Mystic Spells

Mystic Spells: Slot Overview

Cauldrons at the ready players, we're about to plunge headfirst into the world of magic, illusions, and spells. Mystic Spells comes from software provider Fantasma Games, and if any studio is likely to possess knowledge of the arcane, esoteric, hidden side of life, it's got to be one with a name like that. Getting pulled out of this hat by its ears, like a rabbit, are things like bonus buys, two free spins rounds, expanding wild multipliers, and sticky wild symbols. Plenty of reagents to stir round the pot, then, in other words, wonder what results?

The first impression of Mystic Spells' location was of a sanitised version of the house where Morpheus was summoned by an occult ritual in the Netflix series 'The Sandman'. Sanitised is one way of describing Mystic Spells as a whole in some ways. Not bad ways, as the game has an enjoyably mysterious atmosphere, which was fun to inhabit for a bit. It felt like a safe exploration of the esoteric side of life by a cautious explorer of the unknown rather than a Lovecraftian maniac tearing at the fabric of reality to see what resides on the other side before entities that were not meant to be in our realm break lose, sending the practitioner of the dark arts into a state of catatonic lunacy.

Probably a good thing, and dabbling in Mystic Spells begins by selecting a stake where choices range from 10 p/c to $/€100 per paid game round. Within this genteel environment is Mystic Spells' game grid made up of 5 reels, 5 rows and 15 paylines. There are three ways to approach the game. One is regular single spin betting, the second is with the Feature Spin activated, and the third is buying one of the bonus rounds. The RTP changes depending on the method, from a default of 96.01% to 96.22% for the Feature Spin and 96.18% or 96.26% for the Black Spell Free Spins buy or the Stucky Spell Free Spins buy. Volatility, in general, is high.

Rocks with 10, J, Q, K, and A on them are Mystic Spells' 5 low pays, followed by a green potion bottle and a blue potion bottle as the 2 medium pays, capped off by a purple potion bottle, a yellow potion bottle, and a horned item as the 3 high pays. Hitting 5 matching low pays awards 1 times the bet, 5 medium pays award 5 times the bet, while 5 high pays dish out 10 to 20 times the bet. Three types of wilds appear at various points in Mystic Spells – a regular, a Sticky Wild, and a Black Spell symbol. All are able to substitute for any pay symbol, and wilds award 20x the bet for a 5 wild symbol win.

Mystic Spells: Slot Features

Time to mix in the features, which include the Black Spell symbol, the Black Spell feature, Black Spell Free Spins, Sticky Free Spins, Feature Spins, and the bonus buys.

Black Spell Symbol

The Black Spell symbol appears on any reel and may land with a random multiplier of up to x100. Up to 3 may land at the same time. Black Symbols are wild and are present in the base game or during Black Spell Free Spins.

Black Spell Feature

When Black Spell symbols land, they may expand to cover an area of the grid up to 3x3 in size. Should Black Spell symbols intersect after expanding, then their multiplier values are multiplied together. When 2 or more non-merged Black Spell symbols are part of a win, the highest multiplier value will be used.

Black Spell Free Spins

Look out for the Black Key symbol to unlock this feature. Landing 3 black key scatters awards 10 Black Spell Free Spins, which can not be reactivated. Apart from being free, nothing new is stated as occurring in this round.

Sticky Spell Free Spins

Should 3 Golden Key symbols land in the base game, 10 Sticky Spell Free Spins are awarded. This round has a win multiplier that increases by +1 for each winning symbol after a win and does not reset till the feature finishes. If a symbol is part of more than one winning line, it counts as 1 for the multiplier increase only. The multiplier increases at the end of a winning spin. Also, all wild symbols landing become Sticky Wild symbols, meaning they stay on the reels till the free spins end. This feature cannot be retriggered.

Feature Spin

The Feature Spin is only available in the base game. When activated, at a cost of 13 times the bet, each spin guarantees at least one Black Spell symbol. Bonus features cannot be triggered when the Feature Spin is active.

Buy Bonus

At the buy bonus, players may buy Black Spell Free Spins for 100x the bet, which is extremely volatile, or Sticky Spell Free Spins for 200x the bet, which is very highly volatile.

Mystic Spells: Slot Verdict

Provided you're okay with the relatively lite use of the theme, Mystic Spells has a few tricks to reveal. Speaking of lite, the game might have made more of an impact if the studio had been a measure edgier. For example, Mystic Spells gave off the impression at times it was dreamt up by Walt Disney when compared to slots like True Kult or Blood and Shadow, which feel like they were made by someone who definitely owns a grimoire. That probably sounded harsher than it was meant to because Mystic Spells still delivered a pleasantly mysterious situation in which to dabble with the magical side of life.

The game provides plenty of stuff to dabble with, as well - two bonus rounds, a stand-alone Feature Spin concept, expanding wild multipliers, the works. Black Spell Free Spins were a teensy letdown since nothing special seems to be added there, but Sticky Spell Free Spins benefit from two potentially potent additives. Namely, sticky wilds, always a positive, and a rising win multiplier, fed by winning symbols as was put to excellent use in ELK Studios' dystopian Propaganda slot. Not so sure about the Feature Spins, though, since they cut off access to other bonuses, yet they're something for magically minded players to tinker with, and totally optional, of course. For such a calm, unassuming exterior, Mystic Spells packs surprisingly major winning potential to the tune of 10,000x the bet at full blast. We're talking warlock-level wins for those players lucky enough to XP themselves up.

All in all, Mystic Spells was a charming thaumaturgical-centric slot to delve into. One which leaned closer to, say, Remus Lupin than Severus Snape. As such, it might lack bite if you are in the mood for a slot that really blurs the boundary between reality and the hidden other side, but there are wonders here to be uncovered by the right player.