Magic that works. Maybe not exactly the way anyone wanted it to work, but it is not imaginary in the story and you may rely on it to do something. This style of Phlebotinum is sometimes subject to Magi Babble, its own flavor of Techno Babble. Some possible flavors of Functional Magic: While some magical systems allow it to do practically anything, restricted only by the user's power and imagination, in other systems the magic user is restricted to variations on a theme. Classic styles are: Examples of Functional Magic include: