What does unicorn hair in a wand mean?

If your wand is unicorn hair, this core, according to Ollivander's notes, 'generally produces the most consistent magic, and is least subject to fluctuations and blockages. They are generally the most difficult to turn to the Dark Arts.
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What does unicorn hair do?

Unicorn hair generally produces the most consistent magic, and is least subject to fluctuations and blockages. Wands with unicorn cores are generally the most difficult to turn to the Dark Arts.
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Are unicorn hair wands weak?

Minor disadvantages of unicorn hair are that they do not make the most powerful wands (although the wand wood may compensate) and that they are prone to melancholy if seriously mishandled, meaning that the hair may 'die' and need replacing.
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What Wizards have unicorn hair?

Known Owners of Unicorn Hair Wands
  • Mary Cattermole.
  • Cedric Diggory.
  • Neville Longbottom (Second Wand)
  • Remus Lupin.
  • Draco Malfoy.
  • Quirinus Quirrell.
  • Sybill Trelawney.
  • Charlie Weasley (First Wand)
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Is unicorn hair a good wand?

If your wand is unicorn hair, this core, according to Ollivander's notes, 'generally produces the most consistent magic, and is least subject to fluctuations and blockages. They are generally the most difficult to turn to the Dark Arts.
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What's the rarest wand in Harry Potter?

Elder. The rarest wand wood of all, and reputed to be deeply unlucky, the elder wand is trickier to master than any other. It contains powerful magic, but scorns to remain with any owner who is not the superior of his or her company; it takes a remarkable wizard to keep the elder wand for any length of time.
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What hair Cannot be used in a wand?

Characteristics of Wand Core Materials

For example, the wand-maker Garrick Ollivander will not use Veela hair for cores because he believes they make for "temperamental" wands.
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What is Hermione's wand core?

Hermione Granger's wand was 10¾" long, made of vine wood, and possessed a dragon heartstring core. The wand was manufactured by Garrick Ollivander sometime before Hermione's education at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
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What is the most powerful wand core?

Dragon Heartstring

This core is the most flamboyant of the three, and often produces the strongest and most powerful wands.
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Who has an alder wand with unicorn hair?

Clover's Wand Lore (and More) — I have an Alder wood, with unicorn hair, it's 10...
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Who has a phoenix feather core wand?

The only phoenix known to have donated his feathers to make a wand was Fawkes, Albus Dumbledore's domesticated bird. He only gave two feathers. The first feather resides in Harry Potter's wand and the other resides in Tom Riddle's wand.
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What color is the unicorn's hair?

Unicorns are mythical creatures, and in the same vein, Unicorn Hair Color is otherworldly. These hair color shades aren't found in nature—rather, they span the fantastic realm of the color spectrum—pink, lilac, aqua, pistachio, buttercup.
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What is Snape's wand core?

Ebony is a common wood used in wand-making for the films, including Percival Graves's wand from Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. It is also one of the few "black" woods, and as Snape's wand is jet-black, I'm 99% sure it's ebony.
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What is Ron's wand core?

Ronald Weasley's second wand was 14" long, made of willow, and had a core of unicorn hair. The wand was manufactured by Garrick Ollivander. This wand seemed to suit Ron better than his first wand, which he had inherited from his older brother Charlie.
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Is unicorn hair an ingredient of Harry's wand?

Potion ingredient information

Harry Potter: "No. We've only used the horn and tail hair in Potions." Unicorn hair was a powerful magical substance with a variety of uses, originating on the body of a unicorn. It could be used as the core of wands.
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What is Ginny Weasley's wand core?

6 Ginny Weasley

What is known is that her wand is made out of yew. This is the same material that Voldemort's wand is made out of, which is very telling of this wand's flexibility. Yew wands are known for their dueling dexterity, which explains why Ginny's spells always come out so vibrantly.
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Why does Hermiones wand have vines?

J. K. Rowling used a Celtic calendar to assign Hermione's wand wood based on her date of birth, as vine corresponds to those born between 2 September and 29 September. She did the same for Harry's wand and Ron's wand, as "a hidden connection" between the three friends.
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Can a wand have two cores?

In some cases, wands may have two cores, called a "dual core", though usually the second core is drastically less powerful than the first core. The use of a second core is often to make up for what the first core lacks. Some cores cannot be blended or paired with another. Examples of this is veela hair.
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What is the weakest wand in Harry Potter?

20 Harry Potter Wands, Ranked From Weakest To Strongest
  1. 1 The Elder Wand.
  2. 2 Lord Voldemort's Wand. ...
  3. 3 Gellert Grindelwald's Wand. ...
  4. 4 Professor Snape's Wand. ...
  5. 5 Professor McGonagall's Wand. ...
  6. 6 Bellatrix Lestrange's Wand. ...
  7. 7 Professor Flitwick's Wand. ...
  8. 8 Remus Lupin's Wand. ...
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Why is Voldemort's wand white?

Voldemort's is dead looking, it has lost color and its "lively look" this too reflects him. Severus' wand is black, straight, with a clear handle and "blade" so to speak.
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Why is Bellatrix Lestrange's wand bent?

During the filming of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Helena Bonham Carter accidentally punctured Matthew Lewis's eardrum when she stuck her wand in his ear during the Battle of the Department of Mysteries scene, in which Bellatrix threatens Neville Longbottom.
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What is the coolest wand in Harry Potter?

These Are the Coolest Wands in the Harry Potter Franchise
  1. 1 Hermione Granger's Wand.
  2. 2 Elder Wand. ...
  3. 3 Draco Malfoy's Wand. ...
  4. 4 Ginny Weasley's Wand. ...
  5. 5 Luna Lovegood's Wands. ...
  6. 6 Sirius Black's Wand. ...
  7. 7 Minerva McGonagall's Wand. ...
  8. 8 Harry Potter's Wand. ...
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Can a Muggle use a wand?

Although he couldn't necessarily cast spells, his use of the wand produced a powerful enough blast that it "kicked like a mule" when waved. This further suggests that, within the world of Harry Potter, Muggles can use wands and access magic.
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