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That is a tricky question. While Merlin is said to be very powerful, we have to remember that Morgana is a High Priestess, the only one able to trade life and death, which is the ultimate power. The dragon himself said that the old religion is the power of earth itself. So while Merlin also comands dragons, we have not seen if her dragon could reaist his comand to harm Morgana because of his close tie to her. If they are selling the story of "love is the most powerful force on earth", i doubt Merlin could do this. Morgana has favour of the old gods. We kept seeing their power through the series, while we do not even know who the new gods are let alone see their power. Both Merlin and Morgana have magic from birth so they are equal there. Despite the fact Merlin got to practice more, Morgana had an intense course with more powerful magic. I think she has a rather large advantage in this area though, as Merlin had to restrain himself from using magic and had to consult his books quite often. He also practiced with simpler, less powerful magic. The fact that Merlin is "Morgana's doom" doesn't mean he is more powerful. He used a magic sword to kill her. Literaly anyone could have done the same with that sword if put in such a position. So Morgana was killed thanks to the magic sword, not Merlin. Merlin also did not enchant the sword.

In conclusion, i vote for Morgana being more powerful. She has old gods on her side and she is the only one who controls the gate between the worlds. In other areas she and Merlin are more or less equal, but i still give her an advantage in sheer power of her spells.