Why Does The Elder Wand Keep Losing? [Harry Potter Theory]

[@SuperCarlinBrothers]

Which suit of cards goes with each house!?

[@Fut-fw3pm]

I think Hufflepuff is hearts not Slytherin.

[@bakeryfiskree5927]

Slytherin as club

[@druidmaster555]

Gryffindor is probably spades

[@naomi_falk]

Slytherin - Diamonds Gryffindor - Clubs Hufflepuff - hearts Ravenclaw - spades

[@aarinibhargava]

Hearts- Gryffindor Diamond- Ravenclaw Spades- Slytherin Clubs- Hufflepuff

[@hannah2348]

Last time I was this early, Petunia and Lily still liked each other 😂😂

[@Ava_m1318]

Congrats on getting a heart from SCB!!! 🥳🥳

[@hannah2348]

@@Ava_m1318 thanks!

[@winnie7922]

Congratulations have this 👑

[@bmx9757]

Dang man it’s unfortunate that you’ve never been this early😥

[@Ren_He-They]

Until i read this i didnt realise it was just posted

[@MandalorSkyrd]

Everyone: The Elder Wand can never lose a duel The Elder Wand: You can't ever lose a duel if you keep switching side to the victor

[@jasminerowland1432]

Yas!

[@DarkLordGanondorf190]

That's some Ancient Greek Myth vibe you got going there!

[@nikkialkema1032]

Italy be like.

[@onaon5821]

@@nikkialkema1032 true😂😂. How can real world interfere into random hp video haha.

[@blackhalo317]

So the Elder Wand is a Slytherin. 🤣 (No hate. I’m a Slytherin.)

[@MinistryOfMagic_DoM]

The answer: The True Master of the Elder Wand is Death. The Duel is never lost for Death.

[@PraetorPaktu]

That is what I was thinking

[@xirco856]

Very true nice theory

[@thepriorstone4064]

And if Harry survived death twice, technically to the wand Harry really is the master of death, and that’s why it works wonders for him only

[@DiNaDiRo]

I was just typing out a comment about this. Regarding the loyalty of the wand to the first owner, wouldn't it make sense that it was loyal to Death then? Wasn't that the point of the tale of the 3 brothers? The wand was HANDED by Death, not beaten the first time. Death never lost a duel with the wand. The wand chooses a Potter could be a nod to the 3rd brother for being the most clever in mastering death, same as with Harry.

[@slevinchannel7589]

@@PraetorPaktu It's wrong though, cause duels can end without death easily. Duh.

[@jakecorley2972]

Just a theory: Harry was the ultimate master of the wand since he had 2/3 of the hollows already. He was powerful, but the fact that he had the cloak and the stone put him a step above any other wizard. The wand would want to complete the set.

[@victorfarias8086]

Dude, that has nothing to do with the wand’s maestry. Draco disarmed an unsuspecting Dumbledore. The Wand chooses him. Harry disarmed Draco. The Wand chooses him. End of story.

[@mattscientist_6729]

What if "Master of Death" meant mastery of the Resurrection Stone. Hence why it didn't betray Dumbledore, even after his mortal injury.

[@rivaldonelson833]

what if the wand is just racist and keeps choosing whoever is more pure blooded.

[@timonobel615]

​@@rivaldonelson833 well that would still be voldemort

[@rivaldonelson833]

@@timonobel615 no voldemort is a half blood surprisingly. His mother magiced a muggle into loving her and making a baby with her. Harry is actually more pure blood than voldemort.

[@reaganorton1710]

“They’re only dangerous 8 hours a month” 😂 petty much

[@barlim406]

unless his name is fenrir, he don't care if its noon, he'll still bites people

[@trishapellis]

@@barlim406 Can't infect them beyond a healthy appetite for rare steak though. I mean being (physically) scarred for life is one thing, but it's not as bad as being a werewolf.

[@tapodr5828]

If you look at pottermore there are no werewolves its just wolves cubs from werewolves

[@zatar123]

Isn't the moon full enough to trigger the change for 3 nights? And the number of hours would depend on the time of year. Moonrise to Sunrise.

[@kathryna3578]

homework: I’m here me: I know SCB: HEY BROTHER homework: don’t do it me: *sweats* homework: me: me: so what about the elder wand?

[@nyxoberholz5496]

Omg this is literally me RN

[@arispivack8270]

literally exactly what happened to me

[@percabethlumity]

Me while I stare at my half finished chemistry lab

[@beccag2758]

Percabeth saaaaaaaame Also I love your username

[@annarushlau9722]

Love it! Accurate

[@evo_is_confused]

So the wand chooses the wizard with the most magichlorians

[@coleabbott7222]

Que family guy ostrich "ha haa"

[@christianali5431]

The Anomaly 23 That’s the next theory that these guys need to do. A Star Wars theory. “Is the force magic?”

[@alexkhaid]

The Anomaly 23 come on...

[@elephantchessboard9060]

Basically it has a built-in scouter

[@JayJay5244]

The golden rule of “don’t explain the magic” has been broken back then...

[@ArniesTech]

When you play an RPG and find the final weapon, only to realize that your previous items are actually better 🤣

[@nwut]

exaMPLE:

[@neoblackheart746]

Better yet you find the Ultima weapon only to realize it can only be equipped to this one specific character.

[@Seluecus1]

@@neoblackheart746 FFX reference?

[@steverempel8584]

The Vorpal Sword in Castlevania Symphony of the night is the best weapon in the game, and it's a random item from somewhere. The official end game weapons aren't as good, despite having much higher attack values. In some RPGs, the final equipment will have the highest attack, but are not always as good as other equipment with awesome bonus stats or attributes.

[@darkhorsemcgreger3461]

@@Seluecus1 any FF since 7

[@thecrowe20]

If Harry is an Ace, then who's the Joker card? Neville 'I'm Awesoooooome' Longbottom, that's who.

[@OptimusPhillip]

This actually works, in the sense that Neville ends up as something of a wild card in the story.

[@randomsoprano85]

George Weasley 😢😖

[@ObnoxiousBabyPanda]

Wormtail quite literally flips the momentum on several occasions.

[@Roekeeelk]

What about Peeves?!

[@NyGeL_Derey]

you beat me to it... =)

[@inertian4723]

So, “You never lose if you pick the winner.” Sounds like how I watch sports.

[@noblepotato2319]

Thats exactly what I was thinking 😪 😂

[@yourcasualnobody]

Haha yes

[@slevinchannel7589]

Costly as Bespoke is, but more importantly: I cant even get it. It only works in America and Country. So yeah, that's not much of the world, ya know.

[@lottevanderpaelt1684]

“They’re only dangerous 8 hours a month” or as I'm sure Sirius and James liked to call it: that time of the month 😂

[@MossLikesLJ]

Ahh yes the “furry little problem”

[@silversamurai0267]

I think you meant to say, "That time of the moon-th." :D I'm sorry. I'll leave now...

[@raeskoczen3193]

I'm sure they would 😅

[@Metalhammer1993]

I'm sure building on that Sirious would've found it funny to call it Remus more feminine side until he's overheard by Lily and gets slapped while James chokes on his butterbeer^^

[@daddyzgirlz22]

You make it sound like women transfigure into some kind of monster once a month. Oh wait...

