This section summarises the rules for all the magic items including items from the Warhammer Chaos Armies book and items which are unique to special characters and so not included as cards. The summary includes introductory notes for each type of item, and specific rules clarifications for items where this is felt to be useful.

Some items have more than one property, for example a Magic Standard which contains a Bound Spell. These items are still considered to belong to one category of magic item as shown on the card itself. For example a Magic Standard which contains a Bound Spell is a Magic Standard, a Scroll which contains a Bound Spell is a Wizard Arcana, and so on. This is important from the point of view of who can carry what. For example, only a character can carry a Bound Spell but a unit's standard bearer can carry a Magic Standard which contains a Bound Spell.