Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-6810329-20160911021344/@comment-24264679-20160925135943

Eskaver wrote: I was asking a question: Regina broke the petrification spell Dark Swan put on a dwarf. Does that mean Regina is stronger than the strongest Dark One ever? I'm using this to show that someone weaker than the other can still break the stronger one's spell.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mv2JiHvFpPU

That link was the Mirror test where Regina admits that she can't, but Emma has the raw power to do so. Raw power. I'm sure we agree that Regina is far more skilled and will likely beat Emma any day of the week. I'm just saying that raw power wise, Emma's stronger. Since then, Emma has been learning magic. We don't know how much Regina knows relative to Emma, could be a lot, could be the opposite. It's not discussed in detail. If in fact the finale shows that Emma's is at least on par with EQ, then we'll have to wait to see.

In season 4, Regina put up a containment curse that she couldn't break (which was weird), but Emma could break it.

If your tier list goes by skill, Emma should be ahead of Elsa who stumbles her way through magic. If it goes my feats, then Elsa would be ahead of Regina because I'm pretty sure she can't put a wall of ice around town (kidding on the last part!). Nowhere did it say that emma was more powerful than Regina. All was said was that she possesses raw power in which Rumple also said Regina possesses so much power when they first meet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v81riFhfXMo

Also that is a flaw in writing because Emma says she thought you couldn't use Mirror magic to look between Realms but we know for a fact you can because both the Wizard of Oz and Zeleena did it, Regina did it using a looking glass to send her mother to OZ and spy on her mother in Iz, Cora did it to come from Oz to the enchanted forest during Regina's birthday. Even Henry was able to communicate with Cora from the enchanted forest to wonderland using a looking glass.

So maybe Storybrooke Regina couldn't, as it has been stated multiple times she isn't as powerful as she was when she was the evil queen, but The Evil Queen could. Also for Regina to be able to teach Emma she would need to know herself. Same way Regina said she couldn't take on Hyde because she isn't that strong without the Evil Queen part of herself. Even Rumple says Regina isn't as powerful as the Evil queen. Even the Queens of Darkness comment on Regina losing her edge.

Also in the Finale once again The Evil queen didn't have her magic when Emma put those cuffs on her. Snow states that for a moment The Evil Queen won't have her magic.