[@timwatley9241]

Ollivander seems to understand wands the most intimately, and he always emphasized "the wand chooses the wizard Mr Potter." I also think the wand is imbued with great power too. That is why Dumbledore, so easily, beat Voldemort at the Ministry. Lets suppose that Death performed amazing magic to create the wand and the wand automatically chose Death to be the primary owner. (This is assuming deathly hallows were not created by human wizards but Death himself) Death simply gave the wand without the brother winning it, so it still remembered its primary owner. However, I think Death allowed the brother to become the secondary owner of the wand. Death was cunning and planned to kill the brother by fueling his arrogance which is what ended up happening. Maybe Death's success further made Death the primary owner of the wand. Further proof of Death continuing to be the primary owner is that death seems to unnaturally surround this elder wand. In deathly hallows they talk about how its "bloody history" has been documented. (On a sidenote, if the oldest brother had been smarter plus I believe that the wand has been blessed with great power, which together could have allowed Death to lose, and the wand would not have led to a bloody history.) Initially Death imbued the wand with the rule that it must be "won" by for example expelliarmus or a physical tussle. Noting the arrogance of the first brother, this is actually genius, because if someone steals the wand in that manner, the oldest brother's ego would be hurt and he would try to kill the thief. Then came Grindelwald who won the wand by expelliarmus from the window I believe. Grindelwald kills alot of people which means Death is still winning and is the primary owner, I think JK makes a mistake at the next step though. The slightly more talented dumbledore should have lost to Grindelwald + the magic in the wand in a fair fight. Then comes Harry. Harry beat Death as a baby first with the help of dumbledore and lily. He then beats Death in sorcerers stone, chamber and goblet of fire. Harry wrestles draco(who won elder wand from dumbledore) making him the secondary owner as well. Harry beats Death, Lily's blood, against elder wand again in the forest. (I would have preferred he had used the stone but whatever...) Before the final avada at school, Harry has beaten Death like 5 times, so for the first time Death is no longer the primary owner. Harry has also won the elder wand from Draco, as well as survived an elder wand attack making him a super strong secondary owner as well. Now.. Harry who is all about saving life has beaten Death too severely and won the wand too favorably. So the wand in voldemorts hand wont allow harm on anyone at Hogwarts.

[@TheNormemegian]

best explanation yet

[@star_dust312]

I like your therapy because Harry has beaten death several times 😂

[@Leila_Abner]

I believe this the most. It makes a lot a sense actually.

[@HighSummonerBWM]

Wrong about Dumbledore. The fact Dumbledore was able to outperform Grindle with the wand without even killing him is what enabled Dumbledore to have it. He also never killed with the wand as well, making him just as much of a master over it.

[@Flurbskating]

If you read the books, Dumbledore tells Harry that he believes the Peverell brothers were simply very gifted wizards who created these items-- and that they are merely proof of the wizards talent. The story, like any myth, is an exaggeration of what really happened. "Oh yes, I think so. Whether they met Death on a lonely road... I think it more likely that the Peverell brothers were simply gifted, dangerous wizards who succeeded in creating those powerful objects. The story of them being Death's own Hallows seems to me the sort of legend that might have sprung up around such creations." The books also explain why Voldemort can't hurt anyone in Hogwarts. It says clearly that when Harry sacrificed himself to save everyone at the school, he instituted the same magical protection that Lily gave him as a child when she sacrificed herself to save him. Everyone harry sacrificed himself for could not be harmed by Voldemort at that point. "Don't you get it? I was ready to die to stop you from hurting these people" "But you did not!" "I meant to, and that's what did it. I've done what my mother did. They're protected from you. Haven't you noticed how none of the spells you put on them are binding? You can't torcher them. You can't touch them. You don't learn from your mistakes, Riddle, do you?" Don't overthink it with this crazy fan-theory stuff. The books do a good job of explaining it clearly. Most of these fan-theory people never even read the books... lol.

[@finovieiro6467]

I really like this theory, however, i would go even further and say this: There is no Ace, the wand will never find "the greatest wizard of all time" because there is no such thing, the only true master of the wand was the one who was powerful enough to create her, Death itself, death is so powerful it could create this wand and form there on the wand wants to find its way back to the most powerful person its seen. And due to this Harry wins, Voldemort vs Harry is a King vs another King, however, Harry here is the master of Death, he is the only person who had the resurrection stone, and the cloak of invisibility, and the wand senses this in him, and in its pursuit to find the greatest wizard it knows (Death), she goes to Harry as she senses he is the Master of Death.

[@renmelii]

I really like this theory!!

[@mschrisfrank2420]

Unless Dumbledore is right and the Peverell brothers created the Hallows and the legend about Death is a fiction.

[@gretafinz6486]

Zeno’ s Elder Wand Paradox

[@joshcallahan6130]

100%

[@benjaminholcomb9478]

It's more like its seeking the wizard who's power is more like deaths. Immensely powerful in the purest sense, but also with certain flavors added in.

[@DanielleDonald]

Ben: "But because [Voldemort's] soul is so badly ripped up... *tears the edge off the card* ...he doesn't quite have the edge over Dumbledore." Me: I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE

[@divyanshpanwari348]

This comment deserves to be reported Jk.

[@blueberrymuffin4921]

Bro underrated!! I don’t even think they noticed

[@Greg87561]

The first brother to have the wand immediately went and killed another wizard who had been more powerful than him, having beaten him earlier. So, it did make him more powerful.

[@jacobparrish4486]

Dumbledore didn’t fight either so that could be another reason for why he lost to Draco

[@PristinePerceptions]

Dumbledore didn't get the opportunity to choose to not fight. He was disarmed by surprise.

[@joeyattack99]

@@PristinePerceptions yeah but he planned to die, he wouldn't fight either way

[@PristinePerceptions]

@@joeyattack99 He planned to die by Snape's hand. There's no telling whether he'd fight Draco. It'd actually be more telling if he did fight Draco and lost. Then you know that the wand is seriously going to the stronger wizard (at that moment Dumbledore was weak and terminally cursed).

[@dreamwalker7433]

@@PristinePerceptions That is not true. He binds Harry with a non-verbal spell. Ergo, he had time to cast a spell before he was disarmed. He could have just as easily made that spell Protego and blocked the disarming spell, if that was his goal.

[@silverink1824]

I mean to be fair for Draco he actually was second in his class at Hogwarts the first being Hermione so he actually is pretty smart in his own right and even the writer implied that so just because Dumbledore didn't fight doesn't mean that Draco wasn't naturally a powerful wizard he was a very very misguided child and he eventually thank God realize the error of what he was doing with his life I'll be almost too late but he got there

[@beccag2758]

What about the whole “Wizard learning from the wand and wand learning from the Wizard” line in Deathly Hallows? Wouldn’t that mean the Elder wand “knows” centuries worth of magic, and the current wizard can “learn” that magic?

[@TheBoxysolution]

Good point. Could imply that Voldy already knows all the bad stuff his predecessors did, not being much interested in the type of magic Dumbledore did. But I guess it's not really well explained how this learning takes place.

[@carminenickens148]

According to this theory, It's not a matter of learning the magic, it's about how powerful the wizard is. Like Ben said what the wand learns is how powerful the wizard is, the wizard learns nothing from it. It's a state of mind people believe the wand makes them more powerful. I believe it's one of death's tricks.

[@gender-gremlin]

The wizard using the wand could "level up" or grow more powerful if the elder wand deems them worthy of some of the knowledge it has. Wizards in Harry Potter become more powerful when they learn how to use and control their power. (at least that seems to be what happens) So if the wand's current owner is powerful enough to gain some of the wisdom stored inside it (whether by teaching the wand something new, merit, etc..) then the wand will allow access to some of it's knowledge.

