Evocation Wizard Build Guide – The Magic Cannon – 2024 Update

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For the purposes of this guide, it will be assumed that you would not be multiclassing. While multiclassing can be excellent for many of these, this is for those who want to play the build all the way through in the same class. Guides that use multiclassing will be separate from these.

For spellcasters, you may notice substantial overlap between the spell lists of builds with the same base class. This is due to each guide utilizing a generically good spell list and not considering extenuating factors that will influence how you particularly sculpt your spell list. When creating your own spell list, you should take into account the campaign setting, what spells any other party members are capable of casting, potential overlap (ritual spells tend to overlap so it’s rare you need multiple people capable of casting them), or potential shortcomings in the parties total spell list. While this guide can definitely help point you in the right direction for crafting a spell list, you should use your judgement and preferences to figure out what spells make the most sense for your character.

To that end, please refer to the Spell List and Spell Tier list for any substitutions you’d want to make to the build.

The Complete Wizard Spell List

Wizard Spell Tier List – The Best Wizard Spells

You like blasting things? Well this is the subclass for you! Evoker Wizards are all about setting up the biggest blast spell possible, and absolutely obliterate your enemies while keeping your friends safe. Evokers are the highest damage dealing wizards around, so if your team needs raw damage, this is a great class to pick.

Evocation Savant (Level 3) – B Tier – This ability lets you learn a lot of free spells which is always nice and frees up the spells you can grab from your level ups.

Potent Cantrip (Level 3) – C+ Tier – Functional extra damage on your cantrip is solid, especially as your cantrips become stronger.

Sculpt Spells (Level 6) – B Tier – A big concern of some evocation spells is that your friends can get caught in it, but now they won’t which is awesome! There are some really potent combinations you can do now, like trapping enemies in a Sickening Radiance or Storm of Radiance that can’t hurt your allies.

Empowered Evocation (Level 10) – C Tier – A small upgrade to your spell’s damage (unfortunately this no longer works with Magic Missile), but this also works with cantrips which is nice.

Overchannel (Level 14) – B Tier – For one spell a day, you can absolutely pop off with an evocation spell which is fun! 64 damage Cone of Cold away!

The Ultimate 2024 One D&D Subclass Tier List

DnD 2024 Class and Subclass Tier List Breakdown

Level	Class Features/Feat	Spell Change Log
1	Spellcasting, Ritual Adept, Arcane Recovery	+ Light (Aasimar) + Minor Illusion + Prestidigitation + Toll the Dead + Chromatic Orb + Detect Magic + Feather Fall + Find Familiar + Shield + Silvery Barbs
2	Scholar	+ Comprehend Languages + Silent Image
3	Evocation Savant, Potent Cantrip	+ Magic Missile (Evoker) + Scorching Ray (Evoker) + Misty Step + Web
4	Feat: War Caster (INT)	+ Mage Hand + Augury + Suggestion
5	Memorize Spell	+ Counterspell + Fireball + Tiny Hut (Evoker)
6	Sculpt Spell	+ Dispel Magic + Fly
7	–	+ Dimension Door + Polymorph + Wall of Fire (Evoker)
8	Feat: Resilient (CON)	+ Arcane Eye + Conjure Minor Elementals
9	–	+ Arcane Hand (Evoker) + Telepathic Bond + Wall of Force
10	Empowered Evocation	+ Fire Bolt + Absorb Elements + Sickening Radiance
11	–	+ Cone of Cold (Evoker) + Contingency + Mass Suggestion
12	Feat: Intelligence to 20	+ Scatter + Soul Cage
13	–	+ Crown of Stars (Evoker) + Simulacrum + Teleport
14	Overchannel	+ Bubbling Cauldron + Reverse Gravity
15	–	+ Forcecage (Evoker) + Dominate Monster + Maze
16	Feat: Constitution to 18	+ Antimagic Field + Illusory Dragon
17	–	+ Meteor Swarm (Evoker) + True Polymorph + Wish
18	Spell Mastery (Silent Image/Suggestion)	+ Gate + Shapechange
19	Epic Boon: Boon of Fate	+ Plane Shift + Demiplane
20	Signature Spells (Counterspell/Dispel Magic)	+ Etherealness + Antipathy/Sympathy

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The Ultimate One D&D Wizard Guide – Mastering Wizards

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Species: Aasimar

Attributes:

	POINT BUY
STRENGTH	8
DEXTERITY	15 (+1 background) = 16
CONSTITUTION	15
INTELLIGENCE	15 (+2 background) = 17
WISDOM	8
CHARISMA	8

Class: Wizard

Class Features: Spellcasting, Ritual Adept, Arcane Recovery

Skill Proficiencies: Arcana and Investigation

Background: Criminal (Alert)

Starting Equipment: 2 Daggers, Arcane Focus, Robe, Spellbook, Scholar’s Pack, and 5 gp + 50 gp from background

Starting Spellbook:

SPELL LEVEL	SPELL NAME
Cantrip	Light (Aasimar)
Cantrip	Minor Illusion
Cantrip	Prestidigitation
Cantrip	Toll the Dead
1st Level Spell	Chromatic Orb*
1st Level Spell	Detect Magic (R)
1st Level Spell	Feather Fall*
1st Level Spell	Find Familiar (R)
1st Level Spell	Shield*
1st Level Spell	Silvery Barbs*

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Species: Aasimar

The best species for your average build. Human is a consideration as well to grab Alert on top of Musician, but Aasimar just give a lot of value, and since you have a background you’re happy with, Aasimar is the next best choice.

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Attributes

	POINT BUY
STRENGTH	8
DEXTERITY	15 (+1 background) = 16
CONSTITUTION	15
INTELLIGENCE	15 (+2 background) = 17
WISDOM	8
CHARISMA	8

For any Wizard your most important stat is Intelligence, and then Dexterity and Constitution. I would always go up to 17 Intelligence and keep Constitution at 15 so you can take two feats and two ability score improvements over the course of the build.

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Proficiencies: Arcana and Investigation

Just two good Intelligence skills, nothing special here.

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Background – Criminal

This increases the abilities you need increased and gives you the second best Origin feat with Alert. What’s not to like?

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Starting Equipment – 2 Daggers, Arcane Focus, Robe, Spellbook, Scholar’s Pack, and 5 gp + 50 gp from background

Standard fare, you don’t get much so no need to overthink it.

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Starting Spellbook

SPELL LEVEL	SPELL NAME
Cantrip	Light (Aasimar)
Cantrip	Minor Illusion
Cantrip	Prestidigitation
Cantrip	Toll the Dead
1st Level Spell	Chromatic Orb*
1st Level Spell	Detect Magic (R)
1st Level Spell	Feather Fall*
1st Level Spell	Find Familiar (R)
1st Level Spell	Shield*
1st Level Spell	Silvery Barbs*

This is your standard spell list for a level 1 Wizard. You have your two excellent Ritual spells (Detect Magic and Find Familiar) which you won’t need prepared, good defensive options (Feather Fall as needed, but mostly Shield), Chromatic Orb for damage, and the very broken Silvery Barbs. If your table doesn’t allow Silvery Barbs, I would probably grab Sleep instead as that’s a spell that’s close to good enough for the average Wizard, just not one I normally take.

