Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20171028005802/@comment-25926288-20171030135332

Aine1989 wrote: Other question; since when does Rumple need to use the dagger to do magic. All he has ever needed to do is wave his hand or something. He has never really needed to "use the dagger" Ever since thw writers mistaken it for a wand. XD

But seriously, he just uses it for big magic. The Dagger is pretty much the remote control to the magic within him. So, "using the Dagger" just means using his Dark One magic.