[@taylor_green_9]

I think this is less about magical knowledge and more about getting acquainted with each other's style and personality. However the Elder Wand's ever-changing allegiance may mean it's particularly skilled at channelling any mage's magic in the most effective way possible

[@LithuanianSurf]

It makes sense. If Peverell created the Elder wand, he was exceptional at wand making as well as fixing them. The wand inherited that ability and thus Harry was able to fix his Olly wand with the Elder wand

[@ProfCuneusStern]

Consider this. What if the elder wand lies outside wand lore? What if the elder wand shows loyalty to those who possess Peverall blood? The wand may have betrayed Grindelwald because Dumbledore may be more closely related to the Peverell family than Grindelwald. If the elder wand is a family heirloom and shows more loyalty to someone who possesses more family blood, then maybe it never bonded to Voldemort because he had so very little of his soul left. In addition Harry possessed two other deathly hallows which are also inheritances from the Peverell family. This would mark him and prove to the wand that he has a stronger blood bond to the magical item and therefore the wand would obey Harry over Voldemort

[@timonobel615]

That is not how wands work

[@ProfCuneusStern]

@@timonobel615 There may be more than one way to craft a wand. Olivanders' methods are not the only methods ,even in canon, for witches and wizards to create wands.

[@timonobel615]

@@ProfCuneusStern good point but i don't know for sure

[@sanjoykumardas4018]

And also the fact that Harry is related to the Peveralls.

[@blakerobertson6526]

Funny how it was " mastered" by a descendant of the 3rd brother. The humble one, who lived a long life and met death ad a friend.

[@claraberg1214]

The 3rd brother, the true master of death. Since he was in fact the only one who was able to fool death until he was ready to die. His decendant ends up being apart of the self fulfilled profesies and becomes the ultimate master of death and final owner. I have to wonder if Jk Rowling really though that intricately about these details whenshe started writing the first chapter ...🤔

[@laurenotts3747]

I love the parallel between the destination of the elder wand to Harry and something Dumbledore said back in Sorcerer's Stone: "Only a person who wanted to find the stone -find it, but not use it- would be able to get it"

[@MrAnonymousization]

I think I’m going to make a YT video on my own theory that I’m not sure if others have thought of it before. That the Elder Wand doesn’t necessarily pick “Who is the stronger Witch/Wizard.” But is instead loyal to the one who does not fear death, or who has accepted his mortality. Remember, Death first gave the Deathly Hallows to the brothers hoping to eventually trap or trick them toward their own demise. So gifting the Elder Wand to someone who is afraid to die is a perfect way to trap them into a false sense of security which will lead to their inevitable demise. However, if the person who has the Elder Wand has come to accept their own mortality, and has “embraced death” not as a foe, but a friend and natural part of life, then the Elder Wand will serve that person greatly by becoming the wielded friend. This is why Dumbledore was able to possess the wand for so many years, he had accepted death long ago, and was not afraid to give his life in order to save his students and destroy Voldemort. Harry had accepted his death earlier in the story just before letting Voldemort kill him. Afterwords Dumbledore says “You are the true master of death, because the true master does not seek to run away from Death. He accepts that he must die, and understands that there are far, far worse things in the living world than dying." Harry earlier states that “Harry understood at last that he was not supposed to survive. His job was to walk calmly into Death's welcoming arms.” When you consider all of this, it makes perfect sense why Voldemort ended up losing to Harry Potter in the end, despite being the “More Powerful Wizard”. What was the one thing Voldemort was always running from? The reason why he made the Horcrux, why he murdered so many others? It’s because he didn’t want to die. He wanted to “Live forever.” He was so terrified of death, that he killed scores of people in order to avoid facing it. So when it came time to clash wands against Harry, who had already accepted death, the Elder Wand not only chose Harry as it’s true wielder, but also out right despised Voldemort. Witnessing Harry Potters sacrifice first hand in the forbidden forest, the Elder Wand knew that he, Harry Potter should be its new master… not this scummy coward who had not come to accept his own mortality. That’s my theory anyways. I’m not sure how well it hold up to other quotes from Rowling, but I like to think that the there is a lot more going on with what the Elder Wand is thinking that what meets the eye. That it is in fact VERY loyal, but only to those who are the Masters of Death. Not “the most powerful” per say, but the one who no longer fears death, and appreciates it as just another part of life.

[@robertabarboza6688]

So, basically, the Elder Wand is like the One Ring: wants to find its true master.

[@villekuronen6242]

actually kinda yes

[@beccag2758]

The Horcruxes are also very similar to the one ring when you think about it

[@Stephanie-kh6nx]

Exactly my thought

[@MinerDiner]

And in the end the ring must be destroyed, and Harry just breaks the wand because....???

[@Stephanie-kh6nx]

@Sarah Cha Absolutely! I love it. Elder Wand = To the One Ring. I am so not reading the HP and LOTR books the same again. Now question: Who would the HP characters be if they were LOTR characters? It would be cool if Harry was Aragorn considering his character and him getting Godric Sword. Gandalf could be Dumbledore. I like the idea of Luna being Legolas. Gimli could be Ron. Lord Elrond maybe Minerva. Fred and George could be Boromir and Faramir. But Snape is hard, maybe Thorin for him? What do you guys think? Oh and who could Draco be?

[@eltarosedamronsperry7731]

fun theory, the wand lore is also interesting when you look at whose wand Harry uses in the final dual. Draco's wand, which has a unicorn core.

[@HugeAirconditioner]

that didn't matter

[@ZaddyGohan]

@@HugeAirconditionerit does matter when you consider the fact that unicorn hair is the hardest to turn bad, and Draco is one of the few slytherins who stands his ground at the battle of hogwarts

[@Drexl_bowie]

If the Elder Wand is as powerful as everyone says it is (and considering it performed unheard of magic like mending Harry’s wand), would one be able to place the fidelius charm on it so they were the only ones who knew what it looked like or who had it?

[@jamesdrylie5584]

Hufflepuff- Hearts because they are loyal Slytherin- Spades because Knave of Spades Gryffindor- Diamonds because they seek glory Ravenclaw- Club because they are smart and thus most likely to have a book club.

[@potatoheadpokemario1931]

Also there's a theory that death made the deathly hollows specifically to kill the users, as both the elder wand and resurrection stone caused both brothers to die, the only reason the one with the invisibility cloak didn't die is because death was unable to use his wish to not die in a way to kill him

[@voskresenie-]

That's not a theory, that's literally the story from the books

[@bable6314]

That's literally the whole idea, it's not a theory.

[@KuroiRenge]

This, and he chose to go with Death willingly. There's no need for Death to hunt him down.

[@algorithmhelper262]

Harry is affected by his bogart-dementor the same way he's affected by real dementors. The Hogwarts students have the bogart lesson with Lupin the year after a basilisk terrorized the school. I can imagine some students would be terrified by basilisks after that. If a bogart became a basilisk during one of Lupin's lessons, would every student in the classroom die immediately?

[@ankitdas6620]

Was it common knowledge among students that the basilisk existed?? Can the boggart turn into something you never saw with your own eyes?? If NOT.. Then it could have never turned into a basilisk.

[@Brams2777]

@@ankitdas6620 Didn't a few people see it just not directly? It's been a while since I read the books or watched the movies.

[@tappajaav]

@@Brams2777 This is true. But far as I recall none of them identified or even realized what had happened to them, other than being petrified for extended periods of time. I recall them saying "yellow eyes" or such

[@Val.Kyrie.]

Maybe part of Harry’s fear was the effects of the dementors, not just the physical form?

