So, you decided to make this a story of its own. Me likey!

I WAS planning to go to bed, but...

Oh, boy. This isn't going to end well for Twilight when Unka Discord and his crew show up to inject a little chaos into New Phyrexia's order. (How very odd that I've just turned a character voiced by De Lancie into another Trek Icon: Janeway!!)

"I think we passed rude a long time ago."

It's times like this that I half-expect a pony version of Jethro Gibbs to show up and say "Ya think??"

Hmmm... perhaps if Ditzy really wanted to put a stop to this, she could get in touch with a large, metal person fond of saying two things:

1) Till All Are One

and

2) Freedom is the right of all sentient (and heavily-armed) beings.

I saw this on the main page and all i saw was the picture and thought "Pyramid Head. time for a Silent Hill story" then i read the discription

An excellent chapter once again! I'm glad that I opted to read it before going to bed.

Also, thaliamancy made sense to me.

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ALL WILL BE ONE. HARMONY IS ALL.

OH CHRIST HERE WE GO!

EDIT: Oh Jesus this is going to be even more epic than the last one, isn't it? I don't know if my body is ready.

So is this just the chapters from 'Sideboard' or a continuation of the chapters from 'Sideboard' or what?

Wait, what pumpkin?

(glad to see you read homestuck, it is awesome, this is awesome, & phyrexians are awesome)

(all will be one)

Holy crap. The name of my story's Main Character's hometown is Praetor.

>>686406686406 Does this mean future!Discord is going to go back in time and offer highly advanced technology designed to fight off the Phyrexians to his younger self, while also infecting himself with a virus designed to screw them over if he becomes compleated?

Wait, I'm writing the story. Why am I asking you?

>>686436686436 The only problem with this is that 18-wheelers make for poor disguises in quasimedieval settings. Aside from that, this is awesome.

Also, if Prime ever were compleated, we could get the best of both worlds! Trukk and munky!

>>686541686541 Really? Could you explain it to me? I'm just taking Pinkie's word for it.

What? I can't be the only one who's had the party pony as a coauthor, can I?

>>687050687050 The introduction and "Incubation" are new material. The other two chapters were in Sideboard. More are on the way, the next chapter being tentatively titled "Visible Symptoms."

>>687061687061 I am fairly certain that there were never any webcomic references in this story, and frankly the very idea strikes me as silly and nonsensical.

>>690351690351

He'd be Transtech Optimus!

This doesn't look good...

Oh, crap. Time for somepony to layeth upon Twilight a smackdown. When the pony I have in mind does do so, it won't be by accident; she WILL understand what went wrong.

Oh lordy.

Jesus Spike is big...

>>686436686436 IDK... metallic lifeforms might get affected by phyrexia oil even faster than organic ones.

Twilight's gone off the deep end again... this is where everything goes to crap. Luna! Drop the moon!

I love how you described red phyrexia.

Holy shit lagomorphs are boss.

Cadence demonstrates the true power of love. It probably won't work.

And Chaotic Celestia versus Phyrexian Twilight. Battle of the fucking millenium, that shit'll be crazy.

Oh, goody. The Elements of Chaos versus Compleated Twilight. This oughta good. Hey! Maybe Lauren will wake up and we can have some real fun!!

I hope Zecora is indeed planning on fighting Glissa, and is not leading Applejack into some trap.

Somepony purify Twilight already, before she suffers permanent mental damage? As is, she's already turning into another Locutus.

Also, wow that is an impressive rabbit culture there. Seriously.

That had been what had made her stop in the first place, the tattoo of only two hooves rather than four.

"Tattoo" isn't the right word here. I think you meant something more like "sound".

Also, a trillion Scovilles? Remind me to never go near that stuff. Most law enforcement grade pepper spray is under two billion.

>>785637785637 Tattoo. n. 2. A knocking or strong pulsation: My heart beat a tattoo on my ribs.

Your concern is appreciated, though.

>>785652785652

Huh. I've never encountered that definition before. You learn something new every day!

>>785671785671 Happy to be of assistance. Did you like the chapter?

>>785675785675

Oh yes, very much so. I must say that I'm very curious as to how far Pinkie will go towards the "darker" side of her Element, as it would seems that she isn't quite aware of how much the oil is having an effect on her.

by Luna The blight dragon in Equestria.

