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Antagonists: [[Characters/DuckTales2017Antagonists Major Antagonists]] ([[Characters/DuckTales2017FlintheartGlomgold Flintheart Glomgold]], '''Magica De Spell''') | [[Characters/DuckTales2017BeagleBoys The Beagle Boys]] | [[Characters/DuckTales2017FOWL F.O.W.L.]] ([[Characters/DuckTales2017BradfordBuzzard The Director]]) | [[Characters/DuckTales2017MinorAntagonists Minor Antagonists]]\\
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!!Magica De Spell
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Feed my power, dark eclipse\\
Free my form from the abyss\\
Dormant magic, now unchained\\
The Shadow Queen, be whole again!"'']]
->'''Voiced By''': Creator/CatherineTate
-->''"Hello Scroogey! I've missed you!"''

A powerful sorceress, and one of Scrooge's bitterest adversaries due to having a mysterious blood feud with Clan [=McDuck=].
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* AbusiveParent: "Jaw$!" confirms she's one to Lena. Besides not caring about her niece's safety, it's made abundantly clear that Lena ''can't'' walk away because Magica's power is keeping Lena imprisoned. Then it's revealed that while Magica could be considered Lena's TrulySingleParent, given Lena's status as her LivingShadow, Magica doesn't care about her, or even consider Lena to be a person. In season 3's "The Phantom and The Sorceress!", [[spoiler:the Phantom Blot ''literally'' tries to kill Lena in order to torment Magica with the pain of losing family, only for Magica to bluntly inform him that his plan won't work, because she ''couldn't care less'' what happens to Lena.]]
* AchillesHeel: Magica has two:
** Her power seems to have some reliance/connection to the Scrooge's #1 Dime. When it is not on her person, she becomes notably weaker (though still dangerous).
** The Sumerian Amulet, which appears to hold or be the source of all her power. She doesn't need to be in contact with it to use magic, but when it is broken, she loses her power completely.
* AdaptationDyeJob: The original has white feathers and black hair, but in here, her hair is still black, but her feathers are green. They do change to white after she loses her magic, though.
* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: In the original series, Magica wasn't overly troubled by the fact that she had accidentally turned her brother into a raven and could not reverse the change (mostly because Poe retained his intelligence and speech.). In "The Life and Crimes of Scrooge [=McDuck=]!", it's shown that accidentally changing her brother into a non-sapient bird horrified her, enough that she begged Scrooge to help her keep him from flying away.
* AdaptationalAttractiveness: {{Zigzagged}}. Even judging by her shadow, she has a taller and more slender figure, along with a HotterAndSexier outfit compared to her original dress from the comics and 1987 cartoon. But while her figure and outfit does look more attractive than her original design, she initially has sickly green feathers and yellow, snake-like eyes thanks to EvilMakesYouUgly. When she loses her powers, she's no longer green. She still has the yellow snake eyes though.
* AdaptationalBackstoryChange: In all her other appearances, Magica wanted Scrooge's number one dime to use it in a spell that would (DependingOnTheWriter) grant her the same luck and fortune that Scrooge has, give her a Midas Touch, or just boost her magical powers. In the 2017 Continuum, she now wants it as part of a "blood feud" with Clan [=McDuck=], stealing the token of the last [=McDuck's=] success to end his family line by [[IronicHell sealing Scrooge inside of it]], and later because her body and most of her power were sealed inside it.
** By the second last episode, she has her body and her power back, yet she still wants that dime. It's such a petty demand that even the karmic court is confused. That same episode however reveals that Scrooge's use of the dime as a reflector cost Magica her beloved brother, which is likely why she sees it as the ultimate symbol of their blood feud.
* AdaptationalBadass: In the original series, Magica relied on parlor tricks and magical artifacts, because [[IneptMage her own magical power was feeble]]. She turned her brother into a raven, but could never change him back. In the 2017 version, she has magic that's powerful enough to threaten all of Duckburg. ZigZagged after her defeat in the season finale, where it is revealed that she ''is'' still relying on magical artifacts: the Sumerian Amulet on her staff. Breaking it removes all of Magica's abilities and reduces her to her classic power level, if not lower. That being said, she does mention having studied actual magic, so she still has the knowledge to use it, and she is a city-destroying level threat with it.
** However she seems to be seen as a far bigger threat than her comic book counterpart or the version from the 1987 series. In both she is an occasional villain which is defeated relativly easy, the show uses her as the BigBad and ArcVillain of the first season. Donald even points out in the series finale that she is worse than Scrooge´s other villains. In "[=GlomTales=]" both Louie and Scrooge are most concerned about Magica of the whole villain ensemble, despite Glomgold being in charge of the team.
--->'''Scrouge:''' I knew this day would come, Magica's grand revenge!
--->'''Glomgold:''' I'm clearly standing in front!!
* AdaptationalJerkass: Is a lot more cruel than the versions of her in the comics or 1987 cartoon. While 1987 Magica could be evil and wicked, she had her moments of being a HarmlessVillain or LaughablyEvil, and cared for her raven-turned brother. In this version, Magica is an AbusiveParent to Lena, and willing to invoke AndIMustScream much more willingly on her enemies than before.
