Does anyone think Trixie The Great is a good magician

[TheMarkz0ne 962]

She is my favorite sub villain next to Diamond Tiara. But without the alicorn amulet do you think she could rival Twilight Sparkle. 

[Leafeon 2,702]

This is totz my thing.

 

Short Answer: No.

 

Long Answer: Of course not! Trixie specializes in flashy, non powerful magic. This magic is supposed to look good, not be powerful. It couldn't rival a pony who specializes in non-flashy powerful magic when it comes to power, but beats it by a long shot in beauty.

 

Trixie's power is under no circumstance the reason she is a good character. I state why on my profile. Since I'm lazy... read that (It's under "Best Pony?")

[Replicant 113]

It depends.

 

If Trixie held a contest for who could do the flashiest and most entertaining magic (her special talent is "tricks," so...), then it's entirely possible that she could win. Not guaranteed, but possible. Twilight's magic is more often utilitarian than flashy.

[The Original 571]

Nope, no, nu-uh, never, geen,  jo, heç bir, не, ne, nej, ei, hindi, nro, non, nein, nem, nei, tidak, uimh, he, nie, nao, nu, het, he, nej, hayir, hi, rhif, and that's all the languages i can find on google translate that go from english's 'no'.

Edited January 25, 2013 by Ponyworld Destroyer

[Magpie 623]

No, and it was kindof proven already. In the first episode with her, she couldn't stop the ursa minor, while Twilight could. Twilight could have easily beaten Trixie at magic, but she chose not to during her show as tonot seem like a show-off.

[Scootalove 10,689]

No, because when Twilight faced Trixie in a magic duel with the ursa minor Trixie became a laughing stock.

I'd say Trixie is only good in non-powerful magic. The Alicorn Amulet helped Trixie

[Pony Joe 583]

She's a terrific showman (showmare?) but her magical skills leave something to be desired.  Note how most of her non-supercharged spells involve levitation and extremely simple appearance changes.

 

Then again, if that's all she needs to run a good show, I'd say she's a pretty good magician indeed.

[Alex Kennedy 1,228]

She's an excellent performer and has done things with her magic the likes of which we've never seen Twilight do, but she is nowhere near as powerful as Twilight. She is a very good stage magician, though.

[cuteycindyhoney 13,307]

Trixie is more of an illusionist. She can do real magic, but much of what she does (minus the amulet) is stage magic. I don't think there would be any real contest between her and Twilight if Trixie didn't have the help of a magic amulet. While we're talking about her, that filly really should work on getting over her mistrust of wheels. 

Edited January 25, 2013 by cuteycindyhoney