Wizard

Wizard, the wizard, or wizards and the female counterparts wizardess or wizardesses may refer to:

• Wizard (paranormal), a practitioner of magic

People

• The Wizard (nickname), shared by several notable people

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional characters

• Wizard (Archie Comics), a comic book superhero
• Wizard (character class), magic-wielding character types in many role-playing games
• Wizard (DC Comics), a comic book villain
• Wizard (Dungeons & Dragons), the Dungeons & Dragons character class
• Wizard (fantasy), a fictional character practitioner of magic
• Wizard (Marvel Comics), a comic book villain
• Wizard (Middle-earth), powerful beings in the writings of J. R. R. Tolkien
• "The Wizard", the villain of the serial Batman and Robin
• "The Wizard", the nickname of Mario Garcez Brito, Brazil's corrupt Minister of Justice and a member of the "Club 13" cartel, in O Mecanismo
• Wizard of Oz (character), in L. Frank Baum's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its movie adaptations
• Wizards (Discworld), major characters in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series

Films

• The Wizard (1927 film), a 1927 American silent horror film
• The Wizard (1989 film), a 1989 American film about a skilled video gamer
• Wizards (film), a 1977 animated post-apocalyptic fantasy/science fiction film by Ralph Bakshi

Games

• Wizard (1983 video game), a 1983 Commodore 64 game that was later re-released in 1986 as Ultimate Wizard
• Wizard (2005 video game), a game designed by Chris Crawford for the Atari 2600 and released in 2005
• Wizard (board game), a 1978 board game released by Metagaming
• Wizard (card game), a trick-taking card game

• Wizard (MUD), a developer or administrator in a MUD
• Wizards (board game), a board game produced in 1982 by Avalon Hill
• Wizards of the Coast or Wizards, a Seattle-based games publisher

Literature

• Wizard (novel), a 1980 science fiction novel by John Varley
• The Wizard (novel), an 1896 Adventure novel by Henry Rider Haggard
• The Wizard, a novel by Gene Wolfe in the series The Wizard Knight
• Wizards (anthology), an anthology of fantasy short fiction edited by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois

Music

Groups

• Wizard (American band), a short-lived American psychedelic/hard rock band
• Wizard (band), a German power metal/speed metal band
• WZRD (band), alternative rock duo formerly known as Wizard

Albums

• Wizard (EP), an EP by Beto Vázquez Infinity
• The Wizard (album), the second album by American blues guitarist Mel Brown

Songs

• "The Wizard" (Black Sabbath song), a song by Black Sabbath, taken from their 1970 album Black Sabbath
• "The Wizard" (Uriah Heep song), a single from rock band Uriah Heep's 1972 album Demons & Wizards
• "Wizard" (song), a 2013 song by Martin Garrix and Jay Hardway
• "The Wizard", a song by Bat for Lashes on the album Fur and Gold
• "The Wizard", a song by Paul Hardcastle and theme tune of Top of the Pops
• "The Wizard", the second track from Albert Ayler's Spiritual Unity
• "The Wizard", a single by Marc Bolan
• "The Wizard", a song by Paul Espinoza of Golden Bough
• "The Wizard" a song by Al Di Meola on the album Land of the Midnight Sun

Other uses in music

• Wizard, an Australian record label created by Robie Porter
• Wizard rock, a genre of rock music that developed between 2002 and 2004

Television

• "Wizard" (Adventure Time episode)
• The Wizard (TV series), a short-lived 1980s CBS television series
• "The Wizard" (Seinfeld), the 171st episode of the NBC sitcom Seinfeld
• "The Wizard", an episode of the cartoon She-Ra: Princess of Power
• Wizards (2019 TV series)

Other arts, entertainment, and media

• Wizard (magazine), a magazine about comic books
• Wizard (DC Thomson), a British comic that featured Wilson of the Wizard and was merged to Rover

Computing and technology

• HTC Wizard, a QWERTY-keyboard pocket PC
• Sharp Wizard, a personal organizer released in 1988
• Wizard (software), a computer user interface that leads a user through dialog steps

Science

• Wizard butterfly, the brush-footed or Bardic wizard butterfly Rhinopalpa polynice
• Wizard Nebula, an open cluster located in Cepheus constellation

Sports

• Wizard (horse) (1806–1813), Thoroughbred racehorse
• Canterbury cricket team, known as the Wizards
• Dakota Wizards, a team in the NBA Development League
• Fort Wayne Wizards, a team in the Midwest League of professional baseball
• Kansas City Wizards, the former name of Sporting Kansas City, a Major League Soccer team
• Washington Wizards, a National Basketball Association (NBA) team

Transport

• Wizard, a GWR Iron Duke Class steam locomotive
• FV Wizard, a crab fishing boat in the TV show Deadliest Catch
• HMS Wizard, a list of ships bearing the name
• Laron Wizard, an American homebuilt aircraft design

Other uses

• Comp wizard, also known as a Comp hustler, is a gambler who maximizes complementary perqs from casinos
• Grand Wizard or Imperial Wizard, a leader of the Ku Klux Klan
• Wizard Video, a defunct home video company

See also

• The Wizzard, Dominican calypso singer
• Wizzard, a 1970s British glam rock band
• The Wizrd, an album by Future
• Wiz (disambiguation)
• Wizard Cup (disambiguation)
• WZRD (disambiguation)
• All pages with titles beginning with Wizard
• All pages with titles containing Wizard

Bdo help

• I play as a wiz on black desert online, and I'm wondering if I should focus on offense or evasion. Also, does the healing aura heal the caster too? Please help