Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4519633-20141022032431/@comment-24264679-20161024165904

Hmcooper4 wrote: I would say that all other things being equal, Knowledge will beat raw power. But the does depend on just how powerful the raw power is. At some point, enough edge on Raw Power is going to be able to win by simple brute force.

Not when it comes to witchcraft. Raw power is important but knowledge will always be more important. Look at Emma as the dark one. It wasn't her raw power that got her where she got it was the knowledge Rumple was giving her.

No matter how powerful Rumple is without an artifact like magic slippers, wands, magic beans, magic mirrors he can't travel between world without them. Where as someone without magical power but is in possession of these items, excluding the wand, can travel between dimensions. No matter how powerful Rumple was he still needed a potion to retain hir memories in the Land without Magic. No matter how powerful Rumple was he still needed help to restore Belle's memories.

Rumple has more magical power than Regina but that didn't allow him to bypass her magical barrier to get to Maleficent. No matter how powerful Rumple was it didn't stop Regina from putting a spell on the Count stopping Rumple from hurting him. Emma and Regina probably has more raw power than the Bind witch didn't stop her from putting a spell on the library requirring both their strengths to undue. Pan was said to have a similar amount of power to Rumple but yet he couldn't get past Regina's protection spell on Henry's heart. Merlin had more raw power than Emma but that didn't stop Emma from using the sword to strip Merlin of his Magic. Also Zeleena was able to tether Merlins name to the sword with a wave of her hand.