Spellblade (command)

Spellblade , also known as MgcSwrd, Magic Blade, Sword Magic, Magic Sword, and Swd Mag, is a recurring command ability in Final Fantasy series, usually associated with the Mystic Knight class. It allows characters to cast spells to their weapons to give physical attacks elemental, status, and other properties.
==Appearances==
===Final Fantasy IV===
In the 3D version, Cid Pollendina has an ability called Upgrade, which allows him to use certain battle items to give his hammers elemental properties. This could be considered a rough example of the traditional Spellblade ability.
===Final Fantasy V===
The Spellblade ability is the command ability of the Mystic Knight class. Each level allows for new spells to be taught. Most Black Magic spells can be taught, as well as the White Magic spells Silence and Holy. Using Spellblade works like bestowing the wielder with a status effect that does not expire even if the character dies an d is revived mid-battle.
===Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII-===
Various materia allow Zack to attack and endow his weapon with status or elemental properties. With the exception of Drain Blade, Power Drain, Osmose Blade and Power Osmose, these materia types cost MP to use rather than AP. Zack can also equip items that add status ailments and elemental properties to his normal attacks.
Name 	Effect 	Cost
Fire Blade 	Attack and do minor fire-elemental damage. 	8 MP
Blizzard Blade	Attack and do minor ice-elemental damage. 	8 MP
Thunder Blade 	Attack and do minor lightning-elemental damage. 	8 MP
Fira Blade 	Attack and do moderate fire-elemental damage. 	16 MP
Blizzara Blade	Attack and do moderate ice-elemental damage. 	16 MP
Thundara Blade	Attack and do moderate lightning-elemental damage.	16 MP
Firaga Blade 	Attack and do heavy fire-elemental damage. 	32 MP
Blizzaga Blade	Attack and do heavy ice-elemental damage. 	32 MP
Thundaga Blade	Attack and do heavy lightning-elemental damage. 	32 MP
Poison Blade 	Attack and inflict Poison. 	6 MP
Silence Blade 	Attack and inflict Silence. 	6 MP
Stop Blade 	Attack and inflict Stop. 	8 MP
Death Blade 	Attack and inflict Instant Death. 	8 MP
Dispel Blade 	Attack and remove status buffs. 	8 MP
Drain Blade 	Attack and absorb small amount of HP. 	8 AP
Power Drain 	Attack and absorb large amount of HP. 	12 AP
Osmose Blade 	Attack and absorb small amount of MP. 	2 AP
Power Osmose 	Attack and absorb large amount of MP. 	6 AP
Genesis has also been shown to have the ability to enchant his Rapier with Fire magic.
===Final Fantasy VIII===
While not a command outright, the Guardian Force abilities ST-Atk and Elem-Atk can be junctioned to any character, adding elemental or status properties to that character's physical attack.
Status-attack effectiveness is calculated by the following formula:
:If (StatusDefense >= 200) Target doesn't get the status
:else: Infliction% = AttackerStr / 4 - TargetVit / 4
::Infliction% = Infliction% - StatusDefense + StatusAttack
:StatusDefense and StatusAttack start at 100 (0%).
When an elemental spell is junctioned to Elem-Atk, the character can deal bonus damage (see here).
===Final Fantasy IX===
Steiner can use Sword Magic as long as Vivi is in the party. Abilities become available when Vivi learns the corresponding Black Magic spell. Steiner cannot use this if Vivi is under the Silence or Mini or other debilitating status.
Sword Magic are physical attacks that raise Steiner's weapon's attack power and give it the spell's element. The attack ignores the target's Protect and cannot be used if either Steiner or Vivi are under Mini Only Steiner's MP is consumed.
===Final Fantasy X===
Many of the attacks from Skill carry a status-inducing ailment, the majority of which Wakka initially learns.
*Dark Attack
*Dark Buster
*Silence Attack
*Silence Buster
*Sleep Attack
*Sleep Buster
*Triple Foul
*Zombie Attack
====Final Fantasy X-2====
The Warrior dressphere has six elemental physical attacks in the Swordplay skillset.
*Flametongue
*Ice Brand
*Thunder Blade
*Liquid Steel
*Demi Sword
*Excalibur
===Final Fantasy XI===
A Dancer, can apply an Aspir/Drain effect to their attacks through Dances as well as an effect similar to Haste. There are other jobs able to give more traditional effects however; Red Mages can enchant their weapon with En- spells to give their attacks additional elemental damage corresponding to the main 6 elements; Paladins can cast Enlight to give their weapon added Light damage, and Dark Knights can cast Endark to add Dark damage to their attacks. In addition to these, Rune Fencers gain Rune Enchantments to deal additional elemental damage of any of the eight types in the game as well as providing other effects.
===Final Fantasy XIII===
The Ravager role grants the use of elemental "strike" attacks that deal physical elemental damage. While Lightning and Fang can learn all four of these attacks, Sazh can only learn Flamestrike and Sparkstrike opposing to Snow, who can only learn Froststrike and Aquastrike.
