Best wizard is fiction?

[Maleval]

I'd go with Bayaz, the First of the Magi. If you interrupt his bath, he explodes you.

And if he doesn't meet the qualifications to be called a wizard, then Dresden.

 

[SadisticBrownie]

Not strictly a wizard, but Rand al'Thor from Wheel of Time. Such a badass.

 

[Lim3]

Anomander Dragnipurake, First Son of Mother Dark, Knight of Highhouse dark, Son of Tiam, The Mane of Chaos and slayer of the Elder God Draconus.

Also among his long life he united the remanents of the Tiste Andii, is worshiped as a God, defeated the Seventh Seguleh, unsealed mother dark and other feats.

Also had the coolest death ever.

He's a mage (among other things), not really a wizard but defintly cooler then anyone.

Ben Adaephon Delat (Quick Ben) from the Malazan Book of the Fallen series by Steven Erikson. No contest, to be honest.

Ninjas. Damn.

Honorable mention: The Dominator from The Black Company.

Pft, Anomander Rake is way out of he's league.

Quick Ben's good but couldn't take Icarium when he was in his rage. He did pretty much take out 3 soletaken dragons but that was with undead Hedge. Anomander took on friggen chaos itself after uniting Hood, Draconus, the undead Bridge Burners and hosts of the undead.

He can also turn into a dragon - although i wouldn't be surprised if Quick Ben turned out to be Di'vers or Soletaken.

Also for pure baddass and power I think the Steven Erikson has the best magic characters of anyone mentioned so far.

Edit:

Either (Quick)Ben Aedephon Delat or Tayschrenn from the Malazan book of the fallen. Either has faced down a hundred wizards and warlocks and a few gods both. I could say Kellanved, the malazan emperor, but he has ascended to godhood, so that wouldn't be fair

If you don't count ascendents then yeah, Quick Ben for the win.

 

[emeraldrafael]

I dont know if you'd necessarily consider him a wizard, but I'd say the cleric Pardeux.

If not him... the magic user from Dungeons and Dragons: Shadows of Mysteria. He was beast.

EDIT:

And I guess you could throw Randal Flagg in there.

 

[BabySinclair]

Harry Mother Fucking Dresden.

Nobody beats him, ever. Gandalf is all well and cool but Harry bests him at every turn at every turn. And lets face it, being a wizard never got Gandalf laid. Harry on the other hand...

This ^^

Seriously, beat a demon, bone a reporter, pen up a magic cop guy that wants your head all in the same night. That and if you don't use a drumstick and hockey stick as wand and staff you're doing it wrong.

 

[Burs]

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

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

Darn someone beat me to it XD

Raistlin/Fistandantilus has to win, I mean Apotheosis has to give some major points ^.^

anyways sorted out a Fistandantilus outfit for halloween complete with Nightblue bound spellbook and a working "fireball" spell *hides the flashpowder and palm lighter*

 

[HeySeansOnline]

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!

When I used the words "satanic" and "alien" it was more for the benefit of those not as familiar with the magic-verse, so if someone else read it they might understand the Legacy Weapon.

Also the planeswalkers now have gotten a downgrade they're still awesome in game. Sure bringing back every dead creature to your side of the field, or bringing a more than likely 20/20 avatar into play isn't as awesome as destroying entire continents, but they're still on an awesome level, and the characters are cool.

Mirrodin For Life!

 

[Red_Serpent]

The Sage of Shadowdale himself, Elminster!

http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/Elminster_Aumar

Edwin challenged Elminster to a duel, he was never heard of again but there is a girl named Edwina working in a Waterdeep pub.

 

[WolfThomas]

Constantine man, he outsmarted the Devil, at least three times. Plus defeated the King of the Vampires while pissed and homeless.

Without the status of sorcerer supreme, I don't even think he's the most powerful magic user in the marvel verse. And if we're taking into account the sorcerer supreme status, then Doom takes it, no contest.

Strange is highly badass though.

Even without the title of Sorceror Supreme, he's no slouch, he may lack the artifacts like the Eye of Agamotto, cape of leviation etc, but he's still got thousands of years of experience of magic experience he gained when fighting with the Vishanti and he knows all of their magic (light, space and time) but still invokes their name out of polite-ness, plus knows how to communicate and exchange magical favours with countless other vast magical beings.

