Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4519633-20141022032431/@comment-25926288-20160601192244

Actually, I'd probably discount all the wand stuff simply because of the delightful wonkiness of the Sorcerer's wand.

The wand is tied to "all the light magic" of Merlin. But see, he died between 5x01 and 5x11. Not only that, but his 'light magic" was taken from him and turned "dark". If that wasn't enough, Rumple then took that dark magic and absorbed all of it. So......the Merlin-light magic filled wand is actually now the Rumple-dark magic filled wand. Hilariously, it would explain Regina's ease of use and Zelena's proficency at summoning the door, which she never did before.

So, if we do actually take that as a fact (which is probably not, according to the show), that wand has the power to create portals without any major effort. But here's the catch, Rumple set up an elaborate spell, was planning on using the Olympian Crystal with all of SB's magic to open the portal (then wake up Belle I suppose and return the magic). This whole revelation makes Rumple look sort of weak, or at least ineffectual.

Half of his magic would be used by Zelena and Hyde and he has no say and while those far weaker people casually open portals, he isn't.

Therefore the greatest magic of all is PLOT!