** It turns out she still genuinely cared for her brother at least. Which made it all the more tragic when she lost him (Something that even Scrooge feels guilty about).
* AdaptationalNationality:
** Catherine Tate uses her natural British accent, while the original Creator/CarlBarks comics gave Magica's nationality as Italian (Barks based her look on Creator/SophiaLoren). The 1987 version was voiced by Creator/JuneForay using the same voice and pseudo-Russian accent as [[WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle Nastasha Fatale]]. It does make a certain amount of sense, since it would be easier for the [=McDucks=] and [=DeSpells=] to be FeudingFamilies if they both lived on the British Isles.
** Scrooge's final feud with her that sealed her in his dime for 10 years is mentioned to have taken place at Mt. Vesuvius (which is where she lives in other adaptations), which is in Italy, but that may just have been the site of their final battle and not an indication of Magica's nationality.
** The Italian dub gives her a Neapolitan accent, just like the 1987 series. This keeps in line with how the comics, since her very introduction, showed her as a denizen of Naples living on the side of Mt. Vesuvius.
* AdaptationalSkimpiness: Compared to her comic and cartoon appearance, Magica wears a dress which is showy at the top with no sleeves.
* AdaptationalVillainy: In the comics Magica's main goal is to steal Scrooge's NumberOneDime to turn it into an amulett to get the power to become incredibly rich. In this series, she is an evil sorceress who terrorize whole towns and [[ForTheEvulz is evil for the sake of it.]]
* AdaptationalWimp: ''Without'' magic, she's not very dangerous when in melee range. In the comics she could enter a fistfight with Donald and ''draw''. This possibly changed by 'Glomtales' in Season 2, where she's more than willing to fight with her FemmeFatalons against Scrooge now that she no longer has any magic. She's interrupted before she gets the chance, although she does fare better in the aftermath melee vs Glomgold than most of the other villains did (which is perhaps more impressive than you'd think given that Glomgold beats Don Karnage in a sword fight during that skirmish).
* TheAgeless: "The Life and Crimes of Scrooge [=McDuck=]" strongly suggests that she (and her brother Poe [=DeSpell=]) have been around for a ''long'' time. They're originally seen ruling over a vaguely medieval European village with a magical iron fist before a young Scrooge [=McDuck=] "eventually" happens upon them and their treasure horde. Throughout that time, Magica shows no sign of aging, even into the modern times of the series.
* AintTooProudToBeg: After Poe is turned into a raven as he takes her redirected spell from Scrooge's dime, she desperately pleads for Scrooge for his help. When he ignores her Magica offers her powers, her treasure, her throne, ''everything'' she had just so she could save her brother before he flew away. Scrooge continues to ignore her, leading Poe to fly out the window and Magica never being able to locate him or see her brother ever again.
* ArchEnemy: One of many Scrooge has, although she seems to be the most dangerous and most personal one due to having a "mysterious, ancient grudge against Clan [=McDuck=]".
* AxCrazy: ''Wants'' to be this, but is incapable due to her incorporeal form.
-->'''Magica''': ''(Swipes at Scrooge's neck, to no effect)'' Aw... I miss carnage.
* BarefootCartoonAnimal: Unlike her other versions who wore high heels, this version is barefooted like most other ducks in the series. She usually wears a dress that covers her feet anyway.
** She is, however, shown wearing high heels/stockings in "The Phantom and the Sorceress".
* BigBad: The primary antagonist of one of Season 1's story arcs, starting in "The Beagle Birthday Massacre!" and culminating in "The Shadow War!". After the climax, she is BroughtDownToNormal, suggesting that she'll become less of a threat.
* BigEater: By Season 3, her dwelling is flooded with discarded boxes of pizza to the point she seems to be using the stacks as furniture. As much pizza as she’s clearly been eating, it’s a wonder she hasn’t gotten fat.
* BondVillainStupidity: For a witch who has no hesitation towards murder, not once does she even suggest ''assassinating'' Scrooge when he's most vulnerable to get his NumberOneDime. Then again, it goes against the whole point of her revenge, as she wants Scrooge to witness her triumph over him ([[{{Sadist}} and she wants to watch him suffer as she triumphs]]).
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler:Steelbeak uses the intelligence ray to brainwash her in "The Last Adventure!".]]
* BreakTheHaughty: At the end of Season 1, she loses all her powers and has to pathetically run for her life, not even able to pull a decent VillainExitStageLeft when a smoke bomb doesn't properly hide her escape. The heroes don't even see her as worth chasing down.
* BroughtDownToNormal: She may be [[AdaptationalBadass stronger]] in this continuity, but her powers are still focused on her magical artifacts. If her staff (which normally appears as Lena's amulet), breaks, all of her powers are gone, as is the case in the Season Finale.
* ButHeSoundsHandsome: She possesses Lena to get close to Scrooge in "The Shadow War!", and during her GetAHoldOfYourselfMan speech to Scrooge, she mentions how he managed to defeat some "very powerful dark forces".
* CerebusCallBack: Everything about Magica [=DeSpell=] when we see episode "[[Recap/DuckTales2017S3E21TheLifeAndCrimesOfScroogeMcDuck The Life and Crimes of Scrooge McDuck!]]".
