diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 47c0abcf..111cac32 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1483,6 +1483,7 @@ add_executable(wowee_editor
     tools/editor/cli_bulk_json.cpp
     tools/editor/cli_diff_tree.cpp
     tools/editor/cli_orphan_jsons.cpp
+    tools/editor/cli_list_by_magic.cpp
     tools/editor/cli_macros_catalog.cpp
     tools/editor/cli_char_features_catalog.cpp
     tools/editor/cli_pvp_catalog.cpp
diff --git a/tools/editor/cli_arg_required.cpp b/tools/editor/cli_arg_required.cpp
index c103fc9f..fd8bf851 100644
--- a/tools/editor/cli_arg_required.cpp
+++ b/tools/editor/cli_arg_required.cpp
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ const char* const kArgRequired[] = {
     "--catalog-grep", "--diff-headers", "--audit-tree",
     "--magic-fix", "--bulk-validate",
     "--bulk-export-json", "--bulk-import-json",
-    "--diff-tree", "--orphan-jsons",
+    "--diff-tree", "--orphan-jsons", "--list-by-magic",
     "--gen-animations", "--gen-animations-combat", "--gen-animations-movement",
     "--info-wani", "--validate-wani",
     "--export-wani-json", "--import-wani-json",
diff --git a/tools/editor/cli_dispatch.cpp b/tools/editor/cli_dispatch.cpp
index c6d5ccf2..a4d7d9a3 100644
--- a/tools/editor/cli_dispatch.cpp
+++ b/tools/editor/cli_dispatch.cpp
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@
 #include "cli_bulk_json.hpp"
 #include "cli_diff_tree.hpp"
 #include "cli_orphan_jsons.hpp"
+#include "cli_list_by_magic.hpp"
 #include "cli_macros_catalog.hpp"
 #include "cli_char_features_catalog.hpp"
 #include "cli_pvp_catalog.hpp"
@@ -271,6 +272,7 @@ constexpr DispatchFn kDispatchTable[] = {
     handleBulkJson,
     handleDiffTree,
     handleOrphanJsons,
+    handleListByMagic,
     handleMacrosCatalog,
     handleCharFeaturesCatalog,
     handlePVPCatalog,
diff --git a/tools/editor/cli_help.cpp b/tools/editor/cli_help.cpp
index f7b0a030..cf76e401 100644
--- a/tools/editor/cli_help.cpp
+++ b/tools/editor/cli_help.cpp
@@ -1379,6 +1379,8 @@ void printUsage(const char* argv0) {
     std::printf("                         Compare two directory trees of .w* catalogs at the magic+size level. Reports only-in-A / only-in-B / magic-changed / size-changed / identical counts and lists changed paths. Exit 1 if any difference\n");
     std::printf("  --orphan-jsons <dir> [--json]\n");
     std::printf("                         Find .wXXX.json sidecars whose binary .wXXX is missing. Useful after deleting/moving binaries — orphan JSONs accumulate noise and may shadow re-imports. Exit 1 if any orphans found\n");
+    std::printf("  --list-by-magic <dir> <magic> [--json]\n");
+    std::printf("                         List every file in a directory tree matching a 4-char magic (e.g. WSPL). Reports per-file size + entry count + catalog name + relative path. Exit 1 if no matches\n");
     std::printf("  --gen-animations <wani-base> [name]\n");
     std::printf("                         Emit .wani starter: 5 essential animations (Stand / Walk / Run / Death / AttackUnarmed) with fallback chains\n");
     std::printf("  --gen-animations-combat <wani-base> [name]\n");
diff --git a/tools/editor/cli_list_by_magic.cpp b/tools/editor/cli_list_by_magic.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e8df1dc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/editor/cli_list_by_magic.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,180 @@
+#include "cli_list_by_magic.hpp"
+#include "cli_arg_parse.hpp"
+#include "cli_format_table.hpp"
+
+#include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
+
+#include <cstdint>
+#include <cstdio>
+#include <cstring>
+#include <filesystem>
+#include <fstream>
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+
+namespace wowee {
+namespace editor {
+namespace cli {
+
+namespace {
+
+namespace fs = std::filesystem;
+
+struct Match {
+    fs::path path;
+    uintmax_t size = 0;
+    uint32_t entryCount = 0;
+    std::string catalogName;
+};
+
+// Read magic + version + name + entryCount. Same shape as
+// the helper in cli_summary_dir — kept local to avoid
+// header-only utility ping-pong.
+bool peekHeader(const fs::path& path, char magic[4],
+                std::string& nameOut, uint32_t& entryCountOut) {
+    std::ifstream is(path, std::ios::binary);
+    if (!is) return false;
+    if (!is.read(magic, 4) || is.gcount() != 4) return false;
+    uint32_t version = 0;
+    if (!is.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&version), 4)) return false;
+    uint32_t nameLen = 0;
+    if (!is.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&nameLen), 4)) return false;
+    if (nameLen > (1u << 20)) return false;
+    nameOut.resize(nameLen);
+    if (nameLen > 0) {
+        is.read(nameOut.data(), nameLen);
+        if (is.gcount() != static_cast<std::streamsize>(nameLen)) {
+            nameOut.clear();
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+    if (!is.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&entryCountOut), 4))
+        return false;
+    return true;
+}
+
+// Normalize a 4-character magic input. Accepts both
+// "WSPL" and "wspl" (case-insensitive uppercase).
