User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Sorcerer Magazine, Issue 47: November 2015/@comment-112.133.244.41-20151206161406

Mystogan, if in Earthland, would've trumped the boring ol' Gray - Draft 1 pastiche.

But looking at the manga fight between him and Laxus WHICH EVERYONE FUCKING FORGETS he seems to have a really cool skillset – manipulating the ground more or less like a mix of Hoteye and Uosuke's powers.

Using a bunch of staffs, he as a 12 year old ( assuming he is as old as Jellal who should be around 19 ) was able to block Anima and keep a five - year old Wendy safe for a whole month.

He could literally " Sense " the Anima at this age.

We have been told that Earthland has limitless magic, and that the Earth itself has enough power in itself to power the Nirvana – and that is hellava big. Assuming ( since its impossible that he became an S - Class Mage on inbuilt power of the Staves alone – we have seen with the tools Natsu and Wendy utilized that they are highly fickle ) that he can draw energy from the earth and air to power himself, there is no doubt he could win.

Why, I am certain that if he wasn't away for missions all so often he could have become an S-Class way before.

Not to belittle the others or anything, but if you check it, there was no successful candidate in X779. Mystogan is sneaky enough to win by escaping battles, and versatile enough to play to his opponent's weaknesses.

Another point that ups Mystogan here is the fact that the guy fucked up all of the Phantom Lord subdivisions by himself. Even if all of them were weaklings, this denotes astounding stamina.

Ergo : With his durability and stamina, he could probably stand for a LONG time.

Also, he invented the X-Balls and 5 Staffs ( probably more, since Jellal's Five Magic Circle had one that looked like the Rod of Asclepius ) which put him at par with mages like Erza and Mirajane.

His sleep magic was able to put to sleep a guild of hundred members at least, as well as a weakened Mirajane who uses Sleep Magic herself.

Seeing how much damage the unsheathed Archenemy dealt on walls but how less on Erza, we can assume that people are generally more resistant to Magics similar to ones they use.

While you will not by now that most of my arguments are based on assumptions, they have evidence to support them, however minute.

Most importantly, it was he who gathered Makarov's immense magical power and restored it to the Wizard Saint after Aria had drained it allowing the big ( short ? ) guy to defeat Jose Porla acknowledged as highly powerful despite his young age – capable, if he hadn't swerved, to lead the youngsters to a better future.

HENCE PROVED>