For your prepared spells, you can start off by preparing every non-ritual spell which makes it a pretty easy choice what to prepare!

Before I dive into the next levels, I’ll quickly explain how the spellbook in this guide will work. Unlike all the other casters, you can’t just prepare any leveled spell from the Wizard Spell List you want, but instead you are limited by your spellbook. To that end, each level I will have the entire spellbook for each level, but for prepared spells, I’m going to put an asterisk (*) next to that spell. Obviously the spells you prepare should change depending on the situation, but I’ll prepare generally good spells if you have no strong opinions one way or another. Keep in mind that any spell with the (R) tag is a ritual spell and one you will probably never prepare as Wizards get to still use those when they aren’t prepared.

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Level 2

Class Features: Scholar (Investigation)

Spell Change Log: + Comprehend Languages + Silent Image

SPELL LEVEL	SPELL NAME
Cantrip	Light (Aasimar)
Cantrip	Minor Illusion
Cantrip	Prestidigitation
Cantrip	Toll the Dead
1st Level Spell	Chromatic Orb*
1st Level Spell	Comprehend Languages (R)
1st Level Spell	Detect Magic (R)
1st Level Spell	Feather Fall*
1st Level Spell	Find Familiar (R)
1st Level Spell	Shield*
1st Level Spell	Silent Image*
1st Level Spell	Silvery Barbs*

Level 2 brings a new class ability – Scholar. You now get Expertise in one of your Wizard skills, and I like picking Investigation. You would not believe the amount of times you’re probably going to use Investigation over the course of an average campaign.

For your spell pickups, you get Comprehend Languages and Silent Image.

Your first spell pickup is a solid ritual – Comprehend Languages. There may not be language barriers in every campaign, but having the means to mitigate that for functionally free is very invaluable in campaigns where languages are relevant.

Your second spell choice is the very versatile Silent Image. This is pretty much just a bigger Minor Illusion, and while it’s not easy to know when you would need that effect, it is a nice effect to have.

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Level 3

Arcane Tradition: Evocation

Class Feature: Evocation Savant, Potent Cantrip

Spell Change Log: + Magic Missile (Evoker) + Scorching Ray (Evoker) + Misty Step + Web

SPELL LEVEL	SPELL NAME
Cantrip	Light (Aasimar)
Cantrip	Minor Illusion
Cantrip	Prestidigitation
Cantrip	Toll the Dead
1st Level Spell	Chromatic Orb
1st Level Spell	Comprehend Languages (R)
1st Level Spell	Detect Magic (R)
1st Level Spell	Feather Fall*
1st Level Spell	Find Familiar (R)
1st Level Spell	Magic Missile* (Evoker)
1st Level Spell	Shield*
1st Level Spell	Silent Image
1st Level Spell	Silvery Barbs*
2nd Level Spell	Misty Step*
2nd Level Spell	Scorching Ray (Evoker)
2nd Level Spell	Web*

Level 3 brings your subclass, two new subclass abilities, and second level spells!

Your first subclass ability is the same across all the school discipline subclasses – Evocation Savant. This time you get two Evocationspells (first or second level) for free in your spellbook, and whenever you hit a new spell level, you get another free one of that spell level or lower. Simple, sweet, and quite nice! To that end, this is a good time to grab Magic Missile (Evoker) and Scorching Ray (Evoker).

Magic Missile was the classic first level damage spell in 5e, I just personally like Chromatic Orb a bit more even if it’s a bit less consistent.

While you wouldn’t really be using it yet, Scorching Ray works phenomenally well with Conjure Minor Elementals as each ray counts as its own attack so the damage can stack up extremely quickly. For example, if you upcast Conjure Minor Elementals so each attack deals an additional 4d8 damage and use your other fifth level spell slot for Scorching Ray, each ray would deal 4d8+2d6 damage on hit (an average of 25 damage per hit). So if you hit with just three of them, that’s 75 damage and you still have Conjure Minor Elementals active! If you’re in a tough fight, it’s really easy to absolutely shred a tough enemy with this combination. Agani, you probably won’t be interested in this for many levels, but having it now for free is quite nice.

You now get your third subclass feature with Potent Cantrip, which is a great ability that ironically doesn’t work well with Evocation cantrips as most Evocation cantrips are spell attacks rather than requiring saving throws. Regardless, this does very much power up your Toll the Dead as, no matter what, you’ll always be getting some amount of damage off of it.

For your spell choices this level, you’re picking up and preparing Misty Step and Web.

Misty Step is a staple on any caster that can afford it as getting out of danger for a second level spell slot is more than worth it.

Web is an excellent battlefield control spell that can tangle up enemies, or at worst, make a good amount of difficult terrain. You could take Suggestion instead as that’s also an excellent spell, but I’m picking that up next level anyway and I find Web to be slightly more effective at lower levels.

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Level 4

Feat: War Caster (INT)

Spell Change Log: + Mage Hand + Augury + Suggestion

SPELL LEVEL	SPELL NAME
Cantrip	Light (Aasimar)
Cantrip	Mage Hand
Cantrip	Minor Illusion
Cantrip	Prestidigitation
Cantrip	Toll the Dead
1st Level Spell	Chromatic Orb
1st Level Spell	Comprehend Languages (R)
1st Level Spell	Detect Magic (R)
1st Level Spell	Feather Fall*
1st Level Spell	Find Familiar (R)
1st Level Spell	Magic Missile* (Evoker)
1st Level Spell	Shield*
1st Level Spell	Silent Image
1st Level Spell	Silvery Barbs*
2nd Level Spell	Augury (R)
2nd Level Spell	Misty Step*
2nd Level Spell	Scorching Ray* (Evoker)
2nd Level Spell	Suggestion*
2nd Level Spell	Web*

Level 4 brings your first feat, and you absolutely have to pick up War Caster. Buffing your intelligence to 18, getting advantage on concentration checks, and being able to spellcast when you don’t have two free hands is excellent.

For your cantrip choice this level, I like picking up Mage Hand. It’s one of the better utility cantrips so it’s always good to have.

For your spell choices, you can grab Augury and Suggestion.

Augury is a nice spell to have in the book to get a little bit of divination once per day. Unsure how your plan may turn out? Cast Augury and find out! It’s not foolproof as your actions may change the outcome of the plan, but information gathering is much more powerful than many players give it credit for..

As mentioned last level, you can pick up Suggestion. Being able to charm an enemy and make them do anything you want them to is obviously extremely powerful for a second level spell slot. Facing a few tough enemies? Convince one to just up and leave! While that’s my favorite application of Suggestion, the use cases are pretty much limitless making this an invaluable spell.