[@tappajaav]

@@Val.Kyrie. That would be reasonable fear as they very rarely went outright physical(dementor's kiss)

[@lyraparry3321]

HEY GUYS I HAVE A THEORY PLEASE GIVE ME YOUR THOUGHTS "The wand chooses the wizard" is something we are all familiar with. I would be content to believe that this is simply because some wands are better suited for certain wizards, and leave it at that, but for a rather startling realisation I had recently. In HBP, Harry finds various incantations in Snape's old copy of *Advanced Potion-Making,* and he uses *at least two* of these spells, *successfully,* without knowing what they were supposed to do. This completely blows the idea that magic is *all about intent* completely out of the water (although some spells, namely the Cruciatus Curse and the Patronus Charm, do require certain mindsets for them to be effective). In that case, how on earth would either *Levicorpus* or *Sectumsempra* have worked, given that all he had were the incantations? He had absolutely no clue what *Sectumsempra* would do, or he would never have used it. So, why did it work? The only thing, apart from Harry, that played a part in casting that curse was *his wand.* Could the wand itself recognise what a curse is supposed to do from the incantation? Is that why one must always pronounce the incantations correctly, and why non-verbal spells are so difficult? If the way to get a spell to work is to communicate the incantation to your wand, and with non-verbal spells you have to do so *silently,* I can see how it would be difficult. So, what does this *mean?* Does the wand literally choose the wizard? Is it capable of recognising similarities and differences in its own magic and the wizard trying it out, and of rejecting or accepting that wizard accordingly? Does this mean that the Elder Wand is simply the *most sentient* wand, and that's why it's known as the most powerful? That it's just easiest to communicate with, and therefore the easiest wand to use? If that is true, is it possible that it's been picking up unique skills from each wizard that has wielded it, the way Harry's wand picked up some of Voldemort's magic in the graveyard due to the wands being connected? That it is in fact the most powerful wand simply because it has had powerful owners, that only came to own it because of its reputation as the most powerful wand in the first place? It's quite the beautiful circle. This heightened awareness could also be the reason it always changes its allegiance to the one who defeated its former master: That all wands *would* change their allegiance in the same way, but they don't recognise when their master is beaten. If that is true, is Draco Malfoy's hawthorn wand special, or is the Elder Wand just so aware of what is happening that it recognised that someone had beaten its master, and promptly switched allegiance on its own, prompting the hawthorn wand to do the same? On a relatively unrelated note: Could wands theoretically be Confunded by a powerful enough wizard (or a sentient enough wand)? What would happen if a wand *was* Confunded? Could it be made to believe that *Diffindo* has the same effect as *Wingardium Leviosa?* If so, could such a charm be used to confuse the Unforgivable Curses with other incantations? Or could one confuse a wand into thinking that, for example, "FORWARD!" is an incantation? (I now think that Hagrid's "umbrella" has definetely been mended, and more than likely tampered with, by Dumbledore.) Could one convince a wand that its allegiance lies with someone who has never beaten its rightful owner in their life? That its master is a different wizard than it should rightfully be? If so, would one need the Elder Wand in order to achieve such a Confundus Charm, or would one simply have to be a powerful wizard? Barty Crouch Junior did manage to Confund the Goblet of Fire, after all. Discuss.

[@lyraparry3321]

Wait a minute JK actually said that the Elder Wand is the "most sentient" wand?? I can't believe this If Elder Wand is confirmed the "most sentient" wand, the *other* wands must be at least a *little* sentient... Right?

[@billyb501stlegion5]

@@lyraparry3321 Pretty intriguing theory and I agree with it.

[@neuralwarp]

This is the theory of magic, aka magicology. Some say magic incantations are prayers to supernatural beings, like demons, angels, genii, or gods -- which is why magic is forbidden in judæo-christian tradition. But what if a wand learns the meanings given by its master's intent? Or more generally, the community of wands and wizards learn the meanings given by the present and former wands and wizards? This is why incantations are in ancient languages, even when they're new ones like levicorpus and sectumsempra.

[@lyraparry3321]

@@neuralwarp That actually makes sense! I've been mentally refining this theory in fits and spurts for awhile now, and this is a better version of the theory I landed on last. This makes so much sense!

[@mb6309-2]

And what is all the swishing and flicking for Wingardium Leviosa if Harry can just point his wand with a word Sectumsempra and it works?

[@thenson1Halo]

If thestral hair and elder wood are both very powerful but difficult to control then in the hands of the strongest wizard it really would be of legendary power. Such a wizard would be the most able to control the wand with their incredible skill while using its raw power.

[@Locedamius]

I have only one problem with this theory: Dumbledore sees himself as the master of the Elder wand and actively tried to break its power by dying undefeated. That means he believed (or knew from experience) that the wand truly has unusual powers and that he won its allegiance from Grindelwald. Dumbledore surely wouldn't have given the wand's power any further thought if he had beaten Grindelwald in a fair 1-on-1 by being just a tiny bit more powerful or if he didn't witness any of that power throughout the half century that he owned it.

[@christopherbrown1848]

Yeah, he mentions that Voldemort is the only one who was powerful enough to recognize that he wasn't actually getting a boost from the Elder Wand, but he also said Dumbledore was equally powerful, so he really should have realized it as well if that were the case. I suspect Dumbledore had to defeat Grindelwald via some manner of magical distraction at the end of their wizarding duel, and has every reason to believe in its power seeing Grindelwald's magic up close without and with its additional power.

[@lateralhistory]

But even this holds up, I think, as Dumbledore would have been at that time the closest thing to the master of death. He was in possession of the Resurrection Stone and the Elder Wand, and he had also at one stage been in possession of the Cloak. He never held all three at the same moment, but he got closer than anyone. And you could argue that as Harry - the possessor of the Cloak - was "Dumbledore's man", he sort of "had" the Cloak too. What undid him was that he was weakened and dying in the moment Draco found him. If he had still been physically strong, I don't think the wand would have left him, except for Harry.

[@nesnibila4888]

I think Dumbledore's weakness lay in the placebo effect. He seems to be torn up by guilt and regret a lot of the time by his mistakes, and, whilst other people saw him as brilliant and very powerful, I think he probably had a low self image and some form of imposter syndrome due to his regret. I wonder if he attributed powerful feats to the wand rather than himself due to this mental distortion. He also mentioned that the Hallows was one of his weaknesses, and I wouldn't be surprised if he ignored anything that didn't conform to the 'most powerful wand' thing because, if he didn't, he would have had to accept that his greatest mistakes were due to him chasing a lie, taking away the last justification from his actions; that the dreams he abandoned his family for were worth attaining.

[@12jswilson]

I think it can be flighty and also more powerful. The Elder Wand did repair the holly wand, which nothing else was capable of, but the rules could still apply.

[@domskillet5744]

I think at that time Dumbledore was the "ace" of his time, so the wand therefore worked for him. Instead of waiting for Harry to be the only person the wand will work for, I'd guess it will work for the strongest wizard in the world AT THAT MOMENT, regardless of if there may be stronger wizards in the future. I commented a similar critique above

[@DejaMeek]

But doesn't Harry disarm Draco before Voldy goes tomb raiding? If it had already chosen allegiance to Harry than it wouldn't matter that Voldemort found it first.

[@thedemonofswordsmanship5470]

That doesn’t matter since the wand has been stolen before without any fighting taking place and the fact that Harry isn’t at the tomb when Voldemort takes it can also be a factor plus it’s possible Harry doesn’t become the true master until after dying and resurrecting.

