Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-36316824-20180804020232/@comment-32352572-20180804095602

Zombielizard wrote: These spells are too powerful, and a Wizard's magic doesn't come from his staff.

The Wizards are, for all intensive purposes, angellic beings, servants of the Valar. They are maiar. The "Saruman, your staff is broken!" line trips a lot of people up and makes them think that wizard staff = wizard power. But no it is not. They are maiar. Gandalf mentioning the staff  was done as symbolism. His power dies, and with it, his staff.