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Level 5

Class Feature: Memorize Spell

Spell Change Log: + Counterspell + Fireball + Tiny Hut (Evoker)

SPELL LEVEL	SPELL NAME
Cantrip	Light (Aasimar)
Cantrip	Mage Hand
Cantrip	Minor Illusion
Cantrip	Prestidigitation
Cantrip	Toll the Dead
1st Level Spell	Chromatic Orb
1st Level Spell	Comprehend Languages (R)
1st Level Spell	Detect Magic (R)
1st Level Spell	Feather Fall*
1st Level Spell	Find Familiar (R)
1st Level Spell	Magic Missile* (Evoker)
1st Level Spell	Shield*
1st Level Spell	Silent Image
1st Level Spell	Silvery Barbs*
2nd Level Spell	Augury (R)
2nd Level Spell	Misty Step*
2nd Level Spell	Scorching Ray (Evoker)
2nd Level Spell	Suggestion*
2nd Level Spell	Web*
3rd Level Spell	Counterspell*
3rd Level Spell	Fireball*
3rd Level Spell	Tiny Hut (Evoker) (R)

Level 5 brings your next class feature and third level spells, which means a round of Evocation Savant! For your free spell, I like having Tiny Hut which is an excellent ritual and perfect for sleeping out or even sneak attacks, Tiny Hut is an incredible spell to pick up with next to no opportunity cost to have.

Your class feature this level is Memorize Spell. Now with each short rest you can swap around what spells you have prepared. This is a really powerful ability that’s wholly unique to Wizards as you never have to be stuck with what you originally picked.

With your free spell choice, you have to pick up Counterspell! Counterspell is simply the best third level spell in the game, even when nerfed, so there’s no consideration here.

For your spell choices this level, I like grabbing Counterspell and Fireball .

Counterspell is simply the best third level spell in the game, even when nerfed, so there’s no consideration here.

Fireball is the classic third level blast spell that just excellent range, solid AOE, and awesome damage for the level.

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Level 6

Class Feature: Sculpt Spell

Spell Change Log: + Dispel Magic + Fly

SPELL LEVEL	SPELL NAME
Cantrip	Light (Aasimar)
Cantrip	Mage Hand
Cantrip	Minor Illusion
Cantrip	Prestidigitation
Cantrip	Toll the Dead
1st Level Spell	Chromatic Orb
1st Level Spell	Comprehend Languages (R)
1st Level Spell	Detect Magic (R)
1st Level Spell	Feather Fall*
1st Level Spell	Find Familiar (R)
1st Level Spell	Magic Missile* (Evoker)
1st Level Spell	Shield*
1st Level Spell	Silent Image
1st Level Spell	Silvery Barbs*
2nd Level Spell	Augury (R)
2nd Level Spell	Misty Step*
2nd Level Spell	Scorching Ray (Evoker)
2nd Level Spell	Suggestion*
2nd Level Spell	Web*
3rd Level Spell	Counterspell*
3rd Level Spell	Dispel Magic*
3rd Level Spell	Fireball*
3rd Level Spell	Fly
3rd Level Spell	Tiny Hut (Evoker) (R)

The second feature you get at this level is Sculpt Spell, which is really good at ensuring your allies won’t get hurt by some of your spells. This is going to be super relevant if your squad is too close to your Fireball and this will continue to help as you pick up more AOE damage spells.

With your spell choices this level, you can pick up Dispel Magic and Fly.

Counterspell isn’t always going to save you from a magical effect, so having Dispel Magic to help you with the rest of the things that might snag you up is excellent.

Fly does as advertised and lets you fly, which is really potent against enemies that don’t have good ranged options. In a pinch, this can be good for exploration as well to navigate tough vertical surfaces when climbing isn’t possible.

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Level 7

Spell Change Log: + Dimension Door + Polymorph + Wall of Fire (Evoker)

SPELL LEVEL	SPELL NAME
Cantrip	Light (Aasimar)
Cantrip	Mage Hand
Cantrip	Minor Illusion
Cantrip	Prestidigitation
Cantrip	Toll the Dead
1st Level Spell	Chromatic Orb
1st Level Spell	Comprehend Languages (R)
1st Level Spell	Detect Magic (R)
1st Level Spell	Feather Fall*
1st Level Spell	Find Familiar (R)
1st Level Spell	Magic Missile (Evoker)
1st Level Spell	Shield*
1st Level Spell	Silent Image
1st Level Spell	Silvery Barbs*
2nd Level Spell	Augury (R)
2nd Level Spell	Misty Step*
2nd Level Spell	Scorching Ray (Evoker)
2nd Level Spell	Suggestion
2nd Level Spell	Web*
3rd Level Spell	Counterspell*
3rd Level Spell	Dispel Magic*
3rd Level Spell	Fireball*
3rd Level Spell	Fly
3rd Level Spell	Tiny Hut (Evoker) (R)
4th Level Spell	Dimension Door*
4th Level Spell	Polymorph*
4th Level Spell	Wall of Fire* (Evoker)

Level 7 brings fourth level spells and your next round of Evocation Savant!

Wall of Fire.is one of my favorite fourth level spells as it has good range, great AOE coverage, and good damage to absolutely incinerate enemies. Use this to bisect a battlefield and you’ll make tougher fights a lot easier, especially if you have allies that can force enemies to move around.

For your spell choices, you get to pick up and prepare some excellent ones with Dimension Door and Polymorph.

Dimension Door is a great utility spell that you’re going to get a lot of mileage out of. Teleportation without seeing where you’re going is generally reserved for higher level spells and you even get to bring a friend along! Just an excellent spell all around.

For your second spell choice, you have to take one of the best – Polymorph. This is just an excellent spell to have in case you or an ally are nearly out of the fight, whether it’s because of low health, spell slots, or otherwise, to turn into a Giant Ape or Tyrannosaurus Rex, and get right back into the fight. This can even be used as CC on hostile targets in a pinch making it extremely reliable all around.

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Level 8

Feat: Resilient (CON)

Spell Change Log: + Arcane Eye + Conjure Minor Elementals

SPELL LEVEL	SPELL NAME
Cantrip	Light (Aasimar)
Cantrip	Mage Hand
Cantrip	Minor Illusion
Cantrip	Prestidigitation
Cantrip	Toll the Dead
1st Level Spell	Chromatic Orb
1st Level Spell	Comprehend Languages (R)
1st Level Spell	Detect Magic (R)
1st Level Spell	Feather Fall*
1st Level Spell	Find Familiar (R)
1st Level Spell	Magic Missile (Evoker)
1st Level Spell	Shield*
1st Level Spell	Silent Image
1st Level Spell	Silvery Barbs*
2nd Level Spell	Augury (R)
2nd Level Spell	Misty Step*
2nd Level Spell	Scorching Ray (Evoker)
2nd Level Spell	Suggestion*
2nd Level Spell	Web*
3rd Level Spell	Counterspell*
3rd Level Spell	Dispel Magic*
3rd Level Spell	Fireball*
3rd Level Spell	Fly*
3rd Level Spell	Tiny Hut (Evoker) (R)
4th Level Spell	Arcane Eye
4th Level Spell	Conjure Minor Elementals
4th Level Spell	Dimension Door*
4th Level Spell	Polymorph*
4th Level Spell	Wall of Fire* (Evoker)

You get your next feat, and while you could push your Intelligence to 20, I recommend picking up Resilient (CON) instead. Proficiency in Constitution saving throws on top of getting the +3 modifier is extremely good for more health and substantially better concentration saves.

For what you’re adding to your spell list, you can grab Arcane Eye and Conjure Minor Elementals,

Arcane Eye is an excellent scouting spell as it has a long duration and can get a massive distance letting you scout out entire buildings, dungeons, areas, you name it. While I wouldn’t prepare this on a generic spell list, be sure to prepare this when you’re entering a new area.