Ravager abilities:
*Flamestrike
*Froststrike
*Sparkstrike
*Aquastrike
====Final Fantasy XIII-2====
The Ravager role has access to Flamestrike, Froststrike, Sparkstrike, and Galestrike, a Wind-elemental physical attack. Both Serah and Noel can learn all four elemental physical attacks.
Some Paradigm Pack Ravager monsters have access to some of the four elemental area-of-effect physical abilities: Fire Blitz, Ice Blitz, Electric Blitz, and Aero Blitz.
The Shaman role, exclusive to Lightning in the "Requiem for the Goddess" DLC scenario, gives her access to three powerful Wind-elemental physical attacks: a modified Galestrike, Windstorm and Bladestorm.
===Final Fantasy XIV===
Red Mages have accesses to spellblade abilities as the upgraded forms of their weaponskill actions. These abilities include Enchanted Riposte, Enchanted Zwerchhau, Enchanted Redoublement, Enchanted Moulinet, and Enchanted Reprise, all dealing increased damage than their default forms and later increasing the charges of their Mana Stack Gauge.
In addition, the Halicarnassus boss within Alphascape V3.0 uses Spellblade Thunder III, Spellblade Blizzard III, Spellblade Fire III, and Spellblade Holy; these abilities reference the spellblade command from Final Fantasy V.
===Final Fantasy Tactics===
Beowulf Cadmus and Aliste Rosenheim can use Spellblade with the special Templar job. The spells are not offensive Black Magic, but instead more powerful versions of the Mystic Arts spells, which inflict a myriad of status effects. Beowulf and Aliste must be wielding a sword in order to use the Spellblade abilities. The Celebrant class has 5 Spellblade abilities in the Priest Magicks action ability. A sword must be wield by Zalmour and Bremondt Freitberg for them to be able to use the abilities.
All Spellblade's quotes were left disabled as dummied content, but the data exists within the game.
===Final Fantasy Tactics Advance===
The Gladiator job can use Spellblade Tech. This action ability contains physical attacks and elemental attacks.
===Final Fantasy Tactics S===
===Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light===
The Spell Fencer job class uses Magic Sword to change the element of the user's weapon to one of any of the Black Magic spells the user has for 1 AP, like Fire, Quake, and their upgraded tiers, like Firaga and Quaga.
It does not work with the following spells and their upgrades:
*Banish
*Blizzard
*Dark
*Thunder
The Spell Fencer also has access to Mystic Sword, which is an upgraded version of Magic Sword, which costs 2 AP. Unlike other games in the series, damage inflicted by Magic Sword does not grow stronger by casting higher level spells.
===Final Fantasy Dimensions===
Magic Blade is the level 16 ability of the Red Mage class, and allows the user to attack with different elemental and status abilities. It requires 2 slots to equip and use, and also requires buying the associated magic spell in order to use each ability separately. All Magic Blade abilities targets one target.
===Dissidia Final Fantasy===
Bartz uses Spellblade as part of his EX Burst, enchanting two each of his eight weapons with one of the four elements corresponding to the Crystals to attack enemies.
Numerous other characters use their weapons to channel magic, most prominently Garland, who infuses his sword with elemental properties when using HP attacks.
====Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy====
Bartz's EX Burst is the same as in the original game, using Spellblade to enchant his weapons before attacking. Other characters individually enchant their swords with magic to attack.
===Pictlogica Final Fantasy===
===Final Fantasy Explorers===
In lieu of Bartz's appearance in the Dissidia series, his special attack remains Spellblade - Dual Wield - Rapid Fire, based on a set-up of abilities from Final Fantasy V.
===Final Fantasy Trading Card Game===
One of Krile's cards can use Spellblade [Fira] and Spellblade [Thundara]. Spellblade [Fira] requires the discard of another Krile card and the payment of two Fire CP, and deals 5000 damage to each Forward the opponent controls. Spellblade [Thundara] is activated by discarding a Krile card, Dulling Krile, and paying two Thunder CP, and Breaks up to two of the opponent's Forwards that have been dealt damage that turn.
Steiner can use Flare Sword, costing two Light CP and the discard of another Steiner card. Flare Sword switches the player's Vivi from Active to Dull, then deals 10,000 damage to a Forward of the player's choice.
==Non-Final Fantasy guest appearances==
===Mana series===
Saber spells are elemental enchantment spells that bestow player characters' physical attacks special effects. While the effects range by installment, they typically give a base damage boost along with effects related to the element of the spell cast. Secret of Mana has its Saber spells generally inflict status effects on hit. Trials of Mana Saber spells work more as general elemental affinity boosting spells while its remake makes for character abilities to boost damage and its effects. In games with a Class Change system, Saber spells are associated with the Cleric and Fighter lines of classes, the former being a healing support and the latter heavy front line warriors.
===Bravely series===
In Bravely Default, is the fixed job command. To use a certain Sword Magic ability, the equivalent , or in the case of , needs to be purchased/learned first.
==Gallery==
Spellblade from FFV Advance.png|A Spellblade being cast in Final Fantasy V.
FFV iOS Spellblade.png|Spellblade in Final Fantasy V (iOS).
FFE-Spellblade-Rapid-Fire.jpg|Final Fantasy Explorers.
==Etymology==
Category:Spellblade
Category:Recurring Limit Breaks