Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4519633-20141022032431/@comment-25926288-20161025001005

I won't go in detail as we'll probably never agree. So, where would you place Aladdin? I rewatched the scene and Aladdin actually undoes Jafar's hourglass spell (it actually returns to magic smoke).

Yeah, you've got know how to do a spell to cast a spell efficiently. However, it's not like we have a list on what the characters know. Regina could know all the spells in the world, but I'm sure random person that was Dark One for a week could beat her, rank above her in this tier list.

In any case, knowledge is important, but raw power is too. Otherwise, we wouldnt have a brains vs brawn thing going on. Rumple's knowledge of magic was vast, but he also has the raw power to back it up. However,  even in those cases, Regina and Zelena manage to get the better of him in their battle of intellect/manipulation, on occassion. For brevity, raw power can make up for lack of knowledge, knowledge can make up for lack of raw power.

The only way we'll get to weeding out who's where on the Witches tier of the list is if we have comparable feats.