I never go into a prerelease without watching this preview! Thanks for putting it out!
@unclejezzier2 ай бұрын
playing my first prerelease on friday!
@TheCommandSphere2 ай бұрын
good luck
@GoodMorningMagic2 ай бұрын
Have fun!! Enjoy 😄
@boppertron49292 ай бұрын
Im playing my first too on Sunday! This set is definitely worth it, I'm hoping I open rabbits or mice but any of them would be fun
@coldarmorsir17902 ай бұрын
Coming back after 3 and half years! Sat for me!
@mattare32832 ай бұрын
also playing my first prerelease this friday! i feel like this video helped me a lot with understanding what i need to look for when deckbuilding
@MBurgland2 ай бұрын
Thanks for the video! I've come to rely on these before each pre-release.
@GoodMorningMagic2 ай бұрын
You're welcome! I hope it helps you out 😄
@TheOpenmindStudio2 ай бұрын
Going to my first ever pre-release on Saturday! I'm really excited. Only been playing Magic for about 7 months now, and only been able to play with my friend only haha.
@fromtheday94612 ай бұрын
i’m in the same boat ! only played with my girlfriend and on arena, going to my first in person event with this release. absolutely shitting it but should be fun !
@oakherder172 ай бұрын
I’ve only played with my family 😄
@kennystamper78732 ай бұрын
They are so dang fun. Just hope you pull well. My Modern horizon 3 pulls were rough
@merlinsbeard7082 ай бұрын
I felt that so hard! Although this will be my third prerelease I only have one friend that will play with me😂
@justincartmell37712 ай бұрын
My personnel favorite way to play mtg. Dont get me wrong i play standard, draft, and commander as much as possible but there is nothing like the sealed prerelease event. Maybe nostalgia from that being the only thing i could afford to do back in the mirage days? Just a great experience and glad to see new folks going!
@felizpanda2 ай бұрын
Thank god you remembered the gold cards, I was getting really anxious about that 😅
@squidlump2 ай бұрын
There needs to be an inexplicable sloth creature card in a future unrelated set.
@ryunocore2 ай бұрын
I just wanted to say "thank you" for that fast color organization tip, it gave me plenty of time to tweak my deck in the 50 mins to an hour allocated to deckbuilding. Just came back from the pre-release, went 4-0 with a Golgari list with two rares.
@GoodMorningMagic2 ай бұрын
Nice, congrats!!!!
@ZOAKANIMATION2 ай бұрын
This morning I bought my ticket to the prerelease and I was thinking 2 things: I hope I get mouse, and I'm exited for Gavin's video today. I can't believe how you got the most mouse-focused pull ever 😂 I'll take it as a good luck omen.
@farbencut2 ай бұрын
If you still want the excitement of seeing the rare and what you get in each individual pack, but also want to get all your trash early, here’s what I usually do: Open a Pack, place it face down, do the same for the next pack and put it next to your first pack, repeat for each pack. Then you have all the packs separated while you still get all the trash out of the way early
@Sweetestsadist2 ай бұрын
Every time I watch one of these, I think, "That's a good idea. I should open all packs at once to be polite to the guy that collects the wrappers." One day, I hope I'll remember to do that when I'm actually at the prerelease. It hasn't happened, yet, but here's hoping.
@cheekymagicxiv2 ай бұрын
The urge to be a kid in a candy store and start flipping through all the cards first is strong 😂
@Schnarr0072 ай бұрын
Thanks for your great advice. I managed to build my deck just in time for my first game. I managed to win all games with black/white bats synergies. 🎉
@GoodMorningMagic2 ай бұрын
Sweet!!
@coffeedudeable2 ай бұрын
The sword also triggers valiant every turn or more than once per turn if your flooding so i would definitely find a way to fit it in. Especially since the strongest thing we can do is trigger valiant for double strike. Being able to buff a double striker is huge.
@pHOxish2 ай бұрын
it's way too expensive
@coffeedudeable2 ай бұрын
@pHOxish it's too expensive if things go right. It's perfect if things go wrong and you flood or if your opponent is on heavy removal. Our deck doesn't have any high impact cards. We are all in on agro synergy, which means there is a very high likelihood we run out of gas if we just can't win early enough. There's a good argument that you are making for doubling down and just hoping we are fast enough. But the set has a reasonable amount of blockers so it's possible the sword could end up the most important card in the side (and thus should just be mained).
@LimeyLassenАй бұрын
@@coffeedudeable I agree, with the manifold mouse in the deck any weapon is good, even expensive ones.
@XiaosChannel2 ай бұрын
i watch this video every set and i get freaked out everytime you sort your cards like that lol
@dragonchr152 ай бұрын
You appreciate it when you play at a tiny shop with little room.
@XiaosChannel2 ай бұрын
@@dragonchr15 fair.
@boppertron49292 ай бұрын
That Dawn's Truce is gonna be the next Everybody Lives until it drops off, and you got the awesome alternate art version. That helps bring up the value for the box even though you're not using it, very nice. It's basically Everybody Lives but not symmetrical if you gift the card.
