User blog comment:Morganaforever/Episode Review: The Drawing of the Dark/@comment-4814726-20121216022114/@comment-5653093-20121216135402

Oh don't be sure about that Morganaforever - even if they do lose - the good side aka Merlin will suffer first - the next episode implies that he loses his magic maybe temporarily although more likely to be permanent. Morgana wants the throne, so why would she temporarily block Merlin's magic - she may just take his magic as her own. So Merlin will have to go for a substitute so that he can attempt to save Arthur.