User blog comment:Morganaforever/Best villains of the show/@comment-4135736-20120429140736

In my opinion these are the best villians:

1) Nimueh: Because she was basically the most intelligent villain, she was able to discover Merlin's magic easily, briefly gain his trust by flirtation and almost kill him twice (first by poisoning him which was thwarted by Arthur, and then by fighting him which was thwarted only by his resistance to magic). However, I must agree, the only flaw about her was that she tried to kill Arthur when she said that he wasn't destined to die by her hand but she is currently my favourite villian. 95%

2) Mordred: He was the only person who knew of Merlin's magic from the beggining, he didn't need to discover his secret like Nimueh, and for a young boy he was powerful. Although he wasn't much of a villain at first, his role in The Witch's Quickening puts him second on this list along with his knowledge of Merlin's magic. 90%

3) Morgause: She was a good villian who was intelligent with most of her plans and I liked how she used her beauty, magic, and the true knowledge of Arthur's birth to gain his trust and manipulate him into almost killing Uther, that was excellent, also she was responsible for Morgana's downfall so she knew how to manipulate her. However, she does lack intelligence in some areas such as her inability to learn the truth about Merlin that he was a sorcerer (come on Morgause you had a magical crystal), otherwise she was good. 85%

4) Morgana: She is only on 4 in my list because her character development wasn't that good, especially in Series 3 because she became evil out of nowhere (it would have been much better if her character in Series 2 was darker), and she smirked far too much (she seemed far too insane than ruthless). Also she had many opportunities to discover Merlin's magic but her dumb nature always lets her down (now this is her flaw for both Series 3 and 4). The best thing about her though is that she managed to bring Uther's death, something all the other sorcerers who wanted revenge on him failed to do. 80%

5) Edwin Muirden: He may be a minor character but I found him really interesting because he was a tortured soul, mentally, emotionally (his grief towards the deaths of his parents) and physically (the scars across his face), who wanted revenge for the deaths of his parents, to me his hatred towards Uther was understandable. He did have some good intelligence as he gained Uther's trust, turning him against Gaius, and he like Nimueh, discovered Merlin's magic but he pretty much let himself down by underestimating Merlin's great power. 70%

6) Alvarr: He was also a good villain but he was really similar to Edwin as they both wanted revenge against Uther because they both lost their parents, although he didn't get scarred and discover merlin's magic like Edwin did, but what I mainly liked was his charismatic nature, being able to gain Morgana's trust both by himself and by using Mordred (I bet he perhaps brainwashed Mordred, perhaps taking his grief over the deaths of many of the Druid's in The Nightmare Begins). 65%