There Are Pandas, and Then There Are Pandas.
And this isn't either of them! The Pandas we're talking about here, are watches, not bears. And what got me thinking about them (again) was a link posted this morning by @cm.rook who pointed a few of us to the very attractive (and not terribly priced) Yema "Rallygraph" Panda which, in it's most traditional arrangement, looks like the one on the left, but can also be had in the version on the right: The model on the left is a true Panda, while the model on the right is called a reverse Panda. The reason for that distinction is clear--Panda bears, only come in the first arrangement. Now at this point, everyone should be thinking about the most well-know Panda, The Rolex Panda, which is actually a Daytona, and among Rolex Daytonas, the most famous of which is the Paul Newman Daytona, which was famous first, because it was Paul's, and second because it sold at auction for $17.8 million (US Dollars). The story of that auction is well-known so I'll only...
Nov 8, 2019
I wound up putting together a WB deck which lead me to a 0-1-2 (Win-Draw-Loss) record. I primarily lost against people putting together GR decks, which in retrospect I should have also put together, but I enjoy playing a bit differently.
My deck consisted of: Ingenious Skaab Just The Wind Enlightened Maniac Emissary of the Sleepless Repel the Abominable Thalia's Lancers Geist of the Archives Steadfast Cathar Jace's Scrutiny Chaplain's Blessing Fiend Binder Fogwalker Choking Restraints Chilling Grasp Nahiri's Machinations Niblis of Dusk Docent of Perfection Lone Rider Eternal Scourge Desperate Sentry Ironclad Slayer Cathar's Shield Invocation of Saint Traft
The Chaplain's Blessing was in there solely to ensure I could transform Lone Rider, which wound up leading me to a victory in one game when I lucked out and was able to play and transform him by turn 3. I also really enjoyed the Invocation of Saint Traft + Fogwalker pairing and it would have lead me to a 1-1-1 series if my opponent hadn't drawn a kill card (destroy target creature).