** Magica told Webby and Lena that she created Lena from a shadow, and Lena is not family to her. It's because her last family member was her brother, whom Magica accidentally transformed into a raven.
** Likewise, Magica swears to Scrooge that she will take away everything that he loves. That's because he did the same thing to her, albeit by accident.
** Magica's original plan 15 years ago was to trap Scrooge in his NumberOneDime to torture him with the one item he loves unconditionally. It's because that same dime recoiled her magic and got her brother transformed.
** Remember Magica's BigNo when her magic hits Scrooge's dime and it frees him from the metal prison? The last time the Dime recoiled such magic, her brother got caught in the crossfire.
** Magica has ComicalOverreacting when Scrooge sincerely thanks her. He says that by attacking him, his family mounted a rescue and reconciled with him, so she saved his family indirectly. Magica wanted that chance with Poe as well but never received it, partly in thanks to Scrooge. No wonder she completely lost it then and he was able to steal her staff.
** She's very protective of that staff, and forcibly took the amulet away from Lena after succeeding in getting the dime. It's the last thing she has of her brother's, and she knows that part is her fault at least.
* CardCarryingVillain: She calls herself evil multiple times, and does petty things ForTheEvulz even when they hinder her grand plan.
* CastingAShadow: Magica is very notorious for her shadow-based magic, and with that she was able to create Lena, who was born from her shadow.
* ChildHater: Not so much at first -- [[WouldHurtAChild she has no qualms attacking any of the [=McDuck=] kids]], but doesn't seem to particularly hate them any more than her adult enemies. By Season 2, however, [[HowTheMightyHaveFallen after working as a party magician at Funso's Funzone]] for an undisclosed period of time, she has apparently developed a habit of declaring magical war on children, especially those with ''birthdays''.
* CloudCuckooLander: For such a serious and powerful villain, Magica can come across as very childish and rather easy to trick. She's almost childishly obsessed with evil and darkness, and does things ForTheEvulz even when they would provide no benefit.
* CompositeCharacter: She's still a sorceress, but her LivingShadow form, complete with red eyes, seems to be based upon the time her shadow became sapient in the [[WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987 1987 series]], and shares roughly the same powerset (being able to influence the shadows of others), with the Season 1 finale being an adaptation of [[Recap/DuckTalesS1E16MagicasShadowWar Magica's Shadow War]], with her controlling everyone's shadows. Crosses over into DecompositeCharacter as well with the reveal that Lena ''herself'' is actually Magica's shadow.
* ConflictKiller: After the whole rift between Scrooge and everyone over Della's disappearance, her presence will surely render the whole thing moot. [[LampshadeHanging Scrooge rubs this in her face]] when he's freed from his Number 1 Dime, though admittedly the family was going to reconcile even without Magica being involved.
* CreepyTwins: She formed a creepy twin duo with her brother Poe and the pair of them ruled over a small east European town for decades, terrorizing its citizens into submission with their magic.
* DarkIsEvil: An EvilSorceress who takes the form of a LivingShadow complete with RedEyesTakeWarning who may very well be the BigBad? Yeah, she definitely counts.
* DarkLordOnLifeSupport: Magica spend most of Season One as a LivingShadow identified as a prison for her soul; her true form isn't revealed until "The Shadow War!".
* DePower: Loses her magic powers at the end of season one thanks to her amulet being broken, and said amulet is later recovered by Violet. [[spoiler:Later regains them in season 3 while Lena masters friendship magic, making her not as dangerous as before.]]
* DontYouDarePityMe: Inverted. When she figures out that Scrooge being a pathetic shell of a duck after his family leave the mansion isn't just an act to make her underestimate him, she furiously says, "How dare you make me pity you!"
* TheDreaded: The most feared member of Scrooge's RoguesGallery. Though, Scrooge himself usually treats her like any other villain, even if he does recognize how powerful she is. When Glomgold unites the villains in Glomtales, Scrooge and Louie assume Magica is the leader.
--> '''Donald:''' This isn't an adventure! This is Magica [=DeSpell=]!
* EnemyMine: [[spoiler:She gets along peacefully with Glomgold after they’re freed from Steelbeak’s control in the finale, united in their desire for revenge against Bradford. In a traditional sense, none of the heroes object to her transformation of Bradford and they all peacefully part ways.]]
** She also willingly [[spoiler: trains her hated "niece" Lena when she hears that the Phantom Blot is coming for her and Lena thanks to their [[AdaptationOriginConnection complicated backstory]].]]
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: "The Beagle Birthday Massacre" doesn't give much to go off on her character, but in "Terror of the Terra-Firmians!", her first action upon being able to form is to try and kill Mrs. Beakley, [[SheKnowsTooMuch for being rightly suspicious of Lena]], and then tries to goad Lena into leaving her for dead. This ends up giving a good idea on how ruthless Magica is.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Her twin brother Poe was the only person Magica cared for. So much so that Magica offered desperately to give Scrooge anything he wanted and even give up her powers and treasure if he would just save Poe after he was turned into a raven (but Scrooge ignored her), and she searched the world for years to find him, with no success.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: In the series finale, [[spoiler:Magica was captured and brainwashed by F.O.W.L. as part of Bradford's true plot to end all adventures, even if it means destroying all reality to conquer it. Upon being freed following Bradford's defeat, Magica, along with Glomgold and the Beagle Boys, voiced their complete disgust towards Bradford, not only for using them as pawns for his own ambitions, but also for his complete denial that he's not a villain. It was satisfying for Magica to finally punish Bradford by turning him into a mindless buzzard and taking him away; even Scrooge and the others (including Lena) cheer at her for this]].