Doom is amazing though because he one of the few character who is a genius scientist and powerful sorceror.

 

[LarenzoAOG]

Easy choice for me: Elminster.

Hell yes, a wizard, a warrior, a theif, and he voluntarily went into hell and survived torture from an Archdevil.

 

[dragsaw]

iceking nuff seaid

 

[kingcom]

Easy choice for me: Elminster.

This, too bad hes died during the Edition wars....

 

[sketch_zeppelin]

say what you will about harry potter. at least they were actually using what i'd call spells rather than shining light in the face of monsters. Don't get me wrong. I like Gandolf. He's an entertaining old poof But go back and watch the movies (or read the books) almost all of his spells are either moving shit with his wand or shinning light. The spells in Harry Potter really seem like spells. The killing curse is this creepy green burst of energy thats instantly reconizable. People can turn rats into tea cups...and sometimes screw up and make somthing halfway between. There's living fire, Mind control, balls of floating water, real fucking magic. So what if the main character isn't a walking tome of magic He's a fucking kid. He's still learning. And yet he manages to get into about as much trouble as Gandolf. He goes on quests to rid the world of evil items to stop a Dark Lord from taking over the world, he fights in huge battles and he even comes back from the dead...sounds like Gandolf to me.

I'm not familar with Dresden so i can't say anything about him.

 

[sketch_zeppelin]

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.

Rincewind, from the Discworld series, only knows one spell. And that's only on an unconscious level. It has the power to turn the world upside down. For me, he's still the best wizard of all.

Not because of his magical abilities...but because he can escape the Dungeon Dimensions armed only with a sock full of sand.

Ninja'd

In that case Skullduggery Pleasant, he's a smart mouthed, skeleton detective, who shoots fireballs at people!

The only thing that could make that more awesome is if he had tits and was on fire.... OH NO WAIT! He sometimes is!

Holy shit. I thought i was the only one that Read Skullduggery. Good onyeahs man

 

[Nummer]

consider raistlin from dragonlance. he killed takhisis - a god, and then killed the rest of them. then killed the world. but instead he chose eternal torment because his brother showed the end to him, what he had accomplished.

dnd 2nd edition ftw.

http://www.tk421.net/character/raistlin.jpg

 

[Horus Lupercal]

Raistlin Majere anyone?

Edit - Damn Ninja`d

 

[Von Ribbentrop]

Vaarsuvius from Order of the Stick?

 

[DBLT4P]

Bitches please...

Merlin.

ninja-ed

and yes, so much, such a BAMF

 

[Andrew Petrov]

say what you will about harry potter. at least they were actually using what i'd call spells rather than shining light in the face of monsters. Don't get me wrong. I like Gandolf. He's an entertaining old poof But go back and watch the movies (or read the books) almost all of his spells are either moving shit with his wand or shinning light. The spells in Harry Potter really seem like spells. The killing curse is this creepy green burst of energy thats instantly reconizable. People can turn rats into tea cups...and sometimes screw up and make somthing halfway between. There's living fire, Mind control, balls of floating water, real fucking magic. So what if the main character isn't a walking tome of magic He's a fucking kid. He's still learning. And yet he manages to get into about as much trouble as Gandolf. He goes on quests to rid the world of evil items to stop a Dark Lord from taking over the world, he fights in huge battles and he even comes back from the dead...sounds like Gandolf to me.

I'm not familar with Dresden so i can't say anything about him.

well said, don't nobody ever diss harry potter. As for my nomination, it would have to go to Alanna of Pirate's Swoop and Olau, aka Alanna the Lioness, from the Tortall universe created by Tamora Pierce. She is the favored of the Great Mother Goddess, has battled 10 demons with just her prince by her side (although with a hefty chunk of power lent to her by the Great Mother Goddess), has lived through a blizzard that froze every other living thing solid, and has killed a sorcerer powerful enough to strike a whole city with a sickness from across a continent AND an ocean, TWICE. Not only that, but she can heal and use a sword better than almost anyone else but her teacher in swordplay, duke gareth of naxen. Her primary occupation is a knight, sure, but she is also widely acknowledged as a fine sorceress. She might not be "immortal", but I bet anyone here that she can easily hold her own even against gandalf, dumbledore, or even lord voldemort (yes, I dare to name him)

 

[Zhadramekel]

I don't really care that much about Gandalf so I'll just back Dresden.