Best Pony Arena

Things were looking bad for me. The Rarifag before me had decided to cheat by using a mane 6 deck. All he needed was Twilight Sparkle and he would win completely. With her, he could summon forth the elements of harmony and obliterate the shields that protected my precious best pony. Though seeing how grim the circumstances were, such a thing would be over kill at this point. With only one shield left, it would merely be a simple order to attack to end everything. Luckily for me I had 5 good friends protecting my beloved best pony.

"A lady." The Rarifag purred from his mouth. His best pony was hiding behind a full 5 array of shield cards. I watched as the Rarifag tapped her, his best pony, and used her active ability. He tapped 5 magic points in his magic pool and in turn I was forced to tap all 5 of my friend characters that were meant to act as my lady's shield. Rarity had demeaned them with her whining and complaining. Now they were a defenceless mess.

He could beat me now. He had five characters to use and attack my last shield and then my best pony behind it. I looked at the empty space that took up his fifth slot of his friendzone. There were five ponies present but in this instance, the fifth pony shared a space with a certain cow pony. By the cruel machinations of the Rarifag, my beloved Applejack had become shipped with Twist.

He could so easily win but he wanted me to make me suffer. He wanted to punish me for my heresy, that I could say with such certainty that Rarity was not the best pony. And as it was, I was powerless to stop him.

Or maybe...

Desperately I tapped two magic points in my magic pool and summoned Lyra Plush. Seduced by the obscene plush, Twist lost interest in Applejack and separated from her. The fifth slot was filled, meaning Twilight Sparkle could not be summoned.

No. That wouldn't work. Applejack's passive ability, element of honesty meant that I could use no magic cards against the Rarifag. I gritted my teeth bitterly, to be betrayed by a carbon copy of my best pony. And by the small snicker the Rarifag was giving me, he seemed to have noticed that I noticed his depraved and sadistic ploy.

With amusement of that cruel joke passing from the Rarifag's mind he declared his attack. Rainbow dash was sent out first, and because all of my characters were tapped, she had a choice of who she wanted gone. Without hesitation, she went for the strongest.

Normally Big mac would be strong enough to defeat Rainbowdash in a fair fight, but because of Pinkie Pie's Element of laughter, Rainbow dash had a full 200 in harmony level over Big mac. Bitterly I conceded in bringing him to the graveyard.

In hindsight I had completely forgotten that Big mac had the ability to equal any foe so long as I had the magic to spare. His Fancy mathematics would have saved him and I had the two magic points to save him. For days I cursed myself for this error.

There was no time for last rites. The onslaught had continued.

Pinkie Pie obliterated Applebloom, her ability to be adorable doing little and not enough to save her from defeat. Fluttershy came next and slaughtered poor Winona. As a final insult, Applejack and Twist came for Granny Smith. Applejack's first strike made it a quick fight, leaving Twist to do nothing.

I looked at the Rarifag and he smirked a conceited smirk. With the shipped pair he could have trained Twist to attack the shield and beaten my Applejack with his element of laughter-powered Applejack, winning a major victory for all Rarifags in the most poeticly ironic way. Instead he was content to make me suffer more. Poor Applejack had to watch as his family was slaughtered by her best friends and she herself defeating her own beloved grandmother.

I took a deep breath and let the anger flow. I didn't know how but I had to find a way to change this around.

With all the Rarifag's attacks declared and all encounters resolved, it was my turn.

I had 9 magic points. My only surviving defender was Gummy, I had one shield and by some sadist's miracle Applejack was still alive.

I draw my card and made my hand of 10 cards into 11. I selected one card and showed it to the Rarifag.

Princess Celestia.

Her ability as the sun goddess means that no one on my side will suffer from summoning sickness, meaning I could use them right away. Plus her active ability called Sunrise taps all characters in the field, rendering everyone utterly useless, including everyone on the Rarifag's side. If I summoned her I would have the time to build up my defence again and mount a counter offensive.

The Rarifag was afraid. I had enough to summon her and I had enough to use Sunrise.

I watched terror rise in his face as I took one of the most powerful cards in the game and added her into the magic pool like any common card.

With this sacrifice, I would make a miracle happen.