One thing that has irked me about the CCG is the lack of spread it has, I have played very few games and those games have been at Brony meets. Because only bronies seem to have the cards. What am I getting at do you wonder? Well I'll explain my stance on the card game. I love it not because it is MLP but because in general it is a clever and actually well thought out card game, sure it has some balancing issues but what CCG doesn't?

Now why do I think it is suffering? Well I'll tell you, I live in the capital city of Wales and know 4 local stores that specialize in CCG and Board games. I have been to each one of them asking if they will ever stock the MLP:CCG and I've been met with ignorance to it's existence which is probably down to poor advertising or the fact that the advertising is very poor for it. I was also meant with "No." when I asked why they replied "Because it's a brony thing." Needless to say I was flabbergasted by the rude response and left the store almost immediately.

But then it got me to thinking, is it the fact that it is an MLP related product that could be making the card game suffer a bit. I took it to one of the stores to actually ask them and told them about the rules and the cards and I'm known at these stores cause I by board games and CCG's all the time. So when I asked about what they thought of it, they were actually impressed by how in-depth it could get and the tactics you could use. Eventually though we all agreed that this game would of probably been better off if it ditch the MLP licensing and made their own game based on these rules.

Only one store stocks the CCG at the moment and have literally admitted that they only keep stocking them because I buy most of them and the rest sell here and there. It's hard to determine whether or not the card game is suffering via the MLP licensing but judging by that one stores rude statement, I think that it may be.