To be frank, the new iteration of Conjure Minor Elementals is absolutely busted. While an additional 2d8 damage per attack roll is solid by itself, when upcast, all attacks you do deal an additional 2d8 damage per spell level. That can get out of control really quickly, especially as you start getting higher level spell slots as you can combine this with anything that has multiple attack rolls (so Scorching Ray in a few levels) to deal an obscene amount of damage.

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Level 9

Spell Change Log: + Arcane Hand (Evoker) + Telepathic Bond + Wall of Force

SPELL LEVEL	SPELL NAME
Cantrip	Light (Aasimar)
Cantrip	Mage Hand
Cantrip	Minor Illusion
Cantrip	Prestidigitation
Cantrip	Toll the Dead
1st Level Spell	Chromatic Orb
1st Level Spell	Comprehend Languages (R)
1st Level Spell	Detect Magic (R)
1st Level Spell	Feather Fall*
1st Level Spell	Find Familiar (R)
1st Level Spell	Magic Missile (Evoker)
1st Level Spell	Shield*
1st Level Spell	Silent Image
1st Level Spell	Silvery Barbs*
2nd Level Spell	Augury (R)
2nd Level Spell	Misty Step*
2nd Level Spell	Scorching Ray (Evoker)
2nd Level Spell	Suggestion*
2nd Level Spell	Web
3rd Level Spell	Counterspell*
3rd Level Spell	Dispel Magic*
3rd Level Spell	Fireball*
3rd Level Spell	Fly*
3rd Level Spell	Tiny Hut (Evoker) (R)
4th Level Spell	Arcane Eye
4th Level Spell	Conjure Minor Elementals
4th Level Spell	Dimension Door*
4th Level Spell	Polymorph*
4th Level Spell	Wall of Fire* (Evoker)
5th Level Spell	Arcane Hand* (Evoker)
5th Level Spell	Telepathic Bond (R)
5th Level Spell	Wall of Force*

You now get fifth level spells and yet another round of Evocation Savant, and you have a great choice with Arcane Hand. While the initial cast costs you an action, you only need your bonus action afterwards to command it which is super nice. This can attack, defend, CC, you name it, it can probably do it.

For spell choices, you can pick up two excellent ones with Telepathic Bond and Wall of Force.

Telepathic Bond is a great option to talk covertly with your buds which is stronger than it may seem, and since it’s a ritual, it doesn’t eat into one of your precious fifth level spell slots nor your prepared spell list!

For your second spell, you have to grab Wall of Force. Splitting an encounter in half is unbelievable or even just trapping the main enemy of the encounter, taking out all of the minions, and then going after the boss is an incredible use of this. You do have to be careful how often you use this as your DM might start preparing more active countermeasures to not have their encounters hosed by this, but otherwise, this is going to be incredible.

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Level 10

Class Feature: Empowered Evocation

Spell Change Log: + Fire Bolt + Absorb Elements + Sickening Radiance

SPELL LEVEL	SPELL NAME
Cantrip	Fire Bolt
Cantrip	Light (Aasimar)
Cantrip	Mage Hand
Cantrip	Minor Illusion
Cantrip	Prestidigitation
Cantrip	Toll the Dead
1st Level Spell	Absorb Elements*
1st Level Spell	Chromatic Orb
1st Level Spell	Comprehend Languages (R)
1st Level Spell	Detect Magic (R)
1st Level Spell	Feather Fall*
1st Level Spell	Find Familiar (R)
1st Level Spell	Magic Missile (Evoker)
1st Level Spell	Shield*
1st Level Spell	Silent Image
1st Level Spell	Silvery Barbs*
2nd Level Spell	Augury (R)
2nd Level Spell	Misty Step*
2nd Level Spell	Scorching Ray* (Evoker)
2nd Level Spell	Suggestion*
2nd Level Spell	Web
3rd Level Spell	Counterspell*
3rd Level Spell	Dispel Magic*
3rd Level Spell	Fireball*
3rd Level Spell	Fly
3rd Level Spell	Tiny Hut (Evoker) (R)
4th Level Spell	Arcane Eye
4th Level Spell	Conjure Minor Elementals*
4th Level Spell	Dimension Door*
4th Level Spell	Polymorph*
4th Level Spell	Wall of Fire (Evoker)
5th Level Spell	Arcane Hand (Evoker)
5th Level Spell	Sickening Radiance*
5th Level Spell	Telepathic Bond (R)
5th Level Spell	Wall of Force*

You now get your penultimate class feature with Empowered Evocation which grants you additional damage to your Evocation spells which is obviously awesome. Since this does work with Cantrips, you now have the awkward contention on whether you want to use Fire Bolt or Toll the Dead in a given situation, but it really depends on how high the targets AC is as Fire Bolt will now deal more damage on average on hit.

For your cantrip, I recommend taking Fire Bolt . Not only does it work with Empowered Evocation, you may fight enemies that have necrotic resistance so you want an additional cantrip that can deal with that.

For your spell choices this level, you’re going to go back a few levels to grab and prepare Absorb Elements and Sickening Radiance.

Absorb Elements is not necessarily good at this level, but once you start climbing up in the levels, large chunks of elemental damage will become more common and Absorb Elements will become better and better. I recommend taking this now as you won’t have a great chance otherwise, but you probably won’t be preparing this again until level 10 or so.

Sickening Radiance is a nice AOE spell that provides both Sickening Radiance is that it’s so large it can easily hit allies as well, but with Sculpt Spell, this becomes way stronger as there’s no real risk when you’re casting it.

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Level 11

Spell Change Log: + Cone of Cold (Evoker) + Contingency + Mass Suggestion

SPELL LEVEL	SPELL NAME
Cantrip	Fire Bolt
Cantrip	Light (Aasimar)
Cantrip	Mage Hand
Cantrip	Minor Illusion
Cantrip	Prestidigitation
Cantrip	Toll the Dead
1st Level Spell	Absorb Elements*
1st Level Spell	Chromatic Orb
1st Level Spell	Comprehend Languages (R)
1st Level Spell	Detect Magic (R)
1st Level Spell	Feather Fall*
1st Level Spell	Find Familiar (R)
1st Level Spell	Magic Missile (Evoker)
1st Level Spell	Shield*
1st Level Spell	Silent Image
1st Level Spell	Silvery Barbs*
2nd Level Spell	Augury (R)
2nd Level Spell	Misty Step*
2nd Level Spell	Scorching Ray* (Evoker)
2nd Level Spell	Suggestion*
2nd Level Spell	Web
3rd Level Spell	Counterspell*
3rd Level Spell	Dispel Magic*
3rd Level Spell	Fireball*
3rd Level Spell	Fly
3rd Level Spell	Tiny Hut (Evoker) (R)
4th Level Spell	Arcane Eye
4th Level Spell	Conjure Minor Elementals*
4th Level Spell	Dimension Door*
4th Level Spell	Polymorph*
4th Level Spell	Wall of Fire (Evoker)
5th Level Spell	Arcane Hand (Evoker)
5th Level Spell	Cone of Cold (Evoker)
5th Level Spell	Sickening Radiance*
5th Level Spell	Telepathic Bond (R)
5th Level Spell	Wall of Force*
6th Level Spell	Contingency (Evocation)
6th Level Spell	Mass Suggestion*

Sixth level spells time and more Evocation Savant spells, and you can grab a solid one – Cone of Cold. Cone of Cold is normally not the most exciting spell as the damage is just ok and the AOE is so large that it’s risky to use with allies around, but between Sculpt Spell and eventually Overchannel, this can be a pretty potent option.