[@theaspreysisters3587]

That’s one of the factors that makes it Harry’s also if you think about it harry finds he can cast a huge patronus on 300 dementors at once also he survives the killing curse at 0 or 1 year old and he defeated the basilisk and destroys a horcrux even frees an elf and he resurrects himself after death

[@rhondacrosswhite8048]

That’s why Voldy said the wand didn’t perform exquisitely for him-Snape knew that Harry had disarmed Draco but he didn’t tell Voldy that.

[@jacobmorejead8122]

In this particular theory the wand only cares about what's going on with itself. It doesn't care about what's going on with harry and draco and some other wand.

[@jexusdomel5194]

I feel like this really is one of the best interpretations of the elder wand just because it invites death just as much as the other hallows, good stuff.

[@luv_lynnie]

Have a good day

[@SuperCarlinBrothers]

You too!

[@brookekennel744]

SuperCarlinBrothers Omg I love your videos love your theory’s I always believe most of of them

[@Ava_m1318]

Congrats on getting a heart and a comment from SCB!! 🥳🥳

[@luv_lynnie]

Anxiety! at the Disco Thank you I never got a heart to found before so I’m like freaking out right now

[@Ava_m1318]

En d Just the first two I saw, lol

[@jalizabethvlogs2686]

Definitely Hufflepuff: ♥️ Slytherin: ♠️ Gryffindor: ♣️ Ravenclaw: ♦️ For sure there’s no other way

[@wafarizvi7652]

Literally just posted the same thing totally agree 100%

[@macattack423]

Checks out

[@JMaximusIX]

In my imagination gryffindor and ravenclaw are swapped. Possibly this is just because of the colors but I still think it fits better

[@carleyCornutt3711]

“The Diamonds are shiny and exciting; they yearn to be seen and recognized. The Hearts are compassionate and loving; they wish for everyone to get along. The Spades are quick and strong; they want power and control. The Clubs are very specific; they require attention to detail to be right” I found this online but just at face value I definitely thought the same as you until I did research on what those symbols actually meant!

[@klaraj7992]

Carley Angal I usually think: G - ♥️ S - ♠️ R - ♦️ H - ♣️ But this explanation was very good, so now I don’t know what to think...😂

[@vrushalideshmukh8922]

Ben: Mostiest sensiest Me: THAT'S THE MOSTIEST SENSIEST WORD I'VE HEARD IN MY ENTIRE LIFE!!!!

[@TiaMat99]

it's a perfectly cromulent word.

[@BioTressler]

Elderwand: Nat20 vs all low-level targets. -20 penalty vs higher-level targets.

[@DOC40619]

You essentially made an 18 minute rant to explain that the elder wand is basically the one ring to rule them all.

[@christopherfleetwood5252]

Or a gold digger.

[@eviestevie176]

Why do I love Harry Potter so much? Maybe it’s these guys... yeah definitely. Love Y’all

[@lc2341]

dude same I literally read/watched HP for the first time after getting into their channel solely because I wanted to watch their content

[@ravendragonseeker138]

It's all down to the wording Antioch Peverell used when he asked Death for the wand. He asked for a wand more powerful than any in existence. He never stipulated that the wand should also make the user more powerful or invincible.

[@davidwanamaker3382]

It’s also neat cause Harry’s repairing of his wand almost shows he knew it was no better than a normal wand, but he wanted his wand back Also 🐍 ♠️ 🦡 ♥️ 🦅 ♦️ 🦁 ♣️

[@aivylotus4583]

Isn't that a paradox? Normal wands can't repair wands.

[@malcolm32]

@@aivylotus4583 Unless that's just how powerful Harry is. Plus, all we really know is that Hermione couldn't fix Harry's wand and that Ollivander doesn't know how to do it. It's never specifically stated that wands are strictly incapable of the feat. We've all assumed that Harry can do it because he uses the elder wand, but you may just need to be an exceptionally powerful wizard to pull it off. Frankly, I've always thought it weird that the one thing we see the elder wand do that is special is not the thing it's famous for, unless you count fixing a wand as dueling with it, to which I say, poppycock!

[@krynwomble3937]

Or it could have been that the Elder Wand was different to other wands in that it amplified the magic that was already there, far more efficiently than any other wand, it’s legendary as a powerful wand for a reason. We always see Dumbledore doing pedestrian, simple tasks that wouldn’t have outlined him as much more monstrously powerful than any other wizard, probably to ensure the wand remains covert. He could’ve performed miracles but he preferred the stealthy option, otherwise he would’ve had other Hallow hunters on his back the moment he outed himself. The Elder Wand isn’t just only powerful because of its destructive potential.

[@malcolm32]

@@krynwomble3937 I have a suspicion that you didn't watch the video before writing that. The theory is that the elder wand isn't particularly powerful, but instead always chooses the more powerful user in any given duel in it's quest to find it's true master, the master of death. Always ending up in the hands of powerful individuals has given it the reputation over time of being powerful in and of itself, when it isn't really special at all.

[@joeyg3914]

:spades: Slytherin :clubs: Hufflepuff :diamonds: Ravenclaw :hearts: Gryffindor

[@cheezpuffg0rawr]

I was thinking the same :)

[@trishapellis]

@Super Greyflash Yeah clubs always remind me of the kind of stuff you find on a coat of arms anyway, that's more related to shivalry and bravery. You never see a heart on a coat of arms.

[@michaelharel4599]

Joseph Gonzalez I said the same, and explained , bit still the same.

[@AnzanTheFurry]

♠️:🐍 ♣️:🦡 ♦️:🦅 ♥️:🦁

[@sofian8571]

@@trishapellis Unless it's for the Queen of Hearts but I think we can agree she's a slytherin

[@eliblessed]

Also, veela hair was a described wand core. Just been reading through Goblet of fire, and the Delacour girls grandmother gave some for her wand

[@jonurbanovsky5438]

"The hair may die and need replacing" leads me to think that, if the elder wand is treated very well, it is prone to happiness and the thestral hair might come alive. Maybe that's when the extra power actually comes into play. I think that is part of why it seemed so loyal to Dumbledore--he wasn't egotistical and power mad, but he was powerful. He didn't boast about having it, but he used it to perform acts of great good. I think the wand takes into account more than just raw power, seeking a wizard with power tempered by wisdom. When it's current master fails to make it come alive, the thestral hair is dead, it's just a wand, and it will move on to the next wizard who might have what it takes to wake it up. The elder wand never betrayed Dumbledore, and I don't think it would have if he'd chosen to defend himself. Like the third brother, he had the wisdom to face death as an old friend when his time came. The wand went back to being just a wand, fickle, seeking the next wizard with the wisdom to wake it.

[@shanekeenaNYC]

It's like the wand is a living tier list for the harry potter universe. Think about it; harry potter is highly skilled in both light and dark magic, with his knowledge about powerful magical spells and objects, powerful in both love for good and hatred towards evil, and overall, he has always been in the right place at the right time since he got that first letter. The wand senses that luck, as well as the sheer force of will built by Harry early on, and it says shoot, I'm with this guy!

[@dimitrivasilaras6976]

The Elder Wand is still the most powerful as when you are its master, you are able to produce magic that you normally would never be able to do such as when IN THE BOOK, Harry repairs his original Phoenix feather wand, something that even Ollivander himself deemed an impossible task as it was damaged beyond repair.

[@SnazzyBeatle]

“Elder wand, what’s his power level?” “It’s over 9000!”

[@Stephanie-kh6nx]

Yes! HARRY HAS GONE SUPER SAIYAN! He must be god level now. LoL.

[@justjesssss1026]

The "War" analogy is literally perfect for this theory. I love this line of logic!

