@The Smiling Pony  
And the comics seem to back Faust up.

@tu160  
sorry for bumping a 4month old discussion, but i thought i should clarify:  
No, twilights actual words were more along the lines of “She is one of the most powerful unicorns i have ever seen” ONE of the most powerful, not even THE most powerful, meaning she considers herself or someone else even more powerful(unicorn! Not alicorn)
 
As for the rest of the discussion, moondancer has never actually performed any special magic, the only thing that hints towards that is her desire to learn that one book-spell twilight performed, which seems upper-unicorn level. But she is also one of the few unicorns who have studied (magic among other things) throughout her entire life, while most either learn from self experience(rarity) from a personal teacher(sweetiebell) or just during their short period at a magic school(sunburst)  
Meaning she is not any more powerful than any other unicorn, she is just very dedicated to learn more.
 
Now here comes the big shocker, i don’t think even twilight is anything special at magic itself. Rather her talent in “magic” is understanding it! Remember how the mane6(minus twilight for now) all at some point do things that were against their element? Like applejack lied, RD wasn’t loyal, Fluttershy wasn’t kind etc. It’s because they understand the core concept of their element, but they are not the element personified! Eh…ponyfied. Same with Twilight. Remember how she started, she barely could turn a page from a book with her telekinesis.
 
As for the image here that started this discussion: From what we saw ALL ponies had to learn to use magic. It’s obvious, like all talents people possess, that some can do it easier than others. So there is nothing supporting this headcanon.

On this show, unless you’re special in some way, you’re nothing at all and nobody cares. I never liked Twilight, and I never liked how the show treats her better than everyone else. Trixie is a much more favorable character to me.
 
On a side note, screw the people who say what you can or cannot do. Nobody gets to decide your limit.

Fuck knows; there’s no show bible and every writer does whatever they want.

Arguably Starlight Glimmer is actually more powerful and skilled than Twilight, at least at some things. Didn’t Twilight herself say that in the S5 final?

@orbsah  
Sunset, Glimmer, arguably Moondancer, seems that the pedestal Twilight started with on super-awesome and unique magical prowess is getting smaller all the time.
 
Not that I’m against that, in principle.

@PonyPon  
what do you mean?

@Mooncalf  
Is that why ‘as good as her’ has become a qualifier for any unicorn besides Trixie to be relevant?
 
Because the number that has applied to has not been static.

@Mooncalf  
Exactly.
 
 
@621Chopsuey  
I hope so!

@Dr. Rabbit  
And who knows? We might see that touched upon in Berrow’s Trixie book.

I wonder why people seem to be so hung up on the idea that “Not as good at magic as Twilight Sparkle” = “Worthless at magic”. Twilight Sparkle is one of the most magically powerful ponies in Equestria - almost everypony else is “not as good”!
 
If anything, Trixie is probably well above average when it comes to magic, since she’s shown on the show to do a wide variety of magic with ease and has magical performance as her actual job.
 
Sheesh.

@The Smiling Pony  
But we haven’t seen Trixie in a while, so there’s nothung to counter her going to the school.

@Background Pony #9D8B  
Unfortunately word of Faust only goes as far as things that happened in the show itself; there’s plenty she said that no longer fits.

@Background Pony #9D8B  
Aye, that be true.

Word of Faust says that Trixie attended Celestia’s School.

I cri evrytim.