hail the Father of Machines!

 

[keideki]

Hells Bells man! Harry Dresden takes the cake. Second place goes to Yen Sid. If only cause he has an awesome hat and beard.

Actually lets make a list:

1. Harry Dresden - Zombie t-rex = forever win
2. Yen Sid - Disney backwards
3. Rastlin Majere - Becomes a god, then kills a bunch of them, although he only became a god on a technicality
4. Rand al'Thor - Man chews coal and sh*ts diamonds
5. Fizban - Paladine in disguise makes him more of a god... but he is funny
6. Fistandantalus - Dude never gives up
7. Pretty much any epic level wizard in D&D - Why? One Spell. Wish. End of game.