User blog comment:Otaku Chick/Otabear's Anime Review: Ep 132/@comment-120.28.152.115-20120527040544/@comment-71.189.43.64-20120528091054

Who knows, maybe Dan is the Edolas version of Cobra. His magic is item based as far as we can tell. But more likely the animators are just lazy, and there is no connection between Dan and Cobra.