For your spell choices this level, you get to pick up Contingency and Mass Suggestion.

Contingency is a very weird spell and this current spell list doesn’t have too many targets for it, but assigning a codeword or condition to get a free Polymorph is more than good enough to make this spell excellent. I would never prepare this at the beginning of the day, but instead use Memorize Spell to swap around spells to prepare this and then use this before bed.

Mass Suggestion is an incredibly powerful AOE spell that has the potential to absolutely obliterate some encounters by convincing up to TWELVE enemies to stop fighting you. Suggestion is already great, how about 12 of them?

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Level 12

Feat: Intelligence to 20

Spell Change Log: + Scatter + Soul Cage

SPELL LEVEL	SPELL NAME
Cantrip	Fire Bolt
Cantrip	Light (Aasimar)
Cantrip	Mage Hand
Cantrip	Minor Illusion
Cantrip	Prestidigitation
Cantrip	Toll the Dead
1st Level Spell	Absorb Elements*
1st Level Spell	Chromatic Orb
1st Level Spell	Comprehend Languages (R)
1st Level Spell	Detect Magic (R)
1st Level Spell	Feather Fall*
1st Level Spell	Find Familiar (R)
1st Level Spell	Magic Missile (Evoker)
1st Level Spell	Shield*
1st Level Spell	Silent Image
1st Level Spell	Silvery Barbs*
2nd Level Spell	Augury (R)
2nd Level Spell	Misty Step*
2nd Level Spell	Scorching Ray* (Evoker)
2nd Level Spell	Suggestion*
2nd Level Spell	Web
3rd Level Spell	Counterspell*
3rd Level Spell	Dispel Magic*
3rd Level Spell	Fireball*
3rd Level Spell	Fly
3rd Level Spell	Tiny Hut (Evoker) (R)
4th Level Spell	Arcane Eye
4th Level Spell	Conjure Minor Elementals*
4th Level Spell	Dimension Door*
4th Level Spell	Polymorph*
4th Level Spell	Wall of Fire (Evoker)
5th Level Spell	Arcane Hand (Evoker)
5th Level Spell	Cone of Cold (Evoker)
5th Level Spell	Sickening Radiance*
5th Level Spell	Telepathic Bond (R)
5th Level Spell	Wall of Force*
6th Level Spell	Contingency (Evocation)
6th Level Spell	Mass Suggestion*
6th Level Spell	Scatter
6th Level Spell	Soul Cage

Your third feat and now it’s time to max out your Intelligence. Having the most powerful spells possible is definitely in your best interest.

For your spell choices you get some nice ones with Scatter and Soul Cage.

Scatter is a really unique spell as it allows you to reposition allies freely and potentially move enemies away from allies or into more dangerous terrain which is really nice. This is excellent in any fight that’s not going as planned as shuffling allies and enemies around can generally make a huge impact.

Soul Cage is a really unique spell that you can only cast when something dies, but once it’s active, you can use it to heal, ask that soul questions, get advantage on a roll, or a functional scrying spell. This is a super versatile spell, and while none of the modes are that potent, having the option to do any is what makes this spell so interesting.

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Level 13

Spell Change Log: + Crown of Stars (Evoker) + Simulacrum + Teleport

SPELL LEVEL	SPELL NAME
Cantrip	Fire Bolt
Cantrip	Light (Aasimar)
Cantrip	Mage Hand
Cantrip	Minor Illusion
Cantrip	Prestidigitation
Cantrip	Toll the Dead
1st Level Spell	Absorb Elements*
1st Level Spell	Chromatic Orb
1st Level Spell	Comprehend Languages (R)
1st Level Spell	Detect Magic (R)
1st Level Spell	Feather Fall*
1st Level Spell	Find Familiar (R)
1st Level Spell	Magic Missile (Evoker)
1st Level Spell	Shield*
1st Level Spell	Silent Image
1st Level Spell	Silvery Barbs*
2nd Level Spell	Augury (R)
2nd Level Spell	Misty Step*
2nd Level Spell	Scorching Ray* (Evoker)
2nd Level Spell	Suggestion*
2nd Level Spell	Web
3rd Level Spell	Counterspell*
3rd Level Spell	Dispel Magic*
3rd Level Spell	Fireball*
3rd Level Spell	Fly
3rd Level Spell	Tiny Hut (Evoker) (R)
4th Level Spell	Arcane Eye
4th Level Spell	Conjure Minor Elementals*
4th Level Spell	Dimension Door*
4th Level Spell	Polymorph*
4th Level Spell	Wall of Fire (Evoker)
5th Level Spell	Arcane Hand (Evoker)
5th Level Spell	Cone of Cold (Evoker)
5th Level Spell	Sickening Radiance*
5th Level Spell	Telepathic Bond (R)
5th Level Spell	Wall of Force*
6th Level Spell	Contingency (Evocation)
6th Level Spell	Mass Suggestion*
6th Level Spell	Scatter
6th Level Spell	Soul Cage
7th Level Spell	Crown of Stars* (Evoker)
7th Level Spell	Simulacrum
7th Level Spell	Teleport*

Seventh level spell time and another round of Evocation Savant.

For your Evocation Savant spell, you may as well grab Crown of Stars. Crown of Stars is a good damage spell that can be set up ahead of time, requires no Concentration, and only takes future bonus actions. Nothing too showstopping, but very solid.

For your spell choices, you get to pick up Simulacrum and Teleport!

Simulacrum, while a spell you won’t prepare often, is very messed up. This will break easily and none of the spells nor abilities refresh, but having a mini-me can be invaluable if you know you’re heading into a really tough encounter. Look to prepare this only if you intend on spending a day to cast this rather than having it perpetually prepared. Furthermore, remember that any spells you have prepared on the day you cast this will be what it has access to, so be mindful of that.

Teleport, on the other hand, is a really good utility spell to substantially cut down on travel time and can be a decent escape mechanism if you can get your party close enough to you when casting it.

