Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26184894-20150518061700/@comment-25926288-20150518181908

Hmcooper4 wrote: As to the magic building, I totally agree.

I think Rumple, in his current position, will not be able to use magic. (Of course, I mean after he's released from the preservation spell). However, I do think that he will remember all of his time as the Dark One, which is one of the reasons that he may have trouble adjusting to his "old" self. And having trained multiple magic weilders over the years (you can't expect that the Mills family were the only students he had), he probably remembers the basics of HOW to use magic. So I would imagine, with a little time, he could eventually relearn some of the magic lessons.

Whether he would want to is a different story. It's best if he doesn't though, since that would defeat the purpose, besides the lost of immortality. (But then again, Archie is long-lived via Blue and the Apprentice is quite old. Both functionally immortal, but not invulnerable.)