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Regina's victory over amped Zelena has to been as a fluke or random. Regina still hasn't used light magic again. They also keep making statements by credible people that Zelena is more powerful that Regina. Black said it in the present, Rumple said it in the past. Zelena hadn't the chance to show it because "reasons".

I say that because if we count one-hit battles into it. Regina is like below Gideon as she gets owned by him in every encounter, while Emma treats him like a ragdoll.

On to Mal, I think actually that nearly all mid-tier witches only really differ in skill, with slight raw power difference. See Amara vs Jafar. Jafar countered Amara spell by spell, but when it came to a test of telekinetic power, Amara's was slightly stronger. Otherwise, they were pretty even.

Regina and Cora have skill/knowledge over Maleficent as they studied under Rumple and with Maleficent's spell book.

The real twist is simply that the show has to powerscale and it causes weird things (like how Fiona who was around Dark One level at best in the flashback is somehow on Super-Dark One level despite no real change. Rumple should own everyone short of a deity). Plus, powerscaling and with statements say "Emma's should beat Fiona in a battle of power", however, Emma is far weaker that Super-Rumple and likely at best is around Zelena's level of raw power.