Use White Magic with the White Mage's !White Magic command. All White Magic except [white magic] Dispel can be reflected.

 

For brevity's sake, on this page I'm shortening magic defense to MDef, evade rate to evade, magic evade rate to MEvd, and magic power to magic.

The basic damage formula for pretty much everything is Damage = (A - D) * M. It's what goes into A, D, and M that makes things interesting.

Since M acts as a damage multiplier, anything that modifies M modifies final damage. Modifiers to A and D have more complicated effects on final damage because A and D are compared to each other on the way to computing final damage. Note that most calculations are truncated (rounded down).

If a spell does not automatically hit, then it has a (hit rate)% chance per target to succeed. Each target then has an additional MEvd% chance to avoid it even if a success is determined.

 

White Magic
[white magic] ケアル　　 [white magic] Cure MP: 4 Price: 180

Recovers HP to one or all allies or enemies. Damages the Undead. Always hits.

A = Random(15, 16), halved if multitargeting. D = 0. M = (level * magic)/256 + 4.
[white magic] ライブラ　 [white magic] Libra[ry] MP: 1 Price: 80

Shows target's level, current and max HP (or "?????/?????" if the target's HP cannot be scanned), weaknesses (if any), and current status effects (if any). Targets one enemy or ally. Always hits. Level gains from Hero's Song are ignored.
[white magic] ポイゾナ　 [white magic] Poisona MP: 2 Price: 90

Removes 'poison' status from one ally or enemy. Fails if the user has 'confusion' status, but always hits otherwise.
[white magic] サイレス　 [white magic] Silence MP: 2 Price: 280

Sets Silence status on one or all enemies or allies.

Hit rate = (75 + user's level - target's level)%, halved if multitargeting.
[white magic] プロテス　 [white magic] Protect MP: 3 Price: 280

Adds 'protect' status to one ally or enemy. Always hits unless the target is immune.
[white magic] ミニマム　 [white magic] Minimum MP: 5 Price: 300

Toggles 'minimum' status on one or all enemies or allies.

Hit rate = (90 + user's level - target's level)%, halved if multitargeting.

Minimum can be found in the airship hangar, long before it's available in stores, by solving a puzzle of sorts.
[white magic] ケアルラ　 [white magic] Cura MP: 9 Price: 620

Recovers HP to one or all allies or enemies. Damages the Undead. Always hits.

A = Random(45, 50), halved if multitargeting. D = 0. M = (level * magic)/256 + 4.

Triple the power of Cure, for little more than double the MP.
[white magic] レイズ　　 [white magic] Raise MP: 29 Price: 700

Removes 'incapacitated' and recovers 12.5% of max HP. Inflicts 'incapacitated' instead against the Undead. Always hits 'incapacitated' targets that are not Undead, always misses live targets that are not Undead.

Hit rate against the Undead = (50 + user's level - target's level)%. Ignores 'incapacitated' immunity but fails against Heavy targets.
[white magic] コンフュ　 [white magic] Confu[se] MP: 4 Price: 650

Sets 'confusion' status on one enemy or ally.

Hit rate = (75 + user's level - target's level)%.
[white magic] ブリンク　 [white magic] Blink MP: 6 Price: 3000

Sets 'decoy (2)' status on one ally or enemy. Always hits unless the target is immune.
[white magic] シェル　　 [white magic] Shell MP: 5 Price: 3000

Sets 'shell' status on one ally or enemy. Always hits unless the target is immune.
[white magic] エスナ　　 [white magic] Esuna MP: 10 Price: 3000

The prevailing theory on Japanese sites is that Esuna is short for 永久ステータスを治す (eikyuu SUTEETASU wo naosu, cures permanent status). The naming calls back to FF2, where it could cure only persisting status effects and existed alongside Basuna, with 'ba' presumably from バトル中 (BATORUchuu, during battle), which only cured status effects that wore off after combat. Esuna has since become a more general-purpose status-curing spell, but the name stuck.

Removes 'darkness', 'poison', 'minimum', 'toad', 'petrified', 'silence', 'confused', 'paralysis', 'sleep', and 'aging' status from one ally or enemy. Fails if the user has 'confusion' status, but always hits otherwise.

Esuna can be found in Karnak Castle before it's available in stores, but only during a specific event.
[white magic] ケアルガ　 [white magic] Curega MP: 27 Price: 6000

Recovers HP to all allies or enemies, or full HP if cast to a single target. Damages the Undead.

When cast to a single Undead target, it sets HP to single digits unless the target is also Heavy, in which case it misses. Curega always hits otherwise. If multitargeting, Curega acts like a normal healing spell, with A = Random(180, 202), halved due to multitargeting, D = 0, and M = (level * magic)/256 + 4.

Four times the power of Cura for only triple the MP.
[white magic] リフレク　 [white magic] Reflect MP: 15 Price: 6000

Sets 'reflect' status on one ally or enemy. Always hits unless the target is immune.
[white magic] バーサク　 [white magic] Berserk MP: 8 Price: 6000

Sets 'berserk' status on one ally or enemy. Always hits unless the target is immune.
[white magic] アレイズ　 [white magic] Araise MP: 50 Price: 10,000

Removes 'incapacitated' and recovers all HP. Inflicts 'incapacitated' instead against the Undead. Always hits 'incapacitated' targets that are not Undead, always misses live targets that are not Undead.

Hit rate against the Undead = (99 + user's level - target's level)%. Ignores 'incapacitated' immunity but fails against Heavy targets.
[white magic] ホーリー　 [white magic] Holy MP: 20 Price: n/a

Holy damage to one enemy or ally. Always hits, except that the Aegis Shield can block it.

A = Random(241, 271). D = MDef. M = (level * magic)/256 + 4.

Holy can't be bought. It must be won in the {Fork Tower}.
[white magic] ディスペル [white magic] Dispel MP: 12 Price: 10,000

Removes 'levitate', 'decoy', 'berserk', 'regenerate', 'slow', 'haste', 'stop', 'protect', 'shell', and 'reflect' status from one enemy or ally. Fails if the user has 'confusion' status, but always hits otherwise.

Dispel can't remove "permanent" statuses such as 'reflect' from a Reflect Ring.

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