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Level 14

Class Feature: Overchannel

Spell Change Log: + Bubbling Cauldron + Reverse Gravity

SPELL LEVEL	SPELL NAME
Cantrip	Fire Bolt
Cantrip	Light (Aasimar)
Cantrip	Mage Hand
Cantrip	Minor Illusion
Cantrip	Prestidigitation
Cantrip	Toll the Dead
1st Level Spell	Absorb Elements*
1st Level Spell	Chromatic Orb
1st Level Spell	Comprehend Languages (R)
1st Level Spell	Detect Magic (R)
1st Level Spell	Feather Fall*
1st Level Spell	Find Familiar (R)
1st Level Spell	Magic Missile (Evoker)
1st Level Spell	Shield*
1st Level Spell	Silent Image
1st Level Spell	Silvery Barbs*
2nd Level Spell	Augury (R)
2nd Level Spell	Misty Step*
2nd Level Spell	Scorching Ray* (Evoker)
2nd Level Spell	Suggestion*
2nd Level Spell	Web*
3rd Level Spell	Counterspell*
3rd Level Spell	Dispel Magic*
3rd Level Spell	Fireball*
3rd Level Spell	Fly
3rd Level Spell	Tiny Hut (Evoker) (R)
4th Level Spell	Arcane Eye
4th Level Spell	Conjure Minor Elementals*
4th Level Spell	Dimension Door*
4th Level Spell	Polymorph*
4th Level Spell	Wall of Fire (Evoker)
5th Level Spell	Arcane Hand (Evoker)
5th Level Spell	Cone of Cold (Evoker)
5th Level Spell	Sickening Radiance*
5th Level Spell	Telepathic Bond (R)
5th Level Spell	Wall of Force*
6th Level Spell	Bubbling Cauldron
6th Level Spell	Contingency (Evocation)
6th Level Spell	Mass Suggestion*
6th Level Spell	Scatter*
6th Level Spell	Soul Cage
7th Level Spell	Crown of Stars* (Evoker)
7th Level Spell	Reverse Gravity
7th Level Spell	Simulacrum
7th Level Spell	Teleport*

Your final subclass feature is Overchannel and it is a good one. Being able to really juice up the damage of your spells, even if it’s close to a once a day feature, is extremely powerful. This can do really well with a slightly upcasted Fireball or even the first turn of Sickening Radiance if you’re casting it anyway.

For your spell choices you can grab Bubbling Cauldron and Reverse Gravity.

Bubbling Cauldron is a cool utility spell in which you can grab any common or uncommon potion, and while none of them are going to be super powerful, having this level of utility is really powerful.

Reverse Gravity is a unique CC spell that, as the spell states, reverses gravity. The spell itself is a little ambiguous as what exactly happens when an enemy makes the save is unclear, but this spell is brutal for any enemy who primarily (or exclusively) attacks at melee range.

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Level 15

Spell Change Log: + Forcecage (Evoker) + Dominate Monster + Maze

SPELL LEVEL	SPELL NAME
Cantrip	Fire Bolt
Cantrip	Light (Aasimar)
Cantrip	Mage Hand
Cantrip	Minor Illusion
Cantrip	Prestidigitation
Cantrip	Toll the Dead
1st Level Spell	Absorb Elements*
1st Level Spell	Chromatic Orb
1st Level Spell	Comprehend Languages (R)
1st Level Spell	Detect Magic (R)
1st Level Spell	Feather Fall*
1st Level Spell	Find Familiar (R)
1st Level Spell	Magic Missile (Evoker)
1st Level Spell	Shield*
1st Level Spell	Silent Image
1st Level Spell	Silvery Barbs*
2nd Level Spell	Augury (R)
2nd Level Spell	Misty Step*
2nd Level Spell	Scorching Ray* (Evoker)
2nd Level Spell	Suggestion*
2nd Level Spell	Web*
3rd Level Spell	Counterspell*
3rd Level Spell	Dispel Magic*
3rd Level Spell	Fireball*
3rd Level Spell	Fly
3rd Level Spell	Tiny Hut (Evoker) (R)
4th Level Spell	Arcane Eye
4th Level Spell	Conjure Minor Elementals*
4th Level Spell	Dimension Door*
4th Level Spell	Polymorph
4th Level Spell	Wall of Fire (Evoker)
5th Level Spell	Arcane Hand (Evoker)
5th Level Spell	Cone of Cold (Evoker)
5th Level Spell	Sickening Radiance*
5th Level Spell	Telepathic Bond (R)
5th Level Spell	Wall of Force*
6th Level Spell	Bubbling Cauldron
6th Level Spell	Contingency (Evocation)
6th Level Spell	Mass Suggestion*
6th Level Spell	Scatter
6th Level Spell	Soul Cage
7th Level Spell	Crown of Stars* (Evoker)
7th Level Spell	Forcecage
7th Level Spell	Reverse Gravity
7th Level Spell	Simulacrum
7th Level Spell	Teleport*
8th Level Spell	Dominate Monster*
8th Level Spell	Maze*

You’re almost at ninth level spells, but until then, you get eighth level spells and another Evocation Savant spell!

You don’t have a good eighth level option, but you can backtrack a level to pick up Forcecage. Forcecage was the best CC spell in 5e, but with the nerfs, it’s still a reasonable, but costly option. That said, the 1,500 gp material component should be no issue for level 20 adventurers, so I like having this as a solid CC option at this point.

For your spell choices, you can grab Dominate Monster and Maze.

While really swingy, Dominate Monster is one of the highest impact (and swingiest) spells in the game that can instantly end an encounter if the target fails their save. While that may be hard when more and more enemies have legendary resistances, when this works, it is unbelievable.

Maze is always a fun one as Intelligence saving throws are pretty hard to pass for most characters, and if you’re facing an enemy with a negative bonus to Intelligence, they literally can’t escape (barring your DM doesn’t rule nat 20s as auto-successes no matter the DC like Baldur’s Gate 3 does), making this excellent.

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Level 16

Feat: Constitution to 18

Spell Change Log: + Antimagic Field + Illusory Dragon

SPELL LEVEL	SPELL NAME
Cantrip	Fire Bolt
Cantrip	Light (Aasimar)
Cantrip	Mage Hand
Cantrip	Minor Illusion
Cantrip	Prestidigitation
Cantrip	Toll the Dead
1st Level Spell	Absorb Elements*
1st Level Spell	Chromatic Orb
1st Level Spell	Comprehend Languages (R)
1st Level Spell	Detect Magic (R)
1st Level Spell	Feather Fall*
1st Level Spell	Find Familiar (R)
1st Level Spell	Magic Missile (Evoker)
1st Level Spell	Shield*
1st Level Spell	Silent Image
1st Level Spell	Silvery Barbs*
2nd Level Spell	Augury (R)
2nd Level Spell	Misty Step*
2nd Level Spell	Scorching Ray* (Evoker)
2nd Level Spell	Suggestion*
2nd Level Spell	Web*
3rd Level Spell	Counterspell*
3rd Level Spell	Dispel Magic*
3rd Level Spell	Fireball*
3rd Level Spell	Fly
3rd Level Spell	Tiny Hut (Evoker) (R)
4th Level Spell	Arcane Eye
4th Level Spell	Conjure Minor Elementals*
4th Level Spell	Dimension Door*
4th Level Spell	Polymorph
4th Level Spell	Wall of Fire (Evoker)
5th Level Spell	Arcane Hand (Evoker)
5th Level Spell	Cone of Cold (Evoker)
5th Level Spell	Sickening Radiance*
5th Level Spell	Telepathic Bond (R)
5th Level Spell	Wall of Force*
6th Level Spell	Bubbling Cauldron
6th Level Spell	Contingency (Evocation)
6th Level Spell	Mass Suggestion*
6th Level Spell	Scatter
6th Level Spell	Soul Cage
7th Level Spell	Crown of Stars* (Evoker)
7th Level Spell	Forcecage
7th Level Spell	Reverse Gravity
7th Level Spell	Simulacrum
7th Level Spell	Teleport*
8th Level Spell	Antimagic Field
8th Level Spell	Dominate Monster*
8th Level Spell	Illusory Dragon*
8th Level Spell	Maze*

You get your final feat, and while not super exciting, getting 18 Constitution for the most health and best saves possible is where you want to be.

