The magic system in Mistborn is incredibly, I want to say, intricate. It has to do with specific metals that you can then like digest in your body to do magic stuff. In this universe, the primary one you, you learn of in Mist born is referred to as alomancy, which is a manipulation of metals. Of lotions. And it's very soft magic in this book. But not in a, like, you need to know the words from scrolls way.