@soffocottifindus2 ай бұрын
Everybody Lives stop so many combos in EDH, so I don't really think you can compare it with Dawn's Truce.
@boppertron49292 ай бұрын
@@soffocottifindus True, but Everybody Lives saves your opponents too, which can easily come back to bite you. It's more effective at saving you in exchange for requiring that you save everyone else. You are right though, Everybody Lives isn't that great a comparison. It's much closer to Heroic Intervention in that it's cheap and exclusively protects you and your stuff.
@soffocottifindus2 ай бұрын
@@boppertron4929 Yeah, it is definitely closer to heroic intervention, with the upside that you have hexproof as well, which could be more relevant in 1v1 scenarios.
@Xalyn9372 ай бұрын
This and the pre-prerelease are my go to prerelease prep
@Isobuteen2 ай бұрын
Going to my first pre-release on Saturday. Haven't really played that much sealed so this was a huge help how to manage deck building!
@maxv6582 ай бұрын
Awesome! Tons of great information in here. I'll be going to my first ever prerelease event on Sunday. I just got into MTG a few months ago and I am STOKED.
@Michelle-yd1hh2 ай бұрын
Sunday morning is my first prerelease because of Bloomburrow. Thanks for this video to let me know what to expect and how to prepare :)
@JakeandJoelareMagic2 ай бұрын
Thx as always for the video, Gavin!
@oskaretc2 ай бұрын
ooh boy, that glare though. still, thanks for the making the video. i think it's super useful for others to make a draft video like this!
@joaopereira71112 ай бұрын
Loved the video! Hopefully you can keep making these for all sets, or even a second one for bloomburrow. I’m excited for this sets prerelease !
@alexp.16462 ай бұрын
I really enjoy these tbh. I started magic as an edh player so sealed was really intimidating. This has been helping a lot to get into it and making the prereleases great
@TheCommandSphere2 ай бұрын
i like your choice of red white, but I would have liked to see how red black turned out, there were a lot of lizards and payoffs for that archetype as well.
@RexCogitans2 ай бұрын
Saw another couple of prerelease mock constructions and they seemed to have to cut cards as well. This set might just be well designed to this kind of event. Personally I'd just be so tempted to take the sword as a way to trigger valiant and punch through a board that is starting to lock up. But I understand why you feel it's too slow
@cjb35272 ай бұрын
The green white rabbit deck in this pool was looking pretty good. But I understand the excitement for mice. I'm hoping to pull enough to run a mouse deck as well 🤣
@merlinsbeard7082 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for the video! This is exactly what I needed!
@ATrashcanDream2 ай бұрын
I played a pokemon prerelease but this is my first magic prerelease and first time playing magic in person. Super hyped 🫡
@iamStephanieHolmes2 ай бұрын
Thank you!!! I look forward to your prerelease videos the most since karlov manor. I started building stronger decks and winning more .
@runcmd14192 ай бұрын
The organization tips are so huge for an occasional limited player 🙌
@rafaelxd2302932 ай бұрын
Well, that was a great pool for GW with a splash for R. Thanks for the video.
@Tornven20032 ай бұрын
I'm attending bloom prerelease on Sunday and thanks to the wonderful Gavin I am even more stoked 😊
@Muhahahahaz2 ай бұрын
Thanks for the informative video! I managed to go 3-0 at my prerelease for the first time thanks to your demonstration
@IneptCardCollector2 ай бұрын
Thanks, dude! As a noob who has only played a handful of games, this was very helpful. I did get the Squirreled Away precon 💚🖤💚🖤
@GetGnashty2 ай бұрын
I appreciate the videos, very helpful. The light cast on the cards causing flashing glare when you're moving them and attempting to read them is quite annoying. Maybe change the angle of your light next time to help with that.
@connormraz66282 ай бұрын
The harvest hosts with the 5 drop that makes tokens is so good it even triggers valiant I'd have definitely played that package if it was my pool.
@pleravens2 ай бұрын
It would be more work, but I feel that if you want informed decisions as to how a different deck would be built, you would need to have a list of the pool; either as a text list or some other form. But it is good you remembered the golf cards.
@Gershelf2 ай бұрын
I tend to find 16 lands is enough, but it does depend on what sorta ramp you go with. Good guide.
@maricchann2 ай бұрын
going to my first prerelease draft tomorrow and i'm really nervous being so new to mtg. but this video definitely help alleviate some of those nerves^^ thank you!
@greenfoxx18202 ай бұрын
"This one gives you food if creatures you control die, not that strong". Last brave words in a set that cares about food and or tokens.
@drawnbydaniel2 ай бұрын
So excited for this set! Gonna be my first prerelease too!
@DrKlown2 ай бұрын
Thanks for the courtesy tip! I'm Canadian so I'm excited to make some judges lives easier!
