meteo is o.k but on my game flare did 6000 damage and meteo did 9999 damage but meteo took 3X longer to charge than flare so flare in my opinion is the best black magic spell on the game(it might be different if you are playing the GB version though.).and also all this talk abou the elemental properties of spells. whats that about? is it something new mentioned on the GBA version because i never heard anything about that stuff mentioned in the anthologies version. i know the game had elements like fire and ice but ive never heard of sacred or dark elemental spells.