This is a blog I've been meaning to write for quite some time, as you may have gathered from the story tag. It's an explanation for my choices when associating the Elements of Harmony with the colors of card game magic. If you have no interest in me connecting Equestrian thaumology and Magic color philosophy (or how my thought process generally runs when planning a crossover,) then I'll see you next week. Everyone else, read on as I plumb new depths of nerdery.

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“Oh man,” I thought, “I’m not sure what I’ll be able to do this week given the state of the comics. I hope something comes out before Saturday.”
And a finger curled in on the monkey’s paw.

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Slightly awkward timing. This would go up on the week of Halloween if it weren’t for that two-parter. Let’s see if there’s anything intentionally terrifying to be had here.

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Dragons! Adventure! Dragons having adventures! And a Spike episode that almost everyone enjoyed. Truly, this a time of wonders.

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This week, we have one of those awkward one-shot comics sitting between two multi-issue storylines, made all the more awkward by a marked absence of other comics to pair it with. As such, we’re drawing from one of the shorter stories folks have volunteered for cardification as well.

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Happy Valentine’s Day! I’d love to discuss the IDW Cheesepie story, but the second half isn’t out yet. As such, we turn to a far more twisted form of love…

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This week we have the grand return
Of one whose presence long I’ve yearned.
Zecora’s here to speak in rhyme
Though Rarity’s the star this time.

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This week, it’s time to look back a bit and consider the third in the noble line of Imposing Sovereigns.

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This week, we return to G. M. Berrow’s Daring Do trilogy to see what the middle volume has in store.

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And so we begin anew, with perhaps the greatest, most insidious evil the Mane Six have ever confronted: Educational bureaucracy.

I’m not being sarcastic. I could tell you stories there.

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This week, we return to d20 Pony, the ongoing adventures and explorations of Trailblazer. (It’s also my birthday, but that has little bearing on the cards. )

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I’ve been consistently unimpressed by G. M. Berrow’s vapid characterization of Rarity in earlier novels. Let’s see if the situation improves when Clothes Horse has the starring role.

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So. When last we left Equestria, Thorax went from psychological aberration to glorious faerie moose, lord of the Crayola bughorses. Starlight Glimmer… Well, let’s be frank, she’s still a work in progress. Still, she found the confidence to lead her personal Suicide Squad on a combination coup/rescue mission, saving the main characters, the local pantheon of surprisingly kidnappable demigods, and Shining Armor.

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My copy of Lyra and Bonbon and the Mares from S.M.I.L.E. has yet to arrive. I can only assume that Princess Twilight is still processing the Freedom of Information request. As the gears of Equestrian bureaucracy (and the USPS) turn, I’ll move up what would have been next week’s card blog.

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We come the penultimate Moonstuck card blog… not counting the epilogue. If it’s after the end of the main story, does that make it postultimate?

In any case, let’s go see what Woona’s been up to.

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Hello, fillies and gentlecolts, this is Thrill O’Victory for ZBS Sports, and this week we have what is surely one of the athletic competitions of all time. We now go to the opening ceremonies.

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Thanks to the side issues, there’s actually quite a few pony comics for me to review in the coming weeks. Let’s start attacking that in-box.

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Survey says this isn't Richard Dawson's sort of family feud. Yellowquiet and Purplesmart have their work cut out for them.

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Well, that’s six time counters removed. Time for the first TinyPop review, ironically of the last new episode they aired.

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Well, this is mildly frustrating. It seems Leap Day completely threw off whichever underpaid intern or unpaid autoposter that’s in charge of uploading Tell Your Tale shorts. Combine that with a still unreleased one-shot I had planned on covering next week and we’ve got two very different comics to cover.

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