[@dbscarlett13]

It makes some sense... but it doesn't explain how the wand can do things other wands can't (like repair a broken wand).

[@dbscarlett13]

It was stated that wands can't be repaired...

[@DelicateInferno]

If you covered this in a different video, forgive me, lol. But Harry disarmed Draco, who was the Master of the wand at that time.. that is why the wand did not work for Voldemort. Other than the other reason which you mentioned here. I might also add that maybe it also had something to do with Harry being a descendant of the Peverell brothers.

[@FenixTheDon]

Yeah but the problem with that, which I've always questioned, is how TF would the elder wand know when it wasn't being used there. Draco didn't even have it in his possession let alone have it anywhere near him. Voldemort already had it and it knew Voldemort was more powerful. At that point why would the elder wand even care about the Draco anymore??? If wands select the wizard and the elder wand ALWAYS picks the strongest then that means that Draco would be the wands afterthought cuz he is way weaker than Voldemort. Not to mention Harry disarming Draco while he used someone else's wand (i believe it was his mother's) would mean that the wand Draco used would have been the one that belonged to Harry.

[@zacharymccutcheon8607]

Even if dumblydor wasn't a 4 on the tower, he still would have lost the wand, because he didn't want to fight draco. Same reason Harry lost in the forest.

[@ProfAzimov]

No, actually. Dumbledore planned to die.

[@zacharymccutcheon8607]

@@ProfAzimov correct. Therefore, it wouldn't matter if dumblydor was a king, or a four. The want would go to Malfy because dumbles didn't fight. He wanted to die. Was that not clear from my comment?

[@lisahenry20]

4:33 that makes me want to look at the quidditch rules and check whether you need to use a broom or whether someone could fly on a thestral instead.

[@beckysaurus3277]

I wish I only had to deal with my “lady time” for 8 hours a month.

[@dylanmcclymont9273]

"The wand chooses the wizard, Mr. Potter."

[@steve4729]

This is the most scientific and logical breakdown of a piece of fiction I’ve ever seen…and it really makes sense. Oh, Death…you clever clever shrew. What a great trick to play on whoever wanted the Elder Wand. It makes so much sense that Harry would destroy it.

[@dhrgkbqxtjr2743]

05:42 Well, the Elder Wand's "first owner" is death, so yeah... It pretty much is loyal. It leads all their other owners right into death's arms.

[@verysmallstylo3058]

you know I miss SCB Star Wars videos. #BringBackTheStarWarsContent

[@mbuhler6892]

Yes!

[@rodjayiscala8903]

Woah! Mind-blown! This makes perfect sense. The mechanics of how the Elder Wand switches masters is a devious plan by Death himself. One less powerful (power-hungry) wizard to worry about everytime it does. Awesome vid!

[@bigfq]

Elder Wand scans Harry's power level. "It's over 9000!"

[@salvation2324]

I would like to add on to this and say that along with the numbers game it does also have a positive for the owner in the sense that it prevents the owner from loosing to anyone less powerful, sure the 8 is more powerful than the 6 but on the wrong day the 8 might still loose but with the elder wand which essentially turns the entire duel to its will, will always stay with the 8 till a 9 or more comes along. So if harry (the one true ace) kept the wand he would essentially be unbeatable and if dumbldore didn’t have the curse and potion of dispare along with never dualing harry he would also be essentially unbeatable.

[@micaiahstierle1281]

It might be true...but how did we start with the mindset that Harry is the most powerful wizard ever?

[@tanyaghosh2277]

exactly! That's my only theory. I know people get fed up with the love trumps all kinds of magic theme but Harry would have lost ten times over if not for that? You can't expect me or others to believe that Harry could beat Voldemort in a duel...like thats just not...possible.

[@tommarsdon5644]

It's not necessarily that harry is more powerful, but rather that he is the master of death

[@jarv1s104]

​@@tanyaghosh2277 Yeah, I agree with you that Harry, him being awesome and skilled and all that, is worse than Voldy in pure power, but Ben didn't make that point. He said that Harry is the master of other two deathly hallows at the time of him fighting Voldy, so wand chooses the master of death over anyone else.

[@LadyKhione]

Yeah, this is a plot hole and not just for this series, this seems a plot hole for the series overall... I mean his father is from a long line of purebloods so he's got a magical history but have you seen his school work? and I'm not talking homework, he's not known in school for anything besides being the boy who lived. he's not called out for any particular strength in spell casting, charms, transfiguration, dueling, or other magical skills. The DA only proved that he'd make a good teacher and that he's sassy enough to ignore erroneous school rules to help prepare his friends for a coming disaster. He was designed to be an average student with a good heart, someone most kids could identify with, so my question is this: are we banking on the idea that Harry has a large store of latent magical ability that he refuses to tap into due to laziness, lack of interest, improper teaching, and/or lack of awareness in order for this theory (and the books as a whole) to work?

[@shigeminotoge4514]

@@LadyKhione Jack of all trades, master of none -- except the Elder wand. as @Tom Marsdon says, Harry is _indeed_ the master of death. Perhaps it's not just convenient plot armour that spared Harry from certain death so many times, but in fact the entire central point of the plot itself.

[@millicentbystander4502]

Hearts = Hufflepuff, Clubs = Slytherin, Spades = Gryffindor, Diamonds = Ravenclaw

[@alisha938]

Maybe Grindelwald realized this feature of the Elder wand, and, believing that Dumbledore may be a stronger than him, was reluctant to face him. Instead he tries to use Credence! They were looking for the hallows and he must have figured out the pattern! After all, he was not selectively ignorant like Voldemort . Maybe that is why the he made sure to form the blood pact as an precaution. He even tells Voldemort- " My death would not bring you what you seek"."There's so much you do not understand ". Also also, actually actually, he doesn't kill Gregorovich despite knowing the wand's bloody history because he knows he doesn't need to. PS- this might be a easily deductible theory and someone may have already come up with it. But realizing this while rewatching made me giddy and I had to write this brief essay here. 😅

[@Potentiation]

Let’s go!! I’m always stoked to see a new Harry Potter video on here

[@Jamie-fw3kz]

Same!

[@callmev3531]

13:55, how casual Albus is described as he fights Tom in the book suggests he isn’t given it his all, but is still seemingly close to beating Tom anyway. The fight is portrayed as far more even in the film but even then, Tom is the only one to take what would even remotely count as a hit when Albus encases him in a sphere of water. It truly appears as though Albus is still more powerful than Tom. 14:21, Despite Albus being physically weakened, he still demonstrated the ability to unleash a firestorm at perhaps the height of his weakened state. If he chose to engage Draco, it’s likely he could have defended against him easily, but simply chose not to fight him. Following this theory, the wand can’t make sure the stronger duelist wins if there’s no duel.

[@JohnDoe-zw8vx]

Thanks for addressing the fact that the wand did perform at least one extraordinary bit of magic in fixing Harry's original wand.

[@gyletre675]

I have never even thought about this, but it actually makes a lot of sense

[@civil_te_b_04_yashpatel35]

One problem : Harry was NOWHERE and I repeat 'NOWHERE' as good as Voldemort. So there's just no way he was an 'Ace' Side note: *whispers* Hermione was actually better at magic than Harry.

[@rmnadim]

Yes but Harry was the Ace just because he is master of death

[@Marigold11037]

That's not the point Harry was the master of death, and Voldemort had cheated death in several ways. In that circumstance, the wand would favour harry, therefore seeing him as an ace.

[@Stephanie-kh6nx]

I agree with Galaxy besides Harry was already deemed equal when he was marked at 1 year old to Voldemort by Voldemort himself. Technically after that point he was growing and powering up with each event that he had to overcome. Him making the choice to die literally just took him to a new level of power that no one has been able to reach because they feared to die.

