seems to me potion making is the best bang for the buck in magic.

[FNGRpony 658]

lets review,

the alicorn potion

the hearts and hooves potion-  a dragon came, a kingdom fell, and chaos rained.

the potion apple bloom stole that gave her multiple cutie marks.

 

 

hell forget being a unicorn, i'd be a earth pony with a potion brewing cutie mark

 

agree or disagree?

[NavelColt 22,883]

The trade-off being that potion making requires ingredients. And you can be damned sure that most potion ingredients aren't something you can go frolic out into your back yard and get, or go to the supermarket down the street and get. Potions may be powerful, but they take longer preparation than the ability to cast magic yourself via a horn. That's the trade-off.

[Scootalove 10,689]

The potion has a huge significance with how rare and the amount of bits that a pony would pay, for the amount that the potion is worth. It isn't easy making a potion or trying to find the ingredients, you require the ingredients and the time to be able to prepare the ingredients to make the potion.

 

As for the magic, you would need to have the ability to cast a spell to either make the potion or mix the ingredients in manually to make the potion. The trade-off has been revealed.