Well, that’s kind of my point. You’re talking about what’s appealing to you, but your phrasing comes off as the only real way to do it. When you say

Magic that operates based on logical rules and scientific inquiry is literally not magic to me

you’re basically applying a set of logical rules to writing that shouldn’t be there. Since magic isn’t real, whatever an author determines is magic is. It’s the same kind of communication that leads to the thing happening with Sando’s magic rules.