Talk:Shapeshifting/@comment-28359494-20170109045415/@comment-4975807-20170111231958

That could be possible, but I think for now (until future episodes confirm otherwise) it can be assumed he used shapeshifting magic because what he used on the Evil Queen transformed her from one form to another, and we don't have 100% confirmation that what he threw at her was actual dark fairy dust because that's what the Black Fairy gave/taught him to use or if it looked like dark fairy dust because that's the physical form Gideon's magic manifests as.