Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-25926288-20160723224038/@comment-91424-20160803170130

Hmcooper4 wrote: If you watch the dialogue between Gold and Emma in Season 2 (I think it was in "The Cricket Game") Gold confirms that he had nothing to do with Emma's magical ability, or anything else about Emma for that matter. It's only the Savior aspect that Gold manipulated (and being the Savior in regards to the DC did not require magical abilities).

Well, I was specifically referring to the Savior aspect, so... :-)