Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24721813-20140605200827/@comment-31828520-20170504160525

Well I guess it depends on how you interpret the prophecy told to Charming and Snow. "Only the purveyor of the strongest light magic" can defeat Zelena. If you take that to mean ONE person in particular than it leaves no doubt that Regina is stronger than Emma. But if you take that to mean it could be anyone with a certain strength of light magic then it opens the discussion up to debate. Emma never got the chance to use her full power on Zelena before Zelena took her powers away so we don't know whether she would have been able to defeat her but we do know she was able to hurt her. Unfortunately the creators of the show never let Regina show her full light magic again after defeating Zelena instead telling us that her magic is now both a blend of light and dark so we can't really say how much her light magic has developed over time. But IMO Regina's light magic would be just a tad stronger than Emma's only because Regina has a much greater knowledge of magic overall due to her years of training and using magic. Emma just hasn't had the time to hone her skills.