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Upland Shadow – 10/18

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OVERALL: This card represents a new shift in how I play weekly Magic the Gathering. We used to have an active 60-card weekday night group (4-6 players) on Wed/Thursday night. Over the years the a player would stop playing. Including myself, eventually it came down to 2 players. It was fun for a while, but 2 player games become boring as both players start to memorize the other players decks. We agreed to ventured out to find new players for our magic play night. What we found, was a thriving player base of ‘commander’ players at the Upland Magic Group (UMG). They play weekly on Sunday at Upland Brewery between 12-8p. There are always 15+ players in total and usually there are 5-10 players rotating in and out on Sundays. This past year, Sunday is Magic day with the UMG at Upland Brewery.

GAME ATTRIBUTES: This card is mono-black and was designed to be snuck into actual game play with UMG. Having protection from everything means it doesn’t go away. Since UMG plays in a brewery, it makes sense to have some kind of operating rules around how players pay for beer rounds. Besides being a great blocker (without flying) it determines that of a 4 player game, the first player out, buys the round for the surviving players as long as the card is in-play.

Sunking Cervesalorian – 9/18 v2

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OVERALL: This is iteration 2 of a previous card. It worked so well, I created another version of it for the show. It will most likely get replaced by The One card (see below). You’ve heard of the Honey Badger, this is the Beer Badger. This badger cannot get enough of their favorite beer. This card is me in a ‘beer’ form. As you can tell from the cards title, I’m a big fan of Sunking Brewry . This card pays homage to Sunking for all the great beers it makes (just for me?). I am really excited for their new barrel-aged release Buffalo Slumber being released May 24th. Buffalo Slumber is a Bourbon Barrel-Aged Belgian-Style Tripel. This BA Tripel is the 2011 GABF gold medal winner 🥇 in the Belgian-Style Strong Specialty Ale. 🦬💤

GAME ATTRIBUTES: This card is two-colored – red (speed) and white (purity). Two mana cost is low and fast. Upon turn 2 this guy can come out swinging. It has haste upon entering the battlefield. For 2 mana it can give itself double-strike anytime it needs it.

Sunking Cervasalorian – 5/18 v1

| JVS

OVERALL: You’ve heard of the Honey Badger, this is the Beer Badger. This badger cannot get enough of their favorite beer. This card is me in a ‘beer’ form. As you can tell from the cards title, I’m a big fan of Sunking Brewry . This card pays homage to Sunking for all the great beers it makes (just for me). In fact, yesterday, I biked from Broadripple up to the Carmel location to get beer only available in the brewery. I love to taste all new beers and typically order flights of beer.

GAME ATTRIBUTES: This card is two-colored – red (speed) and white (purity). Two mana cost is low and fast. Upon turn 2 this guy can come out swinging. It has haste upon entering the battlefield. For 2 mana it can give itself double-strike anytime it needs it.

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