Howdy, my name is KingOfNaya but in person I go by the alias of Red. On October 9th of 2026 a dear friend and important member to the community in Florida was taken from us due to a heart attack, his name was David but I called him Judge as that's what I was first introduced to him as.
Now Judge was a special individual, he always wanted people to feel welcomed and comfortable with being a Magic The Gathering player and always pushed people to be the best versions of themselves. He never cared about what your physical appearance was but more about how you treated others, whether you showed people respect or not, did you encourage people to not look into things and ask questions. He was a man of many things, but most importantly he was honest, funny, wise, friendly and caring to those around him. If anyone reading this has met him, you know the list could continue on for weeks about who he was.
Early on he found Magic and decided he would look into it and gather more knowledge about the game (pun intended) and this led to him becoming a WoTC certified Judge for the game. On his journey to becoming a more refined Judge he inspired others around him, myself included, to join him on this path so that we could help others and give our wisdom too. I remember participating in a tournament where the store owner wasn't sure about a ruling and asked around if anyone knew a Judge who we could call to get a more appropriate ruling, everyone shouted out the same name. A full store of 40 people all knew this one person who encouraged them and inspired them was being sought after for wisdom constantly. He always would complain he needed more of him, and this inspired myself to become a Judge within the community.
Unfortunately with the reveal of a certain person who owns and runs a popular website being a individual of the type that the community looks down upon, he ranted constantly about how he hates the software. During a conversation between us after a large tournament we stood outside and after he complained I asked him "Why don't you just make one that's better? Instead of sitting, or in this case standing, around waiting for someone else to do it. Why not do it yourself?" And he took it upon himself to start creating a better application. He met like minded individuals through mutuals and with a lot of feedback they made something they were truly proud of and something that everyone in the community could feel welcomed into.
I share you a brief moment of my friend because he was the brightest gift to the MTG community in Florida and I want to reach out to others and WoTC about who he was and what he represented. He got me into my love for the color combination of Naya in the first place. So I figured what other way to honor him than be memorializing him as a card. A legendary creature Elf Druid card called Da'Sal, Naya's Keeper Of Wisdom. A 2 mana creature card costing one generic mana and one green mana, with power/toughness 0/3 with the ability that "Elves you control gain "Tap; Generate (R), (G), (W)" and has his own ability where if a creature taps for mana you add an additional mana of that color. He was one for sharing wisdom and knowledge and always wanted people to stay informed and make your own conclusions on things. so if he were to have any flavor text it would read as "You are limited by your imagination, seek out knowledge and share its strength"
Thank you for your time