What's up team, let's sit down and talk about a real man's (or woman's) mod. Ars Nouveau.
Link: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/ars-nouveau
I checked for an already-open case for this mod but low and behold someone tried to apply for it once.. And they didn't format the request right! He was a genius but he just didn't read the rules; as a fellow lover of the mod I'll take up his place though.
Look, let's be real: the magic mod scene is a bit lacking in 1.16. Maybe it exists but as I was setting up my first server in the hopes of getting knee deep in some magical hijinks, it turned out there were no mods focused wholly on magic. Sure, they existed as an element of it in certain RPG or Adventure mods but they never delved as deeply into it as this mod. From spell creation to researching and its eventual use, this thing comes in hot and heavy with the magical sauce- it reminds me of a spiritual successor to Ars Magica 2 and that mod went pretty hard honestly.
That said, check it out and if you feel like adding it it'd be great. Adios!