This is kind of a gap level where you don’t need anything in particular, but you still get some solid options with Antimagic Field and preparing Illusory Dragon.

This is yet another spell you won’t need often, but Antimagic Field can be really potent in the right scenarios. Need to make magic worthless? Here’s your solution.

Illusory Dragon, on the other hand, is a really unique combat spell that gives you a pretty formidable ally that enemies can potentially waste a lot of actions on trying to discern if it’s real or not or attacking it while they’re taking damage from it all the while.

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Level 17

Spell Change Log: + Meteor Swarm (Evoker) + True Polymorph + Wish

SPELL LEVEL	SPELL NAME
Cantrip	Fire Bolt
Cantrip	Light (Aasimar)
Cantrip	Mage Hand
Cantrip	Minor Illusion
Cantrip	Prestidigitation
Cantrip	Toll the Dead
1st Level Spell	Absorb Elements*
1st Level Spell	Chromatic Orb
1st Level Spell	Comprehend Languages (R)
1st Level Spell	Detect Magic (R)
1st Level Spell	Feather Fall*
1st Level Spell	Find Familiar (R)
1st Level Spell	Magic Missile (Evoker)
1st Level Spell	Shield*
1st Level Spell	Silent Image
1st Level Spell	Silvery Barbs*
2nd Level Spell	Augury (R)
2nd Level Spell	Misty Step*
2nd Level Spell	Scorching Ray* (Evoker)
2nd Level Spell	Suggestion*
2nd Level Spell	Web*
3rd Level Spell	Counterspell*
3rd Level Spell	Dispel Magic*
3rd Level Spell	Fireball*
3rd Level Spell	Fly
3rd Level Spell	Tiny Hut (Evoker) (R)
4th Level Spell	Arcane Eye
4th Level Spell	Conjure Minor Elementals*
4th Level Spell	Dimension Door*
4th Level Spell	Polymorph
4th Level Spell	Wall of Fire (Evoker)
5th Level Spell	Arcane Hand (Evoker)
5th Level Spell	Cone of Cold (Evoker)
5th Level Spell	Sickening Radiance*
5th Level Spell	Telepathic Bond (R)
5th Level Spell	Wall of Force*
6th Level Spell	Bubbling Cauldron
6th Level Spell	Contingency (Evocation)
6th Level Spell	Mass Suggestion*
6th Level Spell	Scatter
6th Level Spell	Soul Cage
7th Level Spell	Crown of Stars* (Evoker)
7th Level Spell	Forcecage
7th Level Spell	Reverse Gravity
7th Level Spell	Simulacrum
7th Level Spell	Teleport*
8th Level Spell	Antimagic Field
8th Level Spell	Dominate Monster
8th Level Spell	Illusory Dragon
8th Level Spell	Maze*
9th Level Spell	Meteor Swarm* (Evoker)
9th Level Spell	True Polymorph*
9th Level Spell	Wish*

If you’ve made it this far in your campaign, congratulations as stuff gets weird at this point with some ninth level spells and your final Evocation Savant spell.

For your Evocation Savant spell, you may as well pick up Meteor Swarm.

Meteor Swarm is the best damage spell in the game, and while casting this would be risky for your party as you don’t want to bonk them with a meteor, but with Sculpt Spells, feel free to blast away.

For your actual spell choices, you have to pick up True Polymorph and Wish as they are two of the most game breaking spells out there.

True Polymorph has all the advantages of Polymorph, but you get to pick from any creature that’s your CR or lower, and if you hold Concentration for an hour, the change is permanent* (once you lose the temp HP pool, you revert, but this is still pretty good). While the old version of this spell was stronger, you can use the “permanent” transformation more liberally as you can always revert once you take enough damage. Better yet, once your Simulacrum has almost run its course, you can just permanently change it into a huge threat to get more use out of it!

Wish is the best spell in the game, but can come with some real drawbacks depending on what you wish for, one of them being the potential to lose the ability to cast Wish. You can safely replicate eighth level spell effects or lower, but it’s just pure chaos from that point. Know who wouldn’t mind casting Wish though? Your Simulacrum! Make them cast the Wish for you and then True Polymorph them into something better. What a combo!

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Level 18

Class Feature: Spell Mastery (Silent Image/Suggestion)

Spell Change Log: + Gate + Shapechange

SPELL LEVEL	SPELL NAME
Cantrip	Fire Bolt
Cantrip	Light (Aasimar)
Cantrip	Mage Hand
Cantrip	Minor Illusion
Cantrip	Prestidigitation
Cantrip	Toll the Dead
1st Level Spell	Absorb Elements*
1st Level Spell	Chromatic Orb
1st Level Spell	Comprehend Languages (R)
1st Level Spell	Detect Magic (R)
1st Level Spell	Feather Fall*
1st Level Spell	Find Familiar (R)
1st Level Spell	Magic Missile (Evoker)
1st Level Spell	Shield*
1st Level Spell	Silent Image
1st Level Spell	Silvery Barbs*
2nd Level Spell	Augury (R)
2nd Level Spell	Misty Step*
2nd Level Spell	Scorching Ray* (Evoker)
2nd Level Spell	Suggestion*
2nd Level Spell	Web*
3rd Level Spell	Counterspell*
3rd Level Spell	Dispel Magic*
3rd Level Spell	Fireball*
3rd Level Spell	Fly
3rd Level Spell	Tiny Hut (Evoker) (R)
4th Level Spell	Arcane Eye
4th Level Spell	Conjure Minor Elementals*
4th Level Spell	Dimension Door*
4th Level Spell	Polymorph
4th Level Spell	Wall of Fire (Evoker)
5th Level Spell	Arcane Hand (Evoker)
5th Level Spell	Cone of Cold (Evoker)
5th Level Spell	Sickening Radiance*
5th Level Spell	Telepathic Bond (R)
5th Level Spell	Wall of Force*
6th Level Spell	Bubbling Cauldron
6th Level Spell	Contingency (Evocation)
6th Level Spell	Mass Suggestion*
6th Level Spell	Scatter
6th Level Spell	Soul Cage
7th Level Spell	Crown of Stars* (Evoker)
7th Level Spell	Forcecage
7th Level Spell	Reverse Gravity
7th Level Spell	Simulacrum
7th Level Spell	Teleport*
8th Level Spell	Antimagic Field
8th Level Spell	Dominate Monster
8th Level Spell	Illusory Dragon
8th Level Spell	Maze*
9th Level Spell	Gate
9th Level Spell	Meteor Swarm* (Evoker)
9th Level Spell	Shapechange*
9th Level Spell	True Polymorph*
9th Level Spell	Wish*

With level 18 you get an innocuously powerful ability in Spell Mastery. Unfortunately this ability got nerfed so you have to pick spells that have a cast timing of one action, so you have to pick up Silent Image and Suggestion. Unfortunately, none of your first level spell choices are great, but Silent Image is ok if you can justify ever preparing it. For your second level spell, I like Suggestion. Suggestion is going to be a solid spell no matter the level, so may as well get it for free!