** Zigzagged at the end of Season 1. When Magica arrives to enact her revenge on Scrooge, she discovers Scrooge is a complete wreck because of his fallout with his family, and that he is too depressed to even fight back. Upon realizing this, Magica actually puts quite a bit of effort in avoiding to take advantage of the situation ''too'' much by trying to raise Scrooge's spirits, implying that she has no intention of taking down Scrooge at his highest, not at his lowest.
* EvilBrit: Courtesy of her voice actor. She's vaguely Eastern European in the original show and Italian in the comics, she's British here if her accent is anything to go by, and subtly hinted by her niece Lena.
* EvilCounterpart: She's got parallels with Mrs. Beakley. Both of them are guardians to a relative, but unlike Beakley, who loves Webby with all her heart and is willing to let her move around, Magica stifles Lena and is using her as a means to an end.
* EvilIsPetty:
** She turns one of Scrooge's treasure chests into ice cream, offers him a lick...and then ''drops it!''
** She also eats Violet's necklace of garlic (Violet is paranoid about a potential vampire attack.) just to spite her.
** After Scrooge is found guilty by the karmic court, Glomgold takes his fortune, Ma Beagle takes the deed to Duckburg, and Magica only takes his Number One Dime. Even the bailiff of the karmic court is confused at why she'd demand such a trivial thing. By that point she already had all her powers back and thus she was taking that dime out of sheer spite. Then again, considering that dime basically took her brother from her ''and'' served as her prison for over 15 years, maybe it wasn't so petty after all.
* EvilLaugh: She shows it off many times in "Jaw$!".
* EvilMakesYouUgly: Or at least turns your feathers an unnatural shade of green and gives you snake-like yellow pupils.
* EvilMatriarch: Magica created Lena out of her own shadow, meaning that for all intents and purposes, she is Lena's mother.
* EvilMentor: She wants Lena to do outright vile things like murder, and is disappointed when her niece takes a more pragmatic and peaceful approach to her plan of insinuating herself with Scrooge's family.
* EvilSorceress: Just like her incarnation in the original show. [[AdaptationalBadass Only in this case, she's MUCH more powerful.]] Then it turns out that her powers are still focused in magical artifacts, albeit with genuine knowledge of how they work.
* EvilSoundsDeep: When being particularly megalomaniacal, her voice takes on a magically deep, booming echo.
* FallenOnHardTimesJob: You know you hit rock bottom when your current job is a party magician for kids, while your previous occupation was [[EvilSorceress an all-powerful sorceress]].
* FamilialBodySnatcher: She can [[PeoplePuppets control Lena's body]], but not entirely. Normally, Magica seems to just be able to stop Lena in her tracks. As the Lunar Eclipse approaches, she gains enough power to that she's able to fully take control of Lena's body.
* FatalFlaw: Impatience and hastiness. Magica has next to no ability to think beyond her immediate actions and circumstances when it comes to achieving her goals and it has wound up backfiring on her constantly. She nearly ruins her own plans in Season 1 by pushing Lena to rush things and get what they need as soon as possible rather than show a little patience and it is only some lucky breaks on Magica's end that let her succeed. By contrast Lena's LongGame strategy was much more effective and the one time she tried a more drawn out strategy in "A Nightmare on Killmotor Hill!" it came very close to succeeding.
* FeudingFamilies: In "Jaw$!", we learn that her family and Clan [=McDuck=] have been engaged in a centuries long blood feud. Magica's main goal after regaining her corporal form is to "end the line of Clan [=McDuck=]".
* FinalBoss: She is the main antagonist of the show’s Season One finale, and thus the last villain faced in the season.
* {{Foil}}:
** To Dewey. They both share a love for the theatrics, have self-absorbed personalities and can hold grudges against those who wrong them. The key difference is that Dewey is willing to recognize when he is wrong and shows consideration for those he cares about while Magica refuses to reflect on her actions and places more priority with getting what she wants regardless of who gets hurt.
** To Scrooge as well. Both of them are experienced adventurers who are well versed in the world of magic and are known to collect special artifacts during their quests. But while Scrooge is more sensible with the artifacts and knowledge he gains, Magica intends to use them as a means of obtaining power.
* ForTheEvulz: She has absolutely no qualms about being evil not for the sake of getting stuff done, but simply because she enjoys being that way.
* FreudianExcuse: While Magica was always a CardCarryingVillain, in "[[Recap/DuckTales2017S3E21TheLifeAndCrimesOfScroogeMcDuck The Life and Crimes of Scrooge McDuck!]]" it is revealed that her legendary hatred for Scrooge [=McDuck=] began when she accidentally turned Poe into a raven trying to hit Scrooge and he refused to help (pilfering their treasure instead) when she begs for it.
* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: When Magica realizes that Scrooge is not trying to catch her off her guard by being miserable and pathetic because the people he's come to care for have left him, Magica ''is not'' happy to see Scrooge that way because she wanted to destroy him when he was at his zenith. So, Magica (while possessing Lena) is forced to snap Scrooge out of his funk and regain his confidence, making him remember who he was and what he stood for by using his accomplishments as an example. Surprisingly, it works.
-->'''Magica:''' ''[through Lena]'' Toughen up, man! You conquered Plain Awful, you found the lost crown of the Monguls; you even managed to defeat some '''[[ButHeSoundsHandsome very powerful dark forces!]]''' You don't ''need'' family - you're [[LivingLegend Scrooge McDuck]]! ''Act'' like it!
* GreenAndMean: She is initially shown to have green plumage in her full physical form. When her magic is lost, so is her green coloring and she turns white, but is still very mean.
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* HalfIdenticalTwins: She and her twin brother Poe look very much alike apart from gender. Both have mid-length sleak black hair with a purple skunk stripe, dress in black, and have the HellishPupils and Elphaba-esque green pigmentation that come with being full of dark magic.
* HateSink: She is, by far, the most loathsome antagonist of the first season. While she has a hammy personality and comedic quirks, Magica is presented as an emotionally abusive aunt to Lena. Later episodes reveal that Magica has some control over her, making it impossible for her to escape her influence, which reaches a low blow in "The Other Bin of Scrooge [=McDuck=]!". When Lena is about to reveal her connection to Magica, she forcefully takes over Lena's body. In the Season 1 finale, after regaining her true form, she traps Lena inside her shadow, only for her to escape. But when she fights back, Magica seemingly ''kills'' Lena with her staff, all while showing zero remorse. This is made abundantly clear that Magica doesn't value Lena's well being, even willing to let her be killed if it means getting her hands on Scrooge's number one dime. Despite her supernatural qualities, Magica herself is painted as a realistic take on an abusive, manipulative, narcissistic caretaker, and once she can no longer physically control Lena, she tries her best to exert her old mental control over her, by gaslighting her at every opportunity and picking away at her fears and insecurities in Seasons 2 and 3. On top of that, in "The Phantom and the Sorceress!", [[spoiler:she casually confessed that she once destroyed an entire village out of boredom, killing most of the people who lived there, and shows zero remorse about doing so to this day]]. However, in "The Last Adventure", [[spoiler:this is later downplayed as she finds herself captured and brainwashed to serve F.O.W.L. under the leadership of Bradford, who has done far more heinous crimes; upon being freed, Magica herself is so enraged and disgusted, that she puts aside her feud with Scrooge and Lena for the time being and punishes Bradford for his actions]].
* HellishPupils: She has vertical slit-pupils like a [[CatsAreMean cat]], a [[SnakesAreSinister snake]], or a [[NeverSmileAtACrocodile crocodile]].
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: She was trapped in the dime when Scrooge turned one of her own spells back on her.
** Her trying to zap Scrooge resulted in her beloved brother being transformed into a raven, seemingly permanently.
* HotterAndSexier: As mentioned in AdaptationalSkimpiness, she wears a bit less on the top. She even takes a moment to show off upon regaining a physical form.
* HowTheMightyHaveFallen: Magica's first in-person appearance in season 2, "Nightmare on Killmotor Hill!" has her even more deranged and less composed than before, as she has become obsessed with getting her powers back through Lena and being reduced to hiding away in the woods surrounding Scrooge's home, coming across more like a deranged vagrant than the fearsome enemy she once was. [="GlomTales!"=] takes it even further when its shown that she's been reduced to taking up employment as a child's birthday entertainer at Funzo's to support herself financially.
* HumanoidAbomination: Initially, Magica is implied to be this, considering that she's been sealed away by complex means. [[SubvertedTrope Then she loses all of her powers]] and is BroughtDownToNormal, revealing that she's just a skilled sorceress who had found a power-enhancing artifact.
* HumiliationConga: In the climax of Season 1. She gets fooled by the triplets, beaten by Webby, abandoned by Lena, humiliated by Scrooge, her staff gets broken, she loses all her magic, Launchpad crushes her falling from the sky, and she botches up her dramatic exit.
* {{Hypocrite}}:
** Chides Lena in "Jaw$" for caring more about her own friends, then in "The Shadow War" reveals she doesn't even consider Lena a person, let alone her family.
** She tells Lena they're family in "Nightmare on Killmotor Hill!", despite declaring otherwise in "The Shadow War!". Of course, it was a desperate attempt to win her over just so she can get her magic back
* IControlMyMinionsThrough: At first it seems Lena is doing Magica's bidding out of familial obligation. Eventually, it turns out to be flat-out coercion, as Magica has partial [[PeoplePuppets control]] over Lena's body, and only promises to release her if restored.
* IHaveNoSon: In the Season 1 finale, Magica mocks Lena for continuing to call her "Aunt" even though Magica created Lena out of her own shadow. This would practically make her Lena's ''mother''. Not that it matters to Magica one bit -- in her words, Lena was ''never'' family. Rather, Lena was ''her''.
--> '''Lena:''' Get away from my best friend, Aunt Magica!\\
'''Webby:''' Lena?\\
'''Magica:''' "Aunt?" You're even worse than her. You aren't my family! ''You are nothing!''
