Long-time fanfic writer, newbie ponefic writer. Lives for platonic Pinkie/Fluttershy fluff. Proud Odd Squad connoisseur for over 9 years running.
There's a new trading card game sweeping Equestria, and Pinkie has decided to have a go at it with Twilight.
Sore underestimation ensues.
For the A Thousand Words II Contest, under the Comedy section.
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Ah, Magic The Suffering
Could we get a sequel where twilight tries to get that card banned? Or where she goes thru a montage of trying out different decks against pinkie (and loses every time)?
Good fun
I liked this!! The dialogue felt very in character!!
Just wait until Pinkie comes back with a Lugia VStar deck.
Me: GET THE DURALADON VMAX!
11606091 More like Ma-Gi-Goemon.
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You should see modern Yugioh... it's like watching the other guy play solitaire.
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Oh, I'll have to set that on the back burner for sure. The sequel potential is strong with this one. And I'm all for taking my 11 years of experience playing the game and applying it to pone even more.
I was expecting them to get into an argument about banding. Sequel?
A tcg, huh? Did you maybe have one of the judges in mind when you wrote this?
Very cute little story. Best of luck in the contest!
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Surprising as it may be -- I know one of 'em is a fan of MTG -- but nope. This was more of an idea that popped into my head on a whim after I realized my first idea wouldn't really work in just 1000 words.
That, and I re-read Estee's Donuts Not Of This World for the hundredth time and decided to apply it to my own favorite TCG. That too.
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That terminology doesn't exist in the game I'm referencing (at least AFAIK over 11 years), but I could certainly do the research and apply it to a sequel once I put it on the front burner.
Good work Pinkie. You win again
I remember trying to beat meta decks in Yu-gi-oh years ago with non-meta decks I liked when playing yu-gi-oh! online. It didn't take me long for me to learn "If you can't beat them, join 'em."
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If you write a sequel with a version of Yu-gi-oh!, I would be interested in it. The way Yu-gi-oh! is now, I pity the poor players that have to go through learning all the summoning methods, and that would be the easy part compared to learning rules like "missing the timing" or not being able to use Monster Reborn on a monster in the Graveyard that was cheated out by card effects, some of which could sound like troll logic sometimes
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Oh, no, don't do that! I was being facetious.
It's from Magic: the Gathering, pertaining to a very tedious set of rules for a game mechanic that nobody used even when it was current. There are a lot of weird, non-optimized design features in old Magic.
So is this an actual game? I used to collect Magic and Yu-Gi-Oh, but that's been years and I haven't touched either in a long time. Great story though. You'd think Twilight would know better by now when it comes to Pinkie Pie.
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Yes, but it's neither of the games you're thinking of. Only two people in the comments have gotten it right thus far, which just tells me I need to make a whole lot more "creatures play Animon" fics.
Plus I had to tweak the original name and concept since I wanted to stick with the originals, but I figured coming up with new monster names, types and attacks would be good writing exercise on my end.
And it keeps the references hidden...apparently just a tadtoowell.11607760
That only two even know what outside of the author that is isn't a good sign I feel.
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I'm not familiar with MTG or Yu-Gi-Oh, but I wanted to put my own spin on the "ponies playing TCG" concept using the one TCG I did know. Well-known franchise, but a not-so-well-known game within the franchise, I suppose.
At the very least, it's better than the "Pinkie pranks everyone with a Mandela Effect" idea I had, which I not only couldn't fit comfortably in 1000 words but said Mandela Effect would have probably flown over a lot of readers' heads, moreso than what I referenced here. So I stuck with the TCG idea instead.
Wait...how does almost nobody know the TCG in question? Monster stages, attaching energy, the other changed terms admittedly tripped me up for all of three seconds... But then again I haven't played in like 20 years.
Regardless, a properly Pinkie take on TCG's
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Hey, banding wasn't that bad. It just takes one of the most core mechanics in Magic and flips it on its head....which by extension breaks everything else...ok it's a bad mechanic but also funny.
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In addition, there was another feature introduced around the time of Legends called "Bands with". So you had cards that read "Bands with other wolves", but don't think that means the card in question could be banded with wolves, which might appear to be the first and only use of said card. No fucking sir. You might as well start marking your deck, while you're at it.
Pokémon. Very funny story.
Also, I see references to Banding and 'Bands with other' in the comments. My soul hurts just seeing those words.
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if only there were a prize for the best chapter title in the contest
aww that takes me back to the early 2010s!
that’s her reality-bending powers for ya
hehe would it be called a “hand” when the ponies don’t have those?
so true actually
some very light fun, thank you for writing!
If literally every competitive deck in the format is running the card, then yes, it needs to be banned. (Long judgmental look at The One Ring.) Isn’t that right, WotC?
In any case, I have fond memories of the Pokémon TCG from way back in the day. (I dropped it shortly after Gen 2 started.) Fun stuff here… and an enjoyably menacing start to Twilight’s villain arc.
Thank you for it.
An oddball ghost happened across your fic and read it. Have a review!