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When it comes to the supernatural and all things that simple science cannot explain, one usually turns to a specialist. [[UnhappyMedium Mediums]], [[DemonSlaying demon hunters]], {{Vampire Hunter}}s, {{Occult Detective}}s, [[AlchemyIsMagic alchemists]], [[{{Seers}} legit fortune tellers]], {{Blue Collar Warlock}}s, freelance exorcists, [[NobleDemon reformed demons]], {{Magical Girl}}s (even the [[MagicalGirlWarrior warrior ones]]) even StageMagician superheroes, there are always people who are trained (be it professionally or on the streets) how to handle these kinds of situations. In a world were MagicalSociety is underground, these teams are usually made of a RagtagBunchOfMisfits, keeping to the shadows due to whatever gift or curse they carry around.

When your house comes to life and tries digesting you in its basement, when all of the village kids are kidnapped by evil fairies, when a portal to Hell opens and unleashes bedlam on the land of the living, [[Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}} who you gonna call?]]

When the world is a FantasyKitchenSink full of heroes with varying power origins, the Supernatural Team was formed with the purpose of working together to dispel supernatural threats in a "fight fire with fire" situation, since a ScienceHero or BadassNormal might be out of their element. Something else you may notice is that the assembled heroes are often not just magic-based, but darker/horror-themed as well; you might even have a member who isn't supernatural but ''thematically''-appropriate, like a TechnicallyLivingVampire whose powers [[ComicBook/{{Morbius}} are science-based]]. Naturally, this team will often double as an AntiHeroTeam as well.

When the world is a FantasyKitchenSink full of heroes with varying power origins, the Supernatural Team was formed with the purpose of working together to dispel supernatural threats in a "fight fire with fire" situation, since a ScienceHero or BadassNormal might be out of their element. Something else you may notice is that the assembled heroes are often not just magic-based, but darker/horror-themed as well; you might even have a member whose powers aren't supernatural but ''thematically''-appropriate, like a TechnicallyLivingVampire whose powers [[ComicBook/{{Morbius}} are science-based]]. Naturally, this team will often double as an AntiHeroTeam as well.

When the world is a FantasyKitchenSink full of heroes with varying power origins, the Supernatural Team was formed with the purpose of working together to dispel supernatural threats in a "fight fire with fire" situation, since a ScienceHero or BadassNormal might be out of their element. Something else you may notice is that the assembled heroes are often not just magic-based, but darker/horror-themed as well; you're more likely to see the demon Etrigan on such a team than Wonder Woman (unless it's specifically a team of divine beings). Naturally, this means the team will overlap with AntiHeroTeam as well.

* There Japanese Counterparts, the [[Series/MahouSentaiMagiranger Magirangers]] are this for ''Franchise/SuperSentai''.

When the world is full of heroes, be they space aliens, fish-men or [[ScienceHero men and women of science]], the Supernatural Team was formed with the purpose of working together to dispel supernatural threats in a "fight fire with fire" situation.

Given the archaic and often story-breaking nature of trained magicians, the team usually crosses over with AntiHeroTeam. See also IdenticallyPoweredTeam, LegionOfDoom, SuperTeam and TokenWizard.

* ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'': The Fourth Season has an arc with Zatanna Zatara leading a team of her magic-using students known as the Sentinels, consisting of [[ThirteenIsUnlucky Traci Thirteen]], [[Energy Absorption Mary Bromfield]], [[CombatMedic Khalid Nassour]].

* In ''Podcast/TheAdventureZoneBalance'', the Red Robes were [[spoiler: an interplanetary exploration group consisting of four wizards, a cleric, a spellcaster of an ambiguous nature, and [[TheLastofTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers a token fighter]].]]

** The Midnight Sons are a group formed at various times by ComicBook/DoctorStrange or ComicBook/{{Morbius}} to face many supernatural threats.

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* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'': All of Paris's superheroes get their powers from the Miraculouses, magical {{Transformation Trinket}}s which enable them to undergo a FusionDance with their respective [[FairyCompanion kwamis]] to become {{Animal Themed Superbeing}}s. This contrasts with the American heroes seen in the New York special, whose powers are non-magical in nature (with the exception of [[spoiler:[[EmpoweredBadassNormal Eagle]] (formerly Sparrow, up until she acquired the Eagle Miraculous).]]

