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As for the Lv. 2 Spells, Magus us actually better than everyone else, even Crono when using the Lv.2 magic cause his damage mulitpliers for his versions of the spells are much higher 7.25 as opposed to everyone else's 5.25). Hell his only nerfed ability is actually Dark Matter. As for not having a physical tech, what for? He's obviously a mage character and his normal attack isn't anything to call home about, besides, neither Marle or Lucca have any physical based techs. Frog has pitiful offensive magic and Robo needs tabs in order to actually be a contender beyond healing and physical. Ayla doesn't have any real magic attacks either.
Okay I really don't mean to sound rude, but I already said most of this basically. Did you fully read my posts... ?
My points are simply this:

1. His versatility is useful to some people, maybe not you but this is a counter against your feeling he lacks cohesion with other party members. He may not have the skills you desire to build your ideal team but for me he works perfectly for what I need to do.

2. Magus is hardly useless, it really just depends on how you play the game. Most of the cast has serious faults so I find it difficult to agree with you that somehow Magus' weakness are somehow more detrimental than the other characters flaws. If you want true worthlessness, we only need to look at Marle where every one of her strengths is either better used by other party members or there is equipment and items that can do the same effect. Package this all together with one of the weakest characters and you truly have the games least useful character. Her only strength comes from Dual Techs and Triple Techs and most of those become obsolete in later playthroughs especially since parties using characters with big spells (like Magus) are better than wasting two characters turns to do less damage than having a better team setup using individual skills. Even then, I'm certain someone can come up with argument to prove that Marle is actually one of the best party members and it will probably come down to game play style.

For the Black Omen scenario, I generally use Magus to ease my way through most of the hordes of enemies in the dungeon. When I get to Zeal, I either take the counter (cause frankly, they are not that terrible) or use him as a healer so my normal healer (Usually Robo or Frog) can use their awesome physical skills to take her down. So I would disagree that he's useless and I feel your criteria for why he is useless is based more on your play style than actually being a viable complaint.

As for the translation of the scene at the Black Omen, here is the DS version:


Queen: You maggots… I am the Queen who shall rule for all eternity at Lavos's
side. You will not stand in my way!

Magus: Fool. No thing, no life, can last forever.

Magus: You are deceived. A pitiful plight… One deserving of mercy, at least.

[He swings his cape back]

Magus: I will put an end to all of this!

Queen: Accursed prophet! Do not think I have forgotten your transgression at
the Ocean Palace. You shall pay for it now with your life!
In regard to Magus being unoriginal, you have to remember that for some, this was their first introduction to him. He's a cliche now but back then he felt pretty fresh. I personally call the "Dark Badass Character" the Magus Archetype as I feel he was the original that really set the groundwork that everyone else copied. In Japanese culture he's not terribly original but in the U.S. in the mid 90's those shows were not exactly being played on Saturday morning so its not like many people are aware that he wasn't original at the time. :P

Nostalgia keeps him fresh for some and irritating for others.