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
My deck is primarily built around making the other players regret their decisions and being able to get an unstoppable force going, as such it has a few different strategies.
First, there is Sorin's ultimate (put X 1/1 black vampires with lifelink on the field where X is the highest life total of all players). One of my friends loves building up tons of health with their "life" deck, so this is a nice counter to it if I can keep Sorin around long enough to unleash it.
Then I have a Liliana of the Dark Realms, which has an awesome ultimate (tap swamps for 4 swamp mana) which combines amazingly with From Under the Floorboards' madness cost to get a ton of 2/2 black zombies on the field.
Archangel Avacyn is just great.
Descend upon the Sinful to clear the board, hard (exile all creatures). This typically isn't the best to pair with Rise of the Dark Realms, but it does clear out everything to make a move, and if you can play Congregate with Felidar Soverign right afterwards, winning within a round or two is a pretty good bet.
Necropolic Regent helps me to swell my creatures, a ton. And when paired with Always Watching, I get some extra power and a nice addition of vigilance.
Guardian of the Gateless, paired with Holy Mantel can block any number of creatures, but also has protection from creatures, making it a pretty large wall.
And finally, I have Elixir of Immortality just in case I need a reset (gain 5 life, shuffle Elixir of Immortality and your graveyard into your library).