In terms of spells, you get two more excellent ninth level options with Gate and Shapechange.

Gate is super weird and you’ll only want it for niche scenarios, but being able to use it for extraplanar transport or to forcibly bring an extraplanar entity to you is really nice. Not many use cases, but really helpful when you need it.

Shapechange does a very similar thing as True Polymorph, but instead of being able to make the transformation permanent, you can change forms in order to reset health and any other abilities the new form you’re switching to will have. Excellent for tough fights, just a bit less versatile than True Polymorph.

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Level 19

Epic Boon: Boon of Fate

Spell Change Log: + Plane Shift + Demiplane

SPELL LEVEL	SPELL NAME
Cantrip	Fire Bolt
Cantrip	Light (Aasimar)
Cantrip	Mage Hand
Cantrip	Minor Illusion
Cantrip	Prestidigitation
Cantrip	Toll the Dead
1st Level Spell	Absorb Elements*
1st Level Spell	Chromatic Orb
1st Level Spell	Comprehend Languages (R)
1st Level Spell	Detect Magic (R)
1st Level Spell	Feather Fall*
1st Level Spell	Find Familiar (R)
1st Level Spell	Magic Missile (Evoker)
1st Level Spell	Shield*
1st Level Spell	Silent Image
1st Level Spell	Silvery Barbs*
2nd Level Spell	Augury (R)
2nd Level Spell	Misty Step*
2nd Level Spell	Scorching Ray* (Evoker)
2nd Level Spell	Suggestion*
2nd Level Spell	Web*
3rd Level Spell	Counterspell*
3rd Level Spell	Dispel Magic*
3rd Level Spell	Fireball*
3rd Level Spell	Fly
3rd Level Spell	Tiny Hut (Evoker) (R)
4th Level Spell	Arcane Eye
4th Level Spell	Conjure Minor Elementals*
4th Level Spell	Dimension Door*
4th Level Spell	Polymorph
4th Level Spell	Wall of Fire (Evoker)
5th Level Spell	Arcane Hand (Evoker)
5th Level Spell	Cone of Cold (Evoker)
5th Level Spell	Sickening Radiance*
5th Level Spell	Telepathic Bond (R)
5th Level Spell	Wall of Force*
6th Level Spell	Bubbling Cauldron
6th Level Spell	Contingency (Evocation)
6th Level Spell	Mass Suggestion*
6th Level Spell	Scatter
6th Level Spell	Soul Cage
7th Level Spell	Crown of Stars* (Evoker)
7th Level Spell	Forcecage
7th Level Spell	Plane Shift
7th Level Spell	Reverse Gravity
7th Level Spell	Simulacrum
7th Level Spell	Teleport*
8th Level Spell	Antimagic Field
8th Level Spell	Demiplane
8th Level Spell	Dominate Monster
8th Level Spell	Illusory Dragon*
8th Level Spell	Maze*
9th Level Spell	Gate
9th Level Spell	Meteor Swarm* (Evoker)
9th Level Spell	Shapechange*
9th Level Spell	True Polymorph*
9th Level Spell	Wish*

Level 19 brings your Epic Boon, and it’s hard to go wrong with Boon of Fate. Being able to potentially turn a failure into a success and vice versa, even if it’s once per short or long rest, can be the difference between surviving an encounter and not.

For your spell choices, I like picking up with Demiplane and Plane Shift.

Demiplane is not a spell you want prepared often, but it can helped when you need to hide out somewhere, access your portable storehouse, or whatever other reason you may need this for.

Plane Shift is not a spell you’ll need often, but if you need to get onto a different plane, this is how you’d do it.

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Level 20

Class Feature: Signature Spells (Counterspell/Dispel Magic)

Spell Change Log: + Etherealness + Antipathy/Sympathy

SPELL LEVEL	SPELL NAME
Cantrip	Fire Bolt
Cantrip	Light (Aasimar)
Cantrip	Mage Hand
Cantrip	Minor Illusion
Cantrip	Prestidigitation
Cantrip	Toll the Dead
1st Level Spell	Absorb Elements*
1st Level Spell	Chromatic Orb
1st Level Spell	Comprehend Languages (R)
1st Level Spell	Detect Magic (R)
1st Level Spell	Feather Fall*
1st Level Spell	Find Familiar (R)
1st Level Spell	Magic Missile (Evoker)
1st Level Spell	Shield*
1st Level Spell	Silent Image
1st Level Spell	Silvery Barbs*
2nd Level Spell	Augury (R)
2nd Level Spell	Misty Step*
2nd Level Spell	Scorching Ray* (Evoker)
2nd Level Spell	Suggestion*
2nd Level Spell	Web
3rd Level Spell	Counterspell*
3rd Level Spell	Dispel Magic*
3rd Level Spell	Fireball*
3rd Level Spell	Fly
3rd Level Spell	Tiny Hut (Evoker) (R)
4th Level Spell	Arcane Eye
4th Level Spell	Conjure Minor Elementals*
4th Level Spell	Dimension Door*
4th Level Spell	Polymorph
4th Level Spell	Wall of Fire (Evoker)
5th Level Spell	Arcane Hand (Evoker)
5th Level Spell	Cone of Cold (Evoker)
5th Level Spell	Sickening Radiance*
5th Level Spell	Telepathic Bond (R)
5th Level Spell	Wall of Force*
6th Level Spell	Bubbling Cauldron
6th Level Spell	Contingency (Evocation)
6th Level Spell	Mass Suggestion*
6th Level Spell	Scatter*
6th Level Spell	Soul Cage
7th Level Spell	Crown of Stars* (Evoker)
7th Level Spell	Etherealness
7th Level Spell	Forcecage*
7th Level Spell	Plane Shift
7th Level Spell	Reverse Gravity*
7th Level Spell	Simulacrum
7th Level Spell	Teleport*
8th Level Spell	Antimagic Field
8th Level Spell	Antipathy/Sympathy
8th Level Spell	Demiplane
8th Level Spell	Dominate Monster*
8th Level Spell	Illusory Dragon*
8th Level Spell	Maze*
9th Level Spell	Gate
9th Level Spell	Meteor Swarm* (Evoker)
9th Level Spell	Shapechange*
9th Level Spell	True Polymorph*
9th Level Spell	Wish*

For your final level up, you get an alright ability and your last two spells.

Signature Spells is similar to Spell Mastery, but you only get one free cast of the chosen spells per day. Still, as you get some spells for free, you’ll likely just want two excellent ones with Counterspell and Dispel Magic. Having free castings of two really important spells is great, and while picking both Counterspell and Dispel Magic may be a bit overkill, I like having as many chances to get these to work as possible.

For your final spell choices, I like picking up Etherealness and Antipathy/Sympathy.

Etherealness is a unique spell that puts you (and potentially friends) into the Astral Plane which can be useful if you’re trying to sneak in or sneak out of somewhere as there’s pretty much no better way to do it.

Antipathy/Sympathy is a super weird spell that you really have to prepare ahead of time, but if you have a grand plan of luring an enemy into a known location, this is a spell you’ll probably have interest in.