Is that... The blight dragon? Uh, one point for the invasion.

And oral holocaust, from now on I want to use this term.

And Trixie, you have no idea what you're getting yourself into. It really seems like the forces of good are taking a few more hits than they can handle. Although, Pumpkin's been keeping the narrative focus off of whatever decisive macguffin they're cooking up. Who knows.

Ohhhh dear....

Well, geeze. One one hand, Iambic Heptameter Zecora and the KoL shoutout made me squee. But on another, I just really dislike your giga-Flanderized supergod-planeswalker-genre-savvy-Discord's-mom Pinkie.

Oh I love everything about this story. Everything.

Now excuse me while I pick up the latest Magic game on steam.

OH my head... I'm not sure which part of this story I like more. It's all so magnificently funny and awesome... Did you distill TTGL and mix it with Magic and MLP or something!?

>>785877785877 >>785977785977

Yup, that'd be ol' Skittles himself. His handler's mind got eaten by one Sheoldred's paperweights, so Urabrask has had him on retainer for a bit. At least, he has for the sake of the story.

>>787058787058

Writing Zecora's dialogue is always something of an adventure, given that I actually care about keeping some kind of meter. I figured "anxiety = more elaborate rhyming schemes" would make a good excuse for... well, more elaborate rhyming schemes.

Sorry you don't like Pinkie. (On the other hand, if I didn't make her the ridiculous being she is, how else could I have fit in the Loathingarian reference? ) Rest assured, though, the other Thanes are by no means going to be a cakewalk. Blowing up Ish Sah kind of blew the element of surprise along with it.

>>789890789890 >>792206792206

Thank you both. As for the matter of blending ponies, mana, and Spiral Energy, I don't believe I did, though there is that one scene in chapter 17 of Elementals of Harmony where Luna decides to, and I quote, "kick pity to the curve and move beyond the regrettable."

>>797843797843 true but I would suspect the hidden to send a moltensteel dragon instead.

wat

No, I'd say this story already has a fairly large amount of 'authorial bull-honkery'.

I'm not sure if this counts as abuse of the fourth wall or not...

>>914259914259 I'm preeeetty sure that the fourth wall was sodomized in this chapter...

...

with a jackhammer...

...

and nitroglycerin.

Why not Specimens # 28 and 142?

'Trixie Hobbitses'

"I don't think she's being corrupted, Shining. I think the corruption's getting Sparkled."

Would that be Archchancellor Riddle Cruller?

>>10205521020552 In order:

*Because specimen 28 had a nasty tendency to cease to exist before the first incision could be made. (Also, since Besieged was the second set, I added 249 [the number of cards in Scars] to the Commando's collector's number.)

*That's been her name since Elementals of Harmony.

*No comment at this time.

*Maaaaaybe.

>Trixie Hobbitses

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The plot thickens! So many threads to keep track of. Also nice to see Steven Magnet kick some ass. I love that guy.

Hmmm, judging from this chapter, methinks that when Twilight learns that the hot stallion didn't really care about her and was using her as a vector to spread the Oil, Phyrexia will learn the fury of a mare scorned...

Weeeee update. :)

I counted 2 references to Discworld in a casual glance (weatherwaxed vamperism and the arch archchancellor). There may be more I missed.

Not sure if Skitecrafter could get past the rules committee.  But a clever card idea.

I have read many stories on this site, but yours is the first that I have been compelled enough to comment on that I had to make an account. And that comment is... Trixie Hobbitses. You magnificent bastard. That has to be the best name for any character I have ever seen, and I love you for it.

That is all.

So Rainbow Dash now has permanent Magefire Wings? Nice.

Jin-Gitaxias has direly underestimated Twilight Sparkle. She isn't pure Blue; she's Izzet-style Blue-Red (Izzet brains and Izzet boilers: contents under pressure!). She has a much larger capacity for raw destruction than Gitaxias is anticipating, and once she realizes that his goals are incompatible with hers and are inflexible, she will unleash that destructive potential.

"Because the best parties don't leave any witnesses."

isn't that an actual flavor text from a Rakdos card of some sort? It sounds familiar...

>>11361301136130 Close. It's something of a blend of the flavor texts of Slaughterhouse Butcher and Drastic Revelation.

