Magic.

[so succinctly. he even does the wrist flick. like what do you expect, kid. he spins straw into gold. that's not important right now.] Now... as we were saying. I know of at least three artifacts that can contain powerful magical beings. I'm not certain if those rules apply to our triangular menace, but they'd be worth the attempt if we had them. One of them is kept my shop back home in Storybrooke- Pandora's Box.