Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-7014539-20140412191511/@comment-24008305-20150530042110

The Sorcerer is the most powerful. We haven't seen him yet but we know that he created The Author as well as The Sorcerer's Apprentice who is responsible for looking after The Author. If the Sorcerer is capable of creating Reality Warping Items than he's capable of Reality Warping. Second to him is his apprentice. I highly doubt the Sorcerer would place someone weak in magic to take care of certain tasks. After that, I'd say Amara, Jafar, Cora, Regina, Zelena, Maleficent, Rumple, The Blue Fairy & Nyx. Not in that particular order but I do place Amara above Jafar because she taught him almost everything he knows. Cora & Rumple...it seems everybody is confusing their incredible 'powers' of technique, deception & manipulation with their actual magical abilities. No doubt they are powerful but I'd say they're on the same level as those ranked beneath the Sorcerer's Apprentice (which I listed above). Cora & Rumple are very clever...they know HOW to use magic, especially in new & innovative ways, but that doesn't make them all-powerful Sorcerers. That just makes them really good trickters & wild cards.