* DC Comics

* Marvel Comics

Given the archaic and often story-breaking nature of trained magicians, the team usually crosses over with AntiHeroTeam. See also IdenticallyPoweredTeam, SuperTeam, and LegionOfDoom.

* ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'': In a BrickJoke spanning nearly the comic's entire length, Chaos is defeated by a party made of four [[WhiteMage White Mages]], none of which are part of the main characters (Fighter, BlackMage, Thief and TheRedMage).

* ''VideoGames/DragonQuestVI'': The hilariously broken JobSystem lets you keep the spells learned in one job to another, no matter how inappropriate for the job or the character. Thus it's possible to field an entire team of gladiators who have just enough mana to fully heal themselves when they finally get low on HP, or sages who can punch their way through the enemies they didn't set on fire.
* ''VideoGames/DragonQuestIX'': It's possible to set up a party this way thanks to the JobSystem. It can be quite effective in boss battles, as hitting the same enemy with the same spell or ability causes additional combo damage, but it's best suited for endgame dungeons [[SquishyWizard after the HP bonuses from other classes have been taken]].
* Technically every character in ''VideoGames/GoldenSun'' is a spellcaster (of the MagicKnight or KungFuWizard variety), but once all eight characters have been found in ''VideoGame/GoldenSunTheLostAge'', putting the four MagicKnight characters in the back will leave a severely underpowered team, since despite the flashy graphics and wide area of effect, endgame spells are simply less effective than hitting the enemy until it dies.

* The Masters of the Mystic Arts from ''Film/DoctorStrange'' are a secret group of sorcerers that harness interdimensional energies in the form of magic to combat cosmic threats. So far, they are the only exclusively magical group in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, every other hero group composed of [[ScienceHero science heroes]], scientifically-enhanced individuals or aliens.

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When it comes to the supernatural and all things that simple science cannot explain, one usually turns to a specialist. [[UnhappyMedium Mediums]], [[DemonSlaying demon-hunters]], [[VampireHunter vampire-hunters]], [[OccultDetective ghost-detectives]], [[AlchemyIsMagic alchemists]], [[{{Seers}} legit fortune-tellers]], [[BlueCollarWarlock Blue-Collar Warlocks]], freelance exorcists, [[NobleDemon reformed demons]], [[MagicalGirl Magical Girls]] (even the [[MagicalGirlWarrior warrior ones]]) even StageMagician superheroes, there are always people who are trained (be it professionally or on the streets) how to handle these kinds of situations. In a world were MagicalSociety is underground, these teams are usually made of a RagtagBunchOfMisfits, keeping to the shadows due to whatever gift or curse they carry around.

* [[Characters/MCUMastersOfTheMysticArts The Masters of the Mystic Arts]] from ''Film/DoctorStrange'' are a secret group of sorcerers that harness interdimensional energies in the form of magic to combat cosmic threats. So far, they are the only exclusively magical group in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, every other hero group composed of [[ScienceHero science heroes]], scientifically-enhanced individuals or aliens.

** The Shadowpact, composed of Enchantress, Ragman, ComicBook/BlueDevil, Detective Chimp, Nightshade and Nightmaster.

** The "Trechcoat Brigade" in DC Comics ''ComicBook/BookOfMagic'' is one, assembled for the express purpose of protecting Timothy Hunter and introducing him to magic, and consisting of Constantine, Dr. Occult, the Phantom Stranger and Mr. E.

** The Shadowpact, composed of Enchantress, Ragman, Blue Devil, Detective Chimp, Nightshade and Nightmaster.

* Technically every character in ''VideoGames/GoldenSun'' is a spellcaster (of the MagicKnight or KungFuWizard variety), but once all eight characters have been found in GoldenSunTheLostAge, putting the four MagicKnight characters in the back will leave a severely underpowered team, since despite the flashy graphics and wide area of effect, endgame spells are simply less effective than hitting the enemy until it dies.