[@taylor_green_9]

Hermione is better than Harry at most types of magic. However, Harry is a more powerful and skillful duelist than her

[@civil_te_b_04_yashpatel35]

@@Marigold11037 Don't tell me that Harry would win a "fair" duel against Voldemort. By fair I mean not having twin wand cores and the elder wand not being involved at all. (Ben said that the wand was a "farse " anyway). To think Harry would beat Tom riddle in a fair duel is laughable

[@abhitruechamp]

The ONLY problem I have with this theory is, harry ain't ace, at least not when he fights voldy.

[@thebraveminion]

I agree. But I would still say that in that time between them two he is the stronger link. I disagree that Harry is the ultimate best wizard ever. The wand chose him out of the two wizards that were fighting then and there. However, Harry did one thing which no other owner of the wand did. He challenged the wand itself. He realised that he doesnt need the wand, but other, potentially dangerous wizards will want it. Death's circle worked as long as wizards agreed that the elder wand works and so powerful wizards kept on fighting for it. Now? Who's gonna fight Harry for a wand he doesn't have? Didn't Harry outsmart death? Isn't he, truly, superior to death?

[@faucetstudios]

at the point he fights him, he is. Your soul is very important to your power as a wizard. Harry had 100% of his soul, Voldy did not. At this point it was Voldy and the Snake. When she was killed, Voldy got even weaker so... By transit property, Harry is an ace at that point.

[@tfahad2051]

Lol what? Harry literally survives Voldemort on more than just a few occasions. Harry survived Voldemort as a baby, in the dungeons where Quirrell was present, against a Basilik that is controlled by Tom, who is present there, and then Harry survives the graveyard, the battle of Ministry, when the 7 Potters were heading to a safe house and Harry's wand shot golden flames, surviving the killing curse in the forest and within an hour, he survives another killing curse by Voldemort and eventually killed Voldemort. How many people and Harry Potter characters do you know that betrayed Death this many times? How many wizards have fought Voldemort and survived for round 2 or even 3? Yet you say Harry isn't an ace, even against Voldemort? Sure thing.

[@abhitruechamp]

@@tfahad2051 Well, we can argue that on all these moments voldy was not at his full potential and in GoF and 7th book both, even harry admits that was something his wand did not him. His power only comes from that he is at least brave enough to raise the wand................

[@sonnyfox60]

It’s not just about magical power, it’s about how good your character (for lack of a more fitting term) is. Harry is not the most powerful, I’d say out of the books he comes third but his character is 12/10 so the wand picks him.

[@Mantekilla22]

Doesn’t explain how the elder wand possibly repaired hagrids wand

[@mirzamalioth]

Exactly, since Hagrid's wand was purposefully snapped in half (worse damage than was done to Harry's) and yet Harry's wand was impossible to repair by any means other than the Elder Wand, and Dumbledore was capable of restoring Hagrid's wand to working order, Dumbledore must've been enough of a true master of the Elder Wand that it showed those special, above what any other wand can do, powers for him, too, not only for Harry or the MOD

[@southpawhammer8644]

Ok before I watch the video I'll say my theory and see how the video goes. Of the three deathly hallows, only the cloak is not formed in deaths favor. The wand forces the holder to fight to the death, and the stone only makes you long to be with your dead loved one, until you succumb to the lure.

[@UmmYeahOk]

What’s Harry’s power level? ITS OVER 9000!!!!!!!

[@billblue5477]

Last time I was this early lockdown was over😐

[@winnie7922]

Your were this early in the future?

[@practicalsurvivor693]

Good points on the best wizard choices of the wand, but I don't think it holds water completely. I think you got at it better with just Death's conviction on the wand and it holder.

[@aneesacues]

as someone who has some interest in tarot and knows the corresponding suits to those of playing cards, it would be as follows: spades (swords aka air aka winter) would be ravenclaw, as this is the suit mostly related to issues of the mind. clubs (wands aka fire aka spring) would be gryffindor, as this is the suit having to do with our passion and drive. hearts (cups aka water aka summer) would definitely be hufflepuff as this is the suit of emotions. diamond (pentacles aka earth aka fall) would be the slytherins, as this particular suit has a lot to do with the “material” world in how it relates to growth and work and finances.

[@Cllocopine]

But I still believe in the theory that Dumbledore was the one who restored Hagrid’s wand and put it in the pink umbrella. We know his wand was snapped in half and Harry is pretty sure that the pieces were put in the umbrella because how else would the umbrella become magic? But Hagrid’s wand was definitely unable to produce magic after being snapped completely and yet the umbrella produces great magic! How in the world did they repair the wand?? The only person who would ever think to do that is Dumbledore because he’s the only person who believed Hagrid was innocent and deserving of magic. Are you saying that Dumbledore was able to restore it because he himself was very powerful? Because that still doesn’t make sense with the theory, if dumbledore is a king and Harry’s an ace then surely Harry would’ve been able to restore his wand with hermione’s wand the first time he tried it? So I still think the elder wand does grant it’s master more power but maybe it just gives power to the most powerful wizard to have yet possessed it? Dumbledore won over Grindelwald but became weak so he lost against Malfoy who was the master of the wand but wouldn’t have been able to use any extra magic because he wasn’t a king like dumbledore. The wand was then stolen by Voldy but again it didn’t give him anything extra because he was still weaker than Albus but Harry was at least as powerful as Albus so Harry could use the elder wand to it’s full potential.

[@Damon242]

How on earth was Harry at least as powerful as Dumbledore? Harry is an 18 year old kid who hasn’t even graduated Wizarding school Voldemort, who wasn’t even as talented as Grindelwald and feared to confront Dumbledore (who only used defensive spells during their duel), would have destroyed Harry if not for the elder wand being loyal to him In fact, if Voldemort had used any other wand during their encounter in the great hall then he would have killed Harry as his sacrificial protection applied to every other person he died for but not himself

[@CanadianSpaceBoy]

What if death is the elder wands true owner, and I'm pretty sure he'd still be the wands owner forever. So everyone who ever use the wand could never use the full power, just enough to know its the strongest. Basically how I think it would give that perception is that the base power it can output is league's above other wands so you end up telling yourself it must be even stronger at full power. Then you use it to the max let's say 50% "true power" and it still appears stronger since its harder to see a difference when it scales. And then when you really want it to win and give like 120% power it just doesn't because it's capped. And you end up dying because you believed it would be able to do way more.

[@naomi_falk]

Because the true master was Moldevort

[@lc2341]

after all, not even Harry is more powerful than a train

[@shadowminor]

The way I always saw it was that since the wand chooses it's owner and when asking for a wand the brother said "a wand that must always win duels for its owner" and since possession does not equal ownership. like you said, the wand chooses the owner at the beginning of the duel and thus it's owner wins. I think it fits perfectly with the legend just people viewed possession as the same as ownership.

[@danieldeclue1466]

I always felt that this was somewhat the case, that the Elder Wand could somewhat unlock the magical potential you already have, while not necessarily adding to or increasing it (unless you are master of death). Always felt it was very telling, that no one (besides Harry i.e. fixing his Phoenix wand), not even Voldemort, could perform impossible magic with it. Always felt that one of the only things that made the Elder wand special, was the fact that it could be used by ANY wizard without real issue, which incidentally is one of the most dangerous things about it. Like they say, the wand chooses the wizard; and if any wizard can use the Elder however they want, then the Elder Wand can use any wizard however it wants

[@blank3ybob841]

Hagrid also raised “werewolf” Cubs under his bed. Just proof that Rowling doesn’t plan everything which would be fine if she didn’t claim she did.

