Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-7014539-20140412191511/@comment-24674051-20150526153239

In order, from least to greatest.

Cyrus and his Brothers, Sydney - All Genies, empowered to grant wishes (withing the Laws of Magic). Powerful stuff, but highly limited.

The Blind Witch - Never saw her powers, so hard to really rate her in this list.

Anastasia - Novice at best. She had some training from Cora, but nowhere near the emotion to drive the magic.

Cruella - While impressive in terms of animal control, very limited.

Ursula - We never really saw what she was capable of, except for her voice and her mermaid ability to reach across realms. She would be higher up on the list if we saw more.

Glinda - Similarly, we never really saw Glinda's power. We know she is a light magician, and that is about it.

Astrid/Tinker Bell - Standard Fairy Magic - Strong stuff, but not overwhelming.

Issac/Henry - We would be remiss to overlook the potential of the Author's powers. limited as they are by the Ink and Quill, plus only being able to change stories going forward, they still can exercise some control over events, and used well could be quite a force to be reckoned with. Let's face it, Cruella received her magical powers, not to mention her inability to take the life of another, due to Isaac's influence.

Amara - Now we start getting to the real magicians. Amara was the weakest of what I consider the true magicians. Powerful, but easily defeated by just about any of the other magicians.

Peter Pan - within the bounds of Neverland, he is really strong, but loses some of his strength outside of NL.

Cora - Matriarch of the Mills family, but just does not have her heart into her magic as much as she should.

Maleficent - We have not see Mal at full power, only after rehab, or weakened by pregnancy. (Which she had to be even in "the thing you love most").

Dark Snow - She is supposed to be Regina, but really only has the EQ aspects of Regina.

Jafar - Regina's Dark Power, combined with a sociopathic personality (similar to Cruella). Not a combination to be trifled with. And in his current state as a Genie, he now has Phenominal Cosmic powers (but an itty bitty living space).

Zelena - very Strong natural talent, and when she had the Oz Pendant, was amplified greatly.

Regina - I put her as the strongest of the Mills women, simply because she can control both light and dark magic. She defeated Maleficent and Zelena in single matches.

Blue Fairy - Queen of the Fairies, and exhibits considerable magic abiltiy when they do show it. (Let's face it, she could control the hat without the DO Dagger, and pulling the Apprentice out was a significant display of her power.)

Nyx - Not sure if she should really be this high, but as the caretaker of the Well of Wonders (and probably the wishing well, Lake Nostos, etc), she probably has more implied power than what we've seen.

Poseidon - Not sure how you rank a supposed Deity into this list. Definitly powerful, But not as all-powerful as the ones below (though close).

Emma (The Savior) - Absolutely the strongest light magic user, and still has not reached her potential. She was able to force the Dark One to flee when it attacked the Apprentice, indicating that she may already be almost on par with the Dark One itself.

The Apprentice - You have to give it up for a magician that can use magic in a land without magic. Not the mention the ability to open portals at will.

Rumplestiltskin (The Dark One) - Strongest force of darkness, the essence of Darkness that has been tethered to a Human Soul.

Merlin - While we have yet to see his power, we already have that he created the real Excaliber, was the one that tethered the Darkness so that it could be controlled, can see the future, and is reputedly the only magician that is capable of actually defeating the Darkness.

There is one magician I did not put in the list, because we know nothing yet, and that is Emma (the Dark One). But the combination of Emma's powerful light, coupled with The Dark One's Dark power, could very well be almost unstoppable. But they could also prove to cancel each other out (but I don't see that happening).

Lily may be another wild card. Power of a Dragon, plus Emma's original darkness. She may manifest as a strong magic user in her own right.