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yes, but not necessarily. Strange's magic appears to be more science-based then actual magic, using physics to manipulate physics rather then magical energy.

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Define "Actual Magic"

If the laws of the universe were such that you could say some words, wave your hands in the correct manner, and make a pencil stand up and dance, we could call that "physics" the same way that you can use one piece of metal to push around some paperclips without touching them, and we could call the medium by which you made the pencil dance "Magic" the same way we call the force that moves the paperclips "Magnetism".

The Comics make a difference between innately chaotic "Magic", and so advanced it's basically magic "Science". There's a Doctor Strange arc that specifically defines Galactus, a giant purple spacegod who eats the life force of planets, as a being of "Science", with Magic being specifically chaotic and less controllable.

But, as much as this contradicts my next point, I don't see why we need to assume the MCU is going to make that distinction. Heck, I don't even think the Comics treat that as a hard and fast rule outside that one particular run of Doctor Strange.

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Comic logic doesn't really apply here, as the comics and movies are two entirely seperate things with different rulesets. Movies are based on the comics yes, but they are not interchangeable.

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While we're speculating, comics are as fine a place to start as any.
Until they get around to retconning Mutants into the MCU, I doubt Wanda is a Mutant whose X-Gene makes her Innately Good at Magic, but a similar arrangement, where she and Doctor Strange are doing the same thing, but she's got an innate ability and direct control, while he's using practiced technique and specialized tools, seems likely from what we saw here