>>11361541136154 ah, Slaughterhouse Butcher is the flavor text i was thinking of! I just remembered parties and everyone dieing...

anyway, as to the story itself. Loved Elementals of Harmony, Sideboard was fun, I'm very much enjoying this as well. I was kinda annoyed at first at Twi falling to the dark side again, but now it's starting to seem that maybe the dark side is actually falling to her, so I'll just have to see how that turns out. and I certainly wasn't expecting lagomath society to get fleshed out like this!

Looking forward to more!

And things are heating up. Good thing for all concerned that we're ending this with Twilight not wanting to know what obscure horror Ditzy prevented THIS time.

(And, yes, I DID notice the Quickdraw McGraw reference.)

I guess that would make Pinkie #0 on the list, then?

"Sisters?" blurted Shining Armor. "Plural?"

Swag update is swag

>>11366851136685

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There is a proud tradition of cartoon horses hitting things with big string instruments. I'm merely continuing it.

>>11379211137921 Actually, Pinkie's dead last on Rogue's list. She's the most content of the six, and the Element of Laughter isn't much of a threat to a ruler who doesn't take herself very seriously to begin with. Guarding Dark has her at number two, just after Rainbow Dash, but he's more concerned about chaotic tendencies than revolutionary potential.

Also, that wasn't enthusiasm on Shining's part. That was nervousness. He's imagining a legion of alicorn Twilights, their sororital fury directed squarely at him.

>>11383361138336 Well, there was a good deal of killing, crushing, and destroying. I suppose the swag was inevitable.

Crackle, huh? Well, I suppose it does make a twisted, delightfully Discord'd kind of sense.

First we have Trixie Hobbitses, and now Octavia as El Kabong?

You are truly best pony.

I know the man's a bit too cerebral for it, being Blue and all, but Tezzeret's attitude make him seem suitable as a temporary stand-in for Discord.

"Just kinda, 'oh, hey, I'm just your living reminder of everything that's wrong with creation, can I drop by for a bit?'"

"The park ruse was a distraction." -- Sly shout out to Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff...

"Brain over. Embarrassment equals very yes." -- AND Homestar Runner?

I've barely even started this one, and my ref-ometer is above critical mass.

Pinkie Pie was ALREADY my favorite pony. Having her go cream-of-wheat on New Phyrexia to the literal tune of "Crazy Train"... I'm laughing so hard I'm choking on it.

Again, good stuff, good stuff, fairly riveting read, until I hit the hot sauce scene. Cue double take on my part, then I started laughing until I hurt my... everything. It's like that Meta-C stuff came out of Aperture Science or something.

Ow...

I'm concerned now, that after this theoretical invasion of Ungula, Gitaxias is gonna turn his attention to the Disc, what with him channeling Vetinari.

I would raise the chaotic cost on Discord's adivce to 1R.

You should make a story where there is nothing but cards. That would be nice.

>>12885301288530 I'm pretty sure that would be violating the rules of the site. In other words, it wouldn't get approved, so you wouldn't get to see it. Now, on the other hand, the archives of a certain defunct Tumblr...

Alea jacta est.

Also, sweet "Rock! It! Man!" reference.

so's y' kin go about yer day.

>>15285141528514 Fixed. Thanks. What did you think of the chapter?

>>15285191528519 Very nice, as always. I hope awesome isn't something I can be inured to

YES! Iron Will is best not pony! And now he's here to kick some flank!

Looks like rough times ahead for AJ.

I know that minotaurs have a thing with mazes, but having their entire written language being a maze is actually pretty cool.

All this is quite good but it does leave me with the question of what Twilight is doing. Oh, wait. That's what the next chapter is for, isn't it?

Your rendition of Phyrexia is just as nightmarish as depicted in the cards, despite its current-- Oh wait, I think I've already said that. Still, methinks you're hitting critical mass with the creep factor. And again, even moreso considering where they're invading. Never thought I'd cheer for Discord.

I'm usually able to follow or surmise the strategy behind your end chapter cards, but this Peppermint Arbalest has me a touch confused.

I can think of more than a few ways around that first effect, but I'd rather know what your intent was.

So, FOME, what is your intended use of this card?

>>15892431589243 "Wake up, Trixie! Today is the first day of the rest of your research!"

>>15898671589867 When you say I'm hitting critical mass, is that a good thing or a bad thing? Not sure if you want me to back off on the grimdark or not...

