Originally Posted by
DigoDragon
I feel that Telekinesis is a bit too strong to represent the Unicorn's ability. To be able to lift 1000 pounds at 1st level is a pretty significant advantage, and the only unicorns we see that lift that much are Twilight and Rarity. Mage Hand may be much weaker, but it still has a lot of utility with it's 10 pound capacity and it is at will too. The way I see it, Rarity took levels in a spellcasting class to get the Telekinesis spell in order to do her fancy tricks of lifting all that stuff.