User blog comment:B214/Jellal and OPed characters should appear less/@comment-3424593-20140903135016/@comment-7418318-20140903172548

Don't forget that when Erza "beat" Jellal he only had part of his magic power available, with the rest tied up by Siegrain, presumably about half. He even said "I have my magic back" or somesuch after merging with Siergrain and then easily dominated Erza even before the bind-snake activated.