>>15915741591574 Basically, it's a riff on Heavy Arbalest that exchanges some damage potential for tempo advantage. While it can be used to pick off weenies, it will be more useful locking down giant threats. So much more useful that I felt the "doesn't untap" clause from its parent card needed to be retained.

>>15924741592474 Phyrexia is supposed to be nightmare fuel, plain and simple. Toning back on the grimdark would lessen the impact... so I'd have to say the "critical mass" is a good thing. And like I said, it's doubly effective given the perceived innocence of Equestria. And I'm just gonna... find a corner... and cower for a few minutes.

>>15924741592474

Crap. Let's hope for a twist ending that has Ditzy prevent all this.

Ah, thanks for clearing that up for me.  I feel your version would actually be quite a bit more useful than its parent.

Discord weaponized Poison Joke just now, didn't he? Well shit.

Loving your descriptions of Phyrexia. Beautiful and terrible to behold.

Good chapter, just a slight adjustment for the card. It should be y for the second one. How it is worded, you do an amount of damage divided among an equal amount of damage. As in, you can only do one damage to x amount of creatures. Just a technical thing I've learned to pick up from creating fake cards and playing the game.

>>16922351692235 That would be what the "up to" clause is for. You can target anywhere from one to X creatures with Celestia's Ire and divide the damage among them however you like. Thanks for the heads up, but you're not the only one who makes fake cards on a regular basis, my friend.

>>16946351694635 Ah, thank you, I missed the may.

"Come on, Trixie! Today is the first day of the rest of your research!"

Oh man I see what you did there!

Most of your cards have been pretty decent but Kuldotha Portal is really broken. At the very least it needs to tap as a cost. As it is you can cast every creature in your hand on turn two.

T1:Play land, play mana dork. Cards in hand:5

T2: Play land, tap mana dork and two land, pay 2 life to play kuldotha portal, pay 2 life, play Emrakul, pay 2 life, play Random dragon with power five or greater. Swing, wipe the opponents board with annihilator 6 from emrakul, win. If they somehow survive, you have another free turn to work with anyway, as well as a mana dork to beat face with if you keep drawing land.

For a modern take on sneak attack, have a look at quicksilver amulet:

Quicksilver Amulet

Artifact, 4 (4)

{4}, {T}: You may put a creature card from your hand onto the battlefield.

Those who examine the amulet too closely have been known to become part of its ornate carvings.

>>17336631733663 Yeah, in retrospect, recreating Sneak Attack was a horrible, horrible idea. I've changed the card entirely. Thanks for the input.

For you, I'm still just Cheerilee."

Tink tink tink. "Trixie." Tink tink tink. "Trixie."

And the one error I spotted:

"It never fails.,"

Great....Twilight Glados.......

>>17340471734047

It was inevitable.

>>17342091734209

Eventually, the muffin will be revealed to be a lie..........

Minotaurs named after D&D feats!

So, does Angus have other sons named Superior Fortitude, Superior Will, and Superior Reflexes?

Once again, another wonderful chapter.

>>17337551733755 It's a very small step from grade school teacher to drill instructor, and that step largely consists of not bothering to hold back your anger.

>>17340471734047 >>17342091734209 She does what she must because she can for the good of all of us, even the ones who are dead at the moment!

Also, Lumengrid Science thanks you for not discussing the veracity or existence of Lumengrid Science Test Subject Baked Incentives in areas and/or at times where and/or when you might be overheard by Lumengrid Science Test Subjects.

>>17360391736039 Sadly, no. Nor will any of these sons, upon shows of great valor and prowess, be given the honorific of "Improved."

Awesome! Well written and I really like where this is going!

A... welcome wyvern? SQUEE!

"The Appleoosan balked

"G, I—"

"Jo– Oh, you ever meet my sister Jocasta?"

Haunting Whispers XBB

Sorcery

Search target opponent's library for up to X cards and exile them. Then that player shuffles his or her library.

Every little uncertainty, every nagging doubt, every moment of hesitation is another puppet string for Sheoldred to pull.

is it just me or is that crazy good? 6 mana to remove all copies of what could be a key component in an opposing deck, completely shutting it down before it could even start? and not even sent to the graveyard, but exiled!

I meant to ask this before, but I don't think I did: Is the collective unconscious a reference to the Statued Discord tumblr?