Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26394456-20151005200713/@comment-24674051-20151006210929

Emma is a very strong magic user (Glinda would probably call her a Good Witch) even before acquiring the DO. the combination of Light and Darkness could make for a super overpowered witch. I would honestly say her power may now be on par with the reputed power of Merlin, and greatly surpasses Rumple in any case. She may not have needed the dark curse to be able to curse an entire realm, or she may have figured out how to cast the curse without the price. Or, she sould even have gotten a hold of the Apprentice's wand, and used it to cast a similar curse. (Let's face it, Zelena was able to summon the portal, and Dark Emma makes Zelena look like an amateur).