* IWantYouToMeetAnOldFriendOfMine: Magica is voiced by Creator/CatherineTate, who you might remember as Donna Noble from ''Series/DoctorWho''. Donna was the best friend of the Tenth Doctor... played by David Tennant, voice of Scrooge [=McDuck=], Magica's sworn arch-nemesis.
* IfYoureSoEvilEatThisKitten: She's rather intent on Lena taking the most ruthless course possible, encouraging her to leave Mrs. Beakley to die during a tunnel cave-in. It's telling that Lena chooses to save her, instead, much to Magica's displeasure.
* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: Zigzagged. Initially it's Averted; unlike her classic incarnation, who bumbled her spells as often as she got them right, ''this'' version of Magica [=DeSpell=] is the FinalBoss of the Season One finale for a reason. Even if she can't directly hurt anyone at first, Magica's ruthlessness and drive to be bad make her very effective indeed. Then she loses the source of her powers, and this get played straight again.
* InformedAttribute: Ironically, her ArchEnemy status with Scrooge is this. Despite the show and Magica herself stating that she's Scrooge's deadliest enemy, the character she comes into conflict the most with in the present day and would be more fitting of an ArchEnemy relationship with is ''Webby'', who goes up against Magica every time she appears and is always the one to hinder or at least try and stop her schemes, while Scrooge always has limited or even zero involvement in Magica's episodes and is unaware she even caused something when he does show up, causing her to be a borderline UnknownRival to him at times. Even Scrooge defeating Magica in the first season finale, the only time they've directly confronted each other face to face, had Webby play a pivotal role in the conflict by rescuing him. It's stated they fought each other often in the past until he finally sealed her away in his dime 15 years ago, but none of that is ever presented in any flashbacks to the audience. Then again, Magica doesn’t care to remember Webby in "The Phantom and the Sorceress!" and we do see the very event that caused Magica to hate Scrooge so much in "The Life and Times of Scrooge [=McDuck=]!"
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: She's emotionally abusive towards her "niece" Lena. Even in "The Phantom And The Sorceress!", when her and Lena's life are in total danger and she agrees to train Lena to defeat the Phantom Blot, she uses every moment she got to mock and humalite Lena and her friends. In the end, she uses the situation to get her powers back.
* LadyOfBlackMagic: Even more so than her comic-book counterpart. She's an ambitious, cunning sorceress in a black dress and has great magical powers; she can levitate, shoot magical bolts, create explosions, and control other people's shadows.
* LargeHam: Once she has her body back, she wastes no time in declaring her villainous intentions in the most bombastic style of voice she can manage. She even hams it up during her VillainousBreakdown!
* LaughablyEvil: Magica has her goofier moments as would any villain voiced by Catherine Tate, but she's also pure evil and a flat-out sadist who combines her cruelty with BlackComedy.
* {{Leitmotif}}: It's an orchestral slowed-down version of the "Transylvania" stage theme from the VideoGame/DuckTales video game appropriately enough. It should be noted that it plays whenever she is shown to be a serious threat and it stops being used from the second season onwards after her VillainDecay.
* LetMeGetThisStraight: She says this word to word after the failure of Glomgold's plan to beat Scrooge at their bet by combining all the villains' fortunes.
-->'''Magica:''' Let me get this straight. You stole ALL of our fortunes and then lost it ALL to a ''child''?!
* LightIsNotGood: She has white plumage after becoming powerless, but is still very much evil incarnate.
* LivingShadow:
** She takes this form when hiding in Lena's shadow. She can also take over her niece's shadow entirely in order to talk to her without being summoned.
** During the season 1 finale, after being freed, she brings the shadows of everyone in Duckburg to life as her minions.
* LogicalWeakness: "Terror of the Terra-Firmians!" shows that her LivingShadow form requires light to be cast, and that she can't directly control the movements of Lena, though Magica ''can'' restrict Lena's movements as if she has Lena on a leash. Magica doesn't show up until the lights of the train turn on, and Lena simply moving into the darkness temporarily gets rid of Magica. Her shadow soldiers in the Season 1 finale work much the same way, with the triplets and Webby defeating their shadows by disconnecting the lights.
* MagicalBarefooter: She turns out to be this when she gets her body back, in contrast with her previous incarnations, who wore high heels.
* MagicalIncantation:
** Lena recites a poem to summon her.
--->"Summoned spirit from the dark,\\
show thyself before this arc.\\
Free thy dread soul from its prison,\\
Once more shall thee be risen!"
** Magica, herself, recites another one in the finale:
---> "Feed my power, dark eclipse,\\
free my form from the abyss.\\
Dormant magic now unchained,\\
the Shadow Queen be whole again!"
* MeaningfulName: Has "magic"[[note]]or the Italian word "magica", the female adjective form for "magic"[[/note]] and "spell" in her name, fitting for a sorceress. And more pointedly ''De'' Spell, a play on the word "dispel", meaning to undo or otherwise make disappear. She ends the first season functionally de-powered and with all her magic ''dispelled''.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Reacts with utter gut-wrenching horror when she realizes she accidentally cursed her twin brother to turn into a raven after trying to transmogrify Scrooge in a fit of rage. It gets even worse when she realizes she can't change him back (Poe was the one who knew how to restore people's original forms), and that all traces of his original mind and personality were erased in the transformation. And then she watches helplessly as he flies away, never to be found again. All while Scrooge helps himself to her accumulated loot and actively mocks her desperate cries for help.
