as a warlock adept in black magic, a form of magic said to come at a high cost for its practitioners. He was considered among the most dangerous threats to the superhero community and one of the most dangerous magical practitioners on Earth, conisdered a peer to other dark magic users such as Enchantress and the Wizard. Later stories also portray Faust as specializing in soul magic like his father, a form of magic that allows controls over souls and affords a plethora of abilities such as being able to mimic other's special abilities through tapping into their souls, manipulating souls, and seeing other's aura. Through other forms of magic, he can perform feats such as travelling through shadows, illusion casting, telekinesis, protection sigils, teleportation, and more. These magical powers are provided from his demonic bargain despite his homo magi roots. In addition to his magical skills, he is a capable occult investigator and possess profound knowledge on the supernatural, being both better occult transcriber and surpasses his father in their shared skills and knowledge of soul magic. He is also skilled in covering his tracks, duplicity, espionage, hand-to-hand combat, and leadership. Faust is also highly resistant to mystical corruption and will eroding due to lacking a soul and having a strong will. Faust possesses a number of magical talismans, most notable his belt and magical pouches: a simple medium-sized cloth bag and leather belt outfitted with four canvas pouches hand-made out of conventional materials, high-grade steel. His magical pouches are mystically voluminous, holding more artifacts, energies, and surprises than the outward sizes would indicate. In DC Rebirth, his background and nature of his magical abilities differ; he is mentioned to being considered both the top arcane operative in the United States and the most proficient magic user in A.R.G.U.S, having formerly led its arcane division. Unlike prior versions, he is mainly a practitioner in "logomancy" much like Zatanna and Zatara, allowing him to invoke magical effects and abilities by speaking the desired effects backwards. Some abilities he possess with logomany includes creating magical constructs, discharge magical energy blasts, mind control, casting energy shield, and endowing himself with superhuman durability. It is als implied that he still retains his mastery over soul magic. Cost and weaknesses His magical powers comes with several drawbacks: with the practice of black magic, the Outisder comic series portrays the cost as some sort of