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 ended up making a B-R Vampire deck... or at least as much of one as I could make. 5 cards were core to my game plan: - Furyblade Vampire - Falkenrath Gorger - Distemper of the Blood - Uncaged Fury - Malevolent Whispers
The idea was to get out an early Furyblade Vampire & Falkenrath Gorger. From there I would discard vampires to buff my Furyblade and use Madness to summon more Vampires. Once I got opponents down to 10-15 life (mostly tapped out) I would buff my Furyblade with a discard, Distemper, and Uncaged for one last final blow.
The Malevolent Whispers was not part of my core win condition but it did give me a second option for some quick extra dmg. In one of my games I was able to top deck one and grab a clutch win (1 life left - gg next turn) -- taking my opponents buffed up (8/7) Gisela, the Broken Blade and pairing it with my Uncaged Fury to deal a devastating 18 dmg to face.