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Puggles52 wrote: yes, and after the dark curse she became a dragon, and one that had the true love potion at that, until emma killed her, and then she came back in that zombie-like form to protect the "fail-safe", which she wasn't as powerful as she was even when she fought regina. how could she get a sudden rise in power? Who knows. But I'd love if they brought her back as her original dark fairy persona. As I said before, Regina could only stalemate Maleficent whom, at the time of their orignal conflict/battle, was a retired and depressed hasbeen with almostno motivation. Regina had to resort to using a hostage (Maleficent's unicorn) to win in the end. Since magic is fueled heavily by strong emotions (anger, hatred, rage, love), it is not unimaginable to assume that Maleficient was far more powerful in the past. So if they revived her, she'd probably be exemtremly bitter and full of enough hatred to gain a reasonable powerboost.