[@alexmckee4683]

Or 16 year old Tom Riddle was as credulous as 11 year old Draco. Opinions of characters are not the voice of the author.

[@izzysmith105]

You're right it could have just been rumours that he passed on, he's already lying to Harry in this scene.

[@peaktechnology544]

There is a huge plot hole surrounding the elder wand, can you please make a theory about it: the plot hole is that Draco can't receive the elder wand because he is not powerful enough for the elder wand to pledge allegiance and Dumbledore also allowed himself to be disarmed, so if we follow the rules, then Dumbledore is still the master of the elder wand. You could say that Snape killed him, but Dumbledore asked for Snape to do that, so it won't work, so Harry was never the Master of the Elder Wand, but that doesn't matter because the actual reason that Harry lived was because Voldemort used Lily's blood to rebuild his body in the Goblet of Fire and that tethered Harry to life as long as the blood flowed in Voldemort's veins, that and the fact that Voldemort was not the master of the elder wand means that Harry was never the Master. This theory says that since Harry is the Master of Death, the elder wand chooses him but this part of the plot hole because harry was never the master of death since he wasn't the master of the elder wand yet, so this theory is wrong.

[@markmorris2856]

Theory aligns with the story of afro samurai. The characters want the number 1 headband to get huge power but ultimately achieving victory against the current number 1 and all successive headbands just proves you are the best but not as a result of the headband but yet they still take it and the head band for reputation and it doesn't actually give you any power. It's just a circle of death as the protagonist is warned.

[@callmev3531]

14:50, regardless of Dumbledore’s weakened state, he would still have more than enough power to beat Draco if he chose to (considering the inferno he conjured while weakened and his more composed state when faced by Draco). Similarly to Harry not engaging Voldemort in the woods, Dumbledore seemed to choose not to engage Draco. If the theory is correct, the wand can’t sabotage the weaker wizard during a duel…if there’s no duel.

[@limiv5272]

I think you're mixing up being powerful with being knowledgeable and practiced. This theory suggests that, at that point in time, Draco had the *potential* to cast more powerful magic than Dumbledore. Draco probably didn't know the fire spell Dumbledore used earlier, but if he had and had some practice Draco had the raw power to cast it stronger than Dumbledore due to Dumbledore's condition.

[@gargoyles9999]

Eldar Wand: Yes I’ve found the most powerful wizard!!! *gets snapped in half by Harry*

[@tylorabdnor5562]

I never understood how a disarming spell would change a wand's allegiance. It's like every time someone disarms another, they would get the wand, like some witches/wizards would have a collection

[@Necromancer4267]

Eh no. This entire theory is predicated on the fact that Harry is either A. The strongest wizard of all time at age 17, even greater than Prime Dumbledore, or is unique in his status as "Master of Death" which is a pretty nonsensical and worthless title unless the literal Grim Reaper actually did craft the three items. But even if that were the case, Harry would not be master of the Elder Wand if we go by this theory, as he can't be master of the Elder Wand without already being master of the 3 Hallows. It's a paradox.

[@nightmare8094]

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[@joaopedrobarbosacoelho455]

When I read the books as a child I imagined that the owner of the elder wand would always be murdered at sleep, be stolen, or lose the wand by any other lowly way.

[@sydssolanumsamsys]

actually, the description is true, in a way the wand always duels for it's master, by selecting the duel winner as it's master

[@luce08]

house suites: gryffindor - hearts ravenclaw - diamonds slytherin - spades hufflepuff - clubs

[@Phanbot01]

I think the reason why Draco Malfoy was able to disarm Dumbledore so easily was due to either Dumbledore's hesitance to use magic against a student or it could have been Dumbledore's plan to fall into their hands so Snape would be the one to kill him ensuring Snape gained more of Voldemort's trust. He did entrust Snape to be the one to finally explain the meaning behind the prophesy to Harry. If Voldemort was aware that Harry was a Horcrux he never intended to make, it would have been important to keep Harry alive instead of wanting to kill him. When he did use the Avada Kedavra curse on Harry in the dark forest, he eventually destroyed that part of his soul leaving Nagini as the last remaining horcrux that his soul was hidden in.

[@orangeinkius7257]

It actually makes a lot more sense for the elder wand to be monkey pawed like that, the whole point of the tale of the three brothers was that only the third one was clever enough to get a functional gift. Just like the resurrection stone goes "Here this is what you asked for, you can recall dead loved ones... Except not really this is just a ghost phone" the wand goes "Here this is what you asked for, this wand will always win the duels for it's master... Except not really because it will just switch to the other guy if you're losing and kill you, it can do like, one extra thing over a normal wand"

[@TwiztidMenace]

Fitting that this is Death's wand as at the end nothing beats death. Death could never have lost its own wand, it had to give it up, and at the end the wand died and returned to it's rightful owner. #elderwandlives

[@Maximilian_Ingrosso]

a flaw with this theory is that the the brother asked for the most powerful wand, not a wand that seeks a powerful wizard. The other two hallows did as requested so why wouldn't the elder wand also be as requested, the most powerful wand? Also, it's pretty clear that the line about the wand not doing anything alludes to the fact that it isn't loyal to voldemort. But by this theory it should be loyal to voldemort at those points.

[@marcmitchell2288]

I think you're right, but when I was younger I thought that it basically drained "Life" energy instead of magical and eventually you'd just be too weak to be unbeatable, Like Voldemort (Too many horcrux destroyed) and Dumbledore (drank poison) they didn't have enough life energy to be powerful.

[@izmizzle]

The spade is the slytherin because of its association with digging, more specifically gravedigging. Gryffindor is diamonds because they got the true diamond in the rough with Harry being raised by muggles. Hufflepuff is hearts because of course it is. This leaves ravenclaw as clubs, which I think fits because of the 3 leaves on a clover and 3 claws of an eagle talon. If you disagree, don't @ me

[@emilykeepsmiling9465]

I think it says a lot that the only thing Harry did with the most powerful wand in existence was repair his faithful phoenix feather wand.

[@richjames1051]

I think the wand was created by Death to be the focus of desire and greed from the magic worlds most powerful. This, in turn, sends the most powerful souls to Deaths domain, where Death rules supreme. With such a tool, Death could keep and control the most powerful for his bidding.

[@meherlin4501]

Based on this theory, when Harry inevitably dies due to old age or whatever, would the power of the wand die with him or would there be a new Master of Death that it needs to find

[@iamdarth8393]

Theory: What if the Elder wand (in it's entire existance) only ever had two masters? Death and then Harry? Everyone else was simply the possessor of the wand but not its master. The books call it "A wand worthy of a wizard who had conqured death." So if this were to be interpreted as a requirement of being the wand's true master, than there are only a few who have met this requirement. Death, obviously meets this criteria rather implicitly. The Youngest Brother (possibly), who turns himself in to death after living when he was ready, of course he was then dead by the time he proved himself worthy. Harry, who proves to be master of death when he sacrifices himself and comes back to live. In keeping with the card analogy, I don't think Harry was the ace the wand was looking for until after he came back. And, despite all the possessors over the years NONE of them were truly its master, it just changed hands as one wizard over powered another by one means or another. So until encountering the revived Harry (who had successfully conqured death and lived to tell about it), the wands only other master all along was death, which is why all the other possessors died despite the edge it was assumed to give them. The wand then gave itself to Harry who had conqured its previous master (and creator) Death.