I'll be having a busy day tomorrow. Between the Kaladesh prerelease and my sister visiting, there's no way I'll be able to see the next episode when it airs. As such, expect delays with the next installment of Friendship is Card Games. The final chapter of What Shy Did on Her Summer Vacation should go up on time, but depending on Fimfiction's mobile interface, I might not be able to mark the story as complete for several hours. We'll have to see.

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Inspired by FanOfMostEverything and his Friendship is Card Games series, I have decided to start composing FiCG posts for episodes from my favorite AUs. And I am beginning with the founding episode of The Rainsverse.

Enjoy!

Chroma, Bringer Of Endless Storms
3RR
Legendary Creature – Soldier
Flying, Haste, Indestructible

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Slight change of plans for this weekend. After actually bothering to, you know, look at the schedule of events and taking the advice of more experienced congoers into account, I decided that going to Ponycon on Saturday rather than Sunday would be a much more rewarding experience.

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Merry Jinglemas to all! The first batch of Secret Santa stories is now available for public viewing, including my gift to kairipancakes, who requested something involving Big Mac and Sugar Belle. Somehow, the rest of the former's family crystallized around them, including some rather distant relations.

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Heads up: This week's card blog will be delayed a bit, since I have preexisting engagements on literal Christmas Day. Whatever you had/have/will have, I hope you have a good one.

So. I'm in a bit of a pickle. See, I schedule Friendship is Card Games as far in advance as is reasonable, which has lately meant as far as possible. My most optimisitic estimates had me prepped through the first week of February. However...

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I have seen the finale, though a few poorly executed attempts at spoiler avoidance about the Internet meant that I wasn’t able to go in completely uninformed. The blog will go up on the 23rd, as originally scheduled. After that, I’ll resume going through the comics, starting with Friends Forever and Micro-Series #2.

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As you likely know, we're entering a midseason hiatus. However, that doesn't mean that I won't be able to provide a card blog next Sunday. Instead, I can start reviewing the IDW comics. Of course, that leads to the question of where to begin. My default choice is currently the Revenge of Queen Chrysalis, it being the first storyline and all, but I have access to the main series up through the Siege of the Crystal Empire, Friends Forever up through the Rarity and Gilda issue, all of FIENDship is

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Just a reminder that I'll be heading to EFNW, which means an early morning train to a slightly less early plane tomorrow. As such, expect delays on the next Friendship is Card Games. (Also be careful of spoilers in general given the Italian triple episode release coming up shortly.)

Looking forward to seeing those of you who will be in Seattle! I'll be in the shirt that looks like a Hawaiian shirt made from the shredded remains of other Hawaiian shirts.

If you were expecting “Magic Duel,” you can find it here. This week, we’re looking at the first part of the Crusaders’ dream trilogy… which, due to how I ended up doing this blog, will be the last one I look at. And largely isn’t in Ponyville. Go figure.

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Ah yes, the episode whose title works equally well for the plot of “Putting Your Hoof Down.” Let’s take a look.

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Coming tomorrow...

This week, we return to the main comics, though these two feel more like Friends Forever issues that missed the boat.

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Sorry for the slight delay; I blame Daylight Savings Time. In any case, this week we have a tribute to 1890s mystery stories and 1990s teen sitcoms.

I assure you, I will explain.

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I have been playing a few games with the Equestria Girls-themed Magic: the Gathering set I'm developing, and it's glorious fun.

Some games are quite one-sided. That's Magic. But plenty of games have had an impressive amount of back-and-forth.

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When last we left the comics, Twilight had sent Zecora and a brute squad to Farasi, a land Zecora had abandoned long ago on a quest for magical power… leaving behind her friends as well.

Any resemblance to Sunset Shimmer is probably coincidental. Besides, as far as I know, Sunset’s never had to deal with a grootslang. Time for adventurous diplomacy!

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This week, we reach the present moment with the G5 IDW comics; issue #8 only came out this week. Let’s see where we stand as of now.

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This week, some loose ends from the very first episode get tied up in Slice of Life 2: Coherent in Canterlot.

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The interseason hiatus may have begun, but we have quite the animation backlog to get through before returning to the comics. And before we can even touch the EqG shorts, there’s a three-episode-long special to examine. Let’s get this show on the road.

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Canon. Alternate. Universe. On paper, this should be my absolute favorite comic storyline, bar none. Let’s see if that hypothesis holds.

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