* MythologyGag: Ends up devoid of magic and throws a smoke bomb to get out. In her early appearances in the comics she relied on quick disguises, hypnosis and smoke bombs, only later she started to use 'real' magic.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Although the [=McDuck=]-Duck family had a falling out the previous episode, in "The Shadow War!", she forces them to rally to Scrooge's rescue. Scrooge himself even lampshades it, thanking Magica for it all.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: After Glomgold double-crosses her along with the rest of the villains, she gives him a savage beating and clawing.
-->'''Magica:''' You've made a powerful enemy! I have enough hate in my heart for ''two'' Scottish billionaires!
* NonstandardCharacterDesign: Her skin feathers are a sickly green and she has snake-like SupernaturalGoldEyes.
* NotSoAboveItAll: "Jaw$!" reveals she can be just as hammy and over-the-top as Glomgold.
--> '''Magica:''' DENTAL HYGIENE CAN WAIT!
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: Despite losing her powers, she still causes trouble in season 2, from almost driving Lena over the DespairEventHorizon, to effortlessly banishing Duckworth from [=McDuck=] Manor with a mystic talisman.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness:
** The final nail to the coffin that she is powerless? She uses technology to invade Lena's dreams instead of magic, which Louie points out.
** [[spoiler:How do we know Bradford Buzzard is beyond screwed? Magica, a LargeHam extraordinaire who enjoys ranting about her thirst for vengeance on her enemies, is completely calm as she turns him into a nonsentient buzzard.]]
* PayEvilUntoEvil: Inflicts this on [[spoiler: Bradford in the series finale, turning him into a mindless buzzard as payback for enslaving her and the other main villains]].
* ThePowerOfHate: The fuel that powers her amulet, according to her in season 3, episode 8.
* PowerfulButIncompetent: Downplayed. While Magica is powerful enough to be taken seriously by the Duck Family and is allegedly an expert in a wide variety of sorceries, her tendency to put pleasure before business has caused her to fail numerous times. This is best illustrated in "[[Recap/DuckTales2017S3E21TheLifeAndCrimesOfScroogeMcDuck The Life and Crimes of Scrooge McDuck!]]", where it is revealed that she is well-versed in transforming others into things, she never bothered to learn how to change them ''back'', having always left that up to her less impulsive brother Poe.
* PromotionToOpeningTitles: In the second season intro, she takes Big Time Beagle's place during the lineup of villains near the end.
* PolarOppositeTwins: With her brother, Poe. For as impulsive and hot-headed as Magica is, Poe was level-headed, methodical and demure... but still just as monstrously evil as his twin sister.
* PunnyName: Her name sounds an awful lot like "magic spell", and ends up with all her magic ''dispelled''.
--> '''Scrooge''': Way to dispel your own spell, [=DeSpell=]!
* PutOnABus: She's been in hiding since "The Shadow War". Her absence is acknowledged in "The 87 Cent Solution" where Gizmoduck is able to give Scrooge the whereabouts of all his other enemies, ''except'' Magica. Although, TheBusCameBack in later episodes of Season 2, but still never confronted directly.
* RedBaron: Her monikers include "the Shadow Queen" and "the Sorceress of the Shadows", along with "the Dark Shadow Lying in Wait".
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Her shadowy appearance features her with glowing, evil red eyes.
* RedOniBlueOni: She and Poe had this dynamic according to Magica's own narration, with Poe being the more sensible and less reckless one that reigns in her less sensible acts of gleeful-malice.
* TheRival: Turns out Magica is a major rival with Glomgold over the title of Scrooge [=McDuck's=] archenemy.
* {{Sadist}}: The nightmare sequence from "The Other Bin of Scrooge [=McDuck=] ''really'' plays up this angle of her, taking a cruel glee in turning Webby into a doll, smacking Lena around with it, and taking pleasure when Lena ''destroys it''.
* SealedEvilInACan: She appears to be trapped in her niece's amulet. The poem notes that her "dread soul" is currently trapped in a prison. Late in Season 1, it's revealed that she's actually trapped in ''Scrooge's dime'', and only communicates with Lena through the amulet.
* SecondaryColorNemesis: Her true form has green feathers, yellow eyes and wears a black dress with purple highlights.
* ShadowArchetype: In the end, Lena, who was created from her shadow, is the exact antithesis of everything Magica herself is: caring, family-oriented, self-sacrificing, and a true ally of Scrooge and his family.
* ShesBack: As of Season 3's ''The Phantom And The Sorceress'', Magicia regains control of the magic she lost in the Season 1 finale, officially ending her VillainDecay.
* SlasherSmile: Her reaction to her niece's report of her success.
* StupidEvil: She's more deadly, dangerous, and cunning than any other villain in season 1, and yet, she also tends to [[DickDastardlyStopsToCheat choose being evil over actually achieving her goals]]. This includes regularly putting Lena in danger, despite needing her to get Scrooge's dime, trying to kill members of the Duck clan for the heck of it (even though that'd only put Scrooge's guard up more), and exposing herself when others are around just to gloat at Lena.
