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Daniel Boone: Emerald Character
Daniel Boone (1734 to 1820) was an American frontiersman who in 1775 led axmen cutting the Wilderness Road through the Cumberland Gap into Kentucky. He helped found Boonesborough, was captured and adopted by the Shawnee in 1778, and became famous through a 1784 book that romanticized his adventures.
- Cost
- 2 crystals
- Type
- Character · Adventurer
- Power / Health
- 2 / 2
- Color
- Emerald (Frontier & Explorers)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Liberty & Lightning (Set 1)
- Keywords
- Explore
On play: if a character of yours charged this turn, gets +1/+1.
Frontier legend whose pathfinding abilities were matched only by his talent for narrowly escaping death and debt.
The real history
Daniel Boone was born in 1734 in Pennsylvania. At fifteen he moved with his family to Virginia and then to North Carolina's Yadkin River valley, where he worked as a long hunter, spending months far from home hunting deerskins.
In 1775 the land speculator Richard Henderson hired Boone to cut a road into Kentucky. Heading a band of axmen, Boone marked a path from the settlements near Kingsport, Tennessee, through the Cumberland Gap to the Kentucky River. It later became part of the Wilderness Road. Henderson's colonists, including Boone's family, founded Boonesborough along this route in the spring of 1775.
The land was not empty. It was used by Shawnee and other Native nations, and settlers faced armed resistance. In early 1778 the Shawnee leader Blackfish captured Boone and adopted him under the name Sheltowee, meaning Big Turtle. Boone learned of plans to drive settlers out of Kentucky, escaped in June, and helped Boonesborough survive a siege in September.
Boone served in the Virginia legislature and as a militia officer, but his land speculation failed and he ran up debts, and an arrest warrant was issued in 1798. In 1799 he moved to Spanish-ruled Missouri. He died there on September 26, 1820.
Much of his fame came from a book by John Filson in 1784, which romanticized his life. Some exploits later credited to him were embellishments of smaller deeds, or outright fiction.
Sources
- Daniel Boone, American Battlefield Trust
- Boone, Daniel (1734-1820), Encyclopedia Virginia, Virginia Humanities
In the game's story
In the game's invented story, Boone wanders into the Deckle Wilds and is not seen for four days. A search party of Rangers finds him roasting a fish by a campfire, in perfect good humor, and he calls it the best four days of his life. He turns down an honorary place in their order because he would rather keep wandering. He moves through the shifting trails as if they were an old friend, and he has found three rifts before they opened just by noticing the birds had gone quiet.
How the card plays
Daniel Boone costs 2 crystals and is a 2/2 Rare Emerald Adventurer. He has Explore, so only characters with Explore can block him. On play: if a character of yours charged this turn, he gets +1/+1, which makes him a 3/3.
To get the bonus, charge first and play him second in the same turn. Boone is cheap enough to fit beside a bigger play, and he is hard to block on the following turn.
Rebel, Two Sided Hound Rebel, Two Sided Hound has Swift, so it can charge the turn it arrives and unlock Boone right away. John Laurens John Laurens is another 1-cost Swift character. Davy Crockett Davy Crockett gets +2/+0 when he charges and is a natural frontier partner.
- Playable in decks led by Amelia Earhart, and by any Traveler Leader whose colors include Emerald.
- In the Earhart starter deck (2 copies). Deck code:
LC2-Ax8CIAEhASIBIwIkAiUBJgEnASgCKQEqAisBLAEtAS4BLwEwATEBMgEzATQBNQE2ATcBOAE5AToBOwE8AT0BZQJ0Anuc - A deck holds up to 3 copies of this card.
Questions about Daniel Boone
Was Daniel Boone adopted by the Shawnee?
Yes. After the Shawnee leader Blackfish captured him in 1778, Boone was adopted and given the name Sheltowee, which means Big Turtle. He escaped in June and warned Boonesborough of an attack.
Card art
The standard version of Daniel Boone. The Full Art above is a rare version that can appear in packs.
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