+bool parseMagicArg(const char* arg, char magic[4]) {
+    if (!arg) return false;
+    size_t n = std::strlen(arg);
+    if (n != 4) return false;
+    for (int i = 0; i < 4; ++i) {
+        char c = arg[i];
+        if (c >= 'a' && c <= 'z') c = c - 'a' + 'A';
+        magic[i] = c;
+    }
+    return true;
+}
+
+int handleList(int& i, int argc, char** argv) {
+    std::string dir = argv[++i];
+    std::string magicArg = argv[++i];
+    bool jsonOut = consumeJsonFlag(i, argc, argv);
+    if (!fs::exists(dir) || !fs::is_directory(dir)) {
+        std::fprintf(stderr,
+            "list-by-magic: not a directory: %s\n", dir.c_str());
+        return 1;
+    }
+    char wantedMagic[4];
+    if (!parseMagicArg(magicArg.c_str(), wantedMagic)) {
+        std::fprintf(stderr,
+            "list-by-magic: magic must be exactly 4 characters: %s\n",
+            magicArg.c_str());
+        return 1;
+    }
+    const FormatMagicEntry* fmt = findFormatByMagic(wantedMagic);
+    // fmt is allowed to be null — we still match files
+    // with that magic, just won't have format metadata for
+    // the report header.
+    std::vector<Match> matches;
+    uintmax_t totalBytes = 0;
+    uint64_t totalEntries = 0;
+    for (const auto& entry : fs::recursive_directory_iterator(dir)) {
+        if (!entry.is_regular_file()) continue;
+        char magic[4];
+        std::string nameField;
+        uint32_t entryCount = 0;
+        if (!peekHeader(entry.path(), magic, nameField, entryCount))
+            continue;
+        if (std::memcmp(magic, wantedMagic, 4) != 0) continue;
+        Match m;
+        m.path = entry.path();
+        m.size = entry.file_size();
+        m.entryCount = entryCount;
+        m.catalogName = nameField;
+        totalBytes += m.size;
+        totalEntries += entryCount;
+        matches.push_back(std::move(m));
+    }
+    if (jsonOut) {
+        nlohmann::json j;
+        j["dir"] = dir;
+        char ms[5] = {wantedMagic[0], wantedMagic[1],
+                       wantedMagic[2], wantedMagic[3], 0};
+        j["magic"] = ms;
+        if (fmt) {
+            j["format"] = fmt->extension;
+            j["category"] = fmt->category;
+            j["description"] = fmt->description;
+        } else {
+            j["format"] = nullptr;
+        }
+        j["count"] = matches.size();
+        j["totalBytes"] = totalBytes;
+        j["totalEntries"] = totalEntries;
+        nlohmann::json arr = nlohmann::json::array();
+        for (const auto& m : matches) {
+            arr.push_back({
+                {"path", fs::relative(m.path, dir).string()},
+                {"size", m.size},
+                {"entryCount", m.entryCount},
+                {"catalogName", m.catalogName},
+            });
+        }
+        j["matches"] = arr;
+        std::printf("%s\n", j.dump(2).c_str());
+        return matches.empty() ? 1 : 0;
+    }
+    char ms[5] = {wantedMagic[0], wantedMagic[1],
+                   wantedMagic[2], wantedMagic[3], 0};
+    std::printf("list-by-magic: '%s' in %s\n", ms, dir.c_str());
+    if (fmt) {
+        std::printf("  format    : %s (%s, %s)\n",
+                    fmt->description, fmt->extension, fmt->category);
+    } else {
+        std::printf("  format    : (unknown magic — no metadata)\n");
+    }
+    std::printf("  matches   : %zu\n", matches.size());
+    std::printf("  total     : %llu bytes, %llu entries\n",
+                static_cast<unsigned long long>(totalBytes),
+                static_cast<unsigned long long>(totalEntries));
+    if (matches.empty()) {
+        std::printf("  no files with magic '%s' under %s\n",
+                    ms, dir.c_str());
+        return 1;
+    }
+    std::printf("\n");
+    std::printf("    bytes      entries  catalogName               path\n");
+    for (const auto& m : matches) {
+        std::printf("    %8llu   %6u   %-25s  %s\n",
+                    static_cast<unsigned long long>(m.size),
+                    m.entryCount,
+                    m.catalogName.c_str(),
+                    fs::relative(m.path, dir).string().c_str());
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
+} // namespace
+
+bool handleListByMagic(int& i, int argc, char** argv, int& outRc) {
+    if (std::strcmp(argv[i], "--list-by-magic") == 0 && i + 2 < argc) {
+        outRc = handleList(i, argc, argv); return true;
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
+} // namespace cli
+} // namespace editor
+} // namespace wowee
diff --git a/tools/editor/cli_list_by_magic.hpp b/tools/editor/cli_list_by_magic.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e1f1e450
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/editor/cli_list_by_magic.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#pragma once
+
+namespace wowee {
+namespace editor {
+namespace cli {
+
+bool handleListByMagic(int& i, int argc, char** argv, int& outRc);
+
+} // namespace cli
+} // namespace editor
+} // namespace wowee