* SupernaturalGoldEyes: Her physical form has gold eyes with triangular, wedge shaped pupils.
* SympathyForTheDevil: Throughout the series, Magica [=DeSpell=] is depicted as a vile, evil sorceress, not to mention an abusive, manipulative "parent". Then in the episode "[[Recap/DuckTales2017S3E21TheLifeAndCrimesOfScroogeMcDuck The Life and Crimes of Scrooge McDuck!]]" when Scrooge is put on trial by the mystic court, it is revealed that during her first battle with Scrooge, he accidentally turns her twin brother Poe [=DeSpell=] into a non-sapient raven (though it was in self-defense), yet does nothing to as Poe flies away. The flashback is surprisingly heartbreaking, with Magica begging for Scrooge's help, offering him anything to help save her brother, and Scrooge ignores her, taking the opportunity to some gold. The judge is sympathetic to her, and notably, the Magica case is the only one presented where Scrooge shows remorse for his actions, with his face showing guilt and shame.
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* TokenWizard: While significantly less powerful than her official debut, she was the only member on Glomgold's "family" [[TokenSuper with any powers]] in the form of what little magic she had left.
* VillainCred: Enjoys the most respect amongst Scrooge's enemies, considerably more than Glomgold. For her part, she seems to show respect for Ma Beagle, the most levelheaded of Scrooge’s main antagonists.
* VillainDecay: Gets hit with this hard after she loses her staff, and therefore the source of her powers. Without it, she's just another hysterical villain futilely swearing vengeance on Scrooge. She can't even pull a VillainExitStageLeft properly, and Scrooge doesn't think she's worth the effort to pursue. In Season 2 she finally hits rock bottom, openly being belittled by Lena, Webby, and the triplets. All she's got now is her VillainCred.
* VillainRespect: Has this in spades for Scrooge, despite loathing his existence. Much of her plan against Scrooge centers around a biblical "final clash" between the two of them, hence why she doesn't simply have Lena murder Scrooge in his sleep. This ultimately leads to her motivating Scrooge out of a HeroicBSOD in the season one finale, so she can defeat him on equal terms, rather than at his lowest.
* VillainousBreakdown:
** Upon losing her powers when Donald Duck accidentally breaks the crystal on her staff, Magica descends into a fist-shaking, near-bawling rage.
--->'''Magica:''' My powers! They're ''gone!'' You ruin ''EVERYTHING!!'' '''''AAAAAAAAGGGGGHHH!!!'''''
** Continues this in her second appearance when Lena realizes she is completely powerless and loses her fear of her, and she is left clawing at the kids through the manor's gates like a caged animal while having a ranting fit.
--->'''Magica:''' I'll claw out your soul, grind your heart to dust beneath my heel, and rip my powers out from you with my bare teeth! You think you've won, but I am your FATE! I am the DARK FORCE at the core of all things! I AM ''MAGICA DESPELL!!'' '''''RRRAAAAAAAARRRR!!'''''
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: She ultimately doesn't consider Lena a living person, due to her being her shadow.
* WickedWitch: ''And how!'' With her green complexion and black dress, she even bears a resemblance to [[Film/TheWizardOfOz the most iconic wicked witch of them all]].
* WithCatlikeTread: Is rather loud while Lena is trying to cut the Dime off of Scrooge. Although it is unclear whether anyone else but Lena can hear her "loud whispering".
* WonderTwinPowers: Originally, Magica and Poe wore identical amulets that worked in tandem, and they could only cast spells holding hands. After Poe turned into a raven, Magica merged the two amulets together to form her staff.
* WouldHurtAChild: Magica is definitely willing to destroy four children if they get in her way. Later bumped up to five with Violet, and eventually balloons to ''all children'' period after an unspecified time working as a children's entertainer.
* WreckedWeapon: While the orb in her staff was cracked by Donald, it was not fully destroyed, and it's still functioning, and has merged with Lena, as we see in "Friendship Hates Magic!".
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* KickTheSonOfABitch: Inflicts this on [[spoiler: Bradford in the series finale, turning him into a mindless buzzard as payback for enslaving her and the other main villains]].

!!Magica [=DeSpell=]

Antagonists: [[Characters/DuckTales2017Antagonists Major Antagonists]] ([[Characters/DuckTales2017FlintheartGlomgold Flintheart Glomgold]], '''Magica [=DeSpell=]''') | [[Characters/DuckTales2017BeagleBoys The Beagle Boys]] | [[Characters/DuckTales2017FOWL F.O.W.L.]] ([[Characters/DuckTales2017BradfordBuzzard The Director]]) | [[Characters/DuckTales2017MinorAntagonists Minor Antagonists]]\\

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Antagonists: [[Characters/DuckTales2017Antagonists Major Antagonists]] ([[Characters/DuckTales2017FlintheartGlomgold Flintheart Glomgold]], '''Magica De Spell''') | [[Characters/DuckTales2017BeagleBoys The Beagle Boys]] | [[Characters/DuckTales2017FOWL F.O.W.L.]] ([[Characters/DuckTales2017BradfordBuzzard The Director]]) | [[Characters/DuckTales2017MinorAntagonists Minor Antagonists]]\\

!!Magica De Spell