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To piggyback on my previous post concerning feats (being my own Hades' advocate), I like to go with worldcrossing magic for a moment.

Let's list magic that can create portals/magic doors that aren't natural abilities/enchantments.

Random Black Fairy dust crystal, a sprinkle of pixie dust, Merlin's magic (which still exists somehow).

Thus those must be more powerful than most magic users we know, including normal Dark Ones. Dark Hook wasn't keyed into thinking he could, neither did Rumple express that ability (even to worlds with magic). Even going down the totem pole, Zelena with magic had to use a fairy crystal to create cross worlds, both Mills had to use Merlin's magic to cross realms, even Rumple used it when going back home with Belle.

So, a dark fairy crystal (which randomly powered up Blue although less powerful when it was light magic) is stronger than Zelena and Regina and Rumple and Emma. Pixie dust is stronger than them too. So, by that logic, a fairy which has pixie dust is stronger than Rumple. Right?

Maybe it's some balancing act by the writers to make powerful foes beatable or matchable, but somethings are a little too common place. Fairies always have pixie dust or so, but fairies are certainly weaker than a Dark One. So much doesn't compute at the end of the day.