@flipflop6122 ай бұрын
Yeah this is just like real prerelease, start reading the cards very toroughly, see red, think I should play red, and then speedrun green cards, see a signpost with red and go with red white
@Nokus4162 ай бұрын
I always watch these videos and I always want to watch these decks in action. Anyway we could see you play a game or two with one of these PR decks at some point?
@keithlewis96212 ай бұрын
These two videos have been super helpful. I’m going to my first sealed event this Saturday and it’s two headed giant. And specific advice for that format?
@luckyuther2 ай бұрын
I got very disappointed when you forgot to add the hybrid/golden cards to your deck. The fact that you remembered at the end made me genuinely happy. The small things that matter in life, right? :D
@PaulSzkibik2 ай бұрын
For sorting cards by color. What you can also do, is sort for TWO colors. So you start with any two colors, say green and red, every green card you put in the front of the cards you''re holding and every red card goes UNDER the cards you're holding. That way you reduce the amount of rifling through the deck by half. I think that's quicker than pile sorting where you often have these short mental lapses of where to put a card. It's just "green front, red back, everything else ignore".
@scottcarr20322 ай бұрын
Sorry to be so off topic but would you know if we will ever get a red and a blue and a colorless card for the devoted druid cycle. Cinderhaze wretch, devoted druid, and barrenton medic have always been some of my pet cards. Where's the rest of the family and what might they do if they ever did exist? Thank you for your content and all you bring to the game itself. I appreciate you entertaining my comment even being so far off topic.
@grimmlydead2 ай бұрын
I am so excited about this set
@dusankollar6022 ай бұрын
Thx for the video, in real Prelease I would also build green white and compare it. But I can understand why you did not do it.
@matthewkeeling8862 ай бұрын
When I first saw Wildfire Howl I missed the "instead" in the effect and thought "Finally! A decent Wildfire successor! Red got a good card to destabilize a stabilized board, we can have extension in aggro again!" Then I realized it was just a bad Pyroclasm clone. Anyway, it looks to be a fun prerelease starting tonight!
@articerile2 ай бұрын
Sorting into color piles as you go would surely be faster as your method involved multiple pass throughs of the cards?
@boppertron49292 ай бұрын
Since he's filming this the extra pass through could be necessary just to show it to us
@LuuXorD2 ай бұрын
We need a good Wolf Tribal Commander deck. Nothing with Werewolf or two sided cards 🥺
@zobososhizion64782 ай бұрын
surprised you didn't play the sword; three mana for a valiant trigger when you flood out seems decent.
@ThrabenValiant2 ай бұрын
I think if your opponent is alive after you've flooded out with this deck, you're probably out of creatures.
@Jabree2 ай бұрын
Do you ever plan a sideboard? This will be my second prerelease event as a new MTG player and was wondering if I’d need to adapt/adjust between matches.
@alimeneghello7462 ай бұрын
the glare on the cards is making me nuts
@runcmd14192 ай бұрын
Content creators need to learn about angle of incidence for reflection control and side lighting.
@BlackLotusGaming892 ай бұрын
I think the rabbit build could’ve been cool cause you had a lot of the gold cards.
@robertstrong679820 күн бұрын
Warpatch recruit has won me so many games on the app game. It’s nuts 🌰 when pared with other stronger rabbits 🐇 he tends to be ignored. If you are giving your opponent other threats to deal with. Love that card
@jka972 ай бұрын
Ok that was a really cool sorting method I've never seen before, might try it out. PS: can we please get a Skeleton Legend that cares about Skeletons? Gut is super cool but Skeletons have been out behind zombies for too dang long. Thank you have a nice day 💀 ❤
@InfernalDawn2 ай бұрын
Is roughshod duo being a mouse with manifold mouse in the deck not enough to warrant the inclusion? Not likely enough for them to line up?
@steenjohnson29192 ай бұрын
I am fairly new to magic, but why didn't you include the artifact Fountainport Bell to get a landdraw and then draw a card the next turn?
@jono28702 ай бұрын
Wait, what Scavanger’s Talent don’t do a lot?! In a forage payoff or life gain it’s a bomb imo, weaker when you play it later, like turn four-five but then you can level it fast
@thomasnoppers2 ай бұрын
Nice. Would you build the deck the same way if you played it in 2HG? I'm curious in general how viable aggro is in 2HG because there potentially many more blockers around.
@bondeulv2 ай бұрын
In 2HG the "each opponent" cards shoot up a lot in value.
@thomasnoppers2 ай бұрын
@@bondeulv Yes that makes perfect sense. I'm mostly curious aggro in 2HG.
@donovanberserk49932 ай бұрын
Sorting once by separating each color type is faster than sorting X times where X is your number of colors
@TheShadowninja992 ай бұрын
Surprised you didn't try splashing Black. Looked like it could have speed it up with the the opponent losing life trigers
@fromtheday94612 ай бұрын
do people typically sleeve their prerelease decks ?
@dusankollar6022 ай бұрын
I do, it is just easier to shuffle. And you can bring some nice sleeves or buy from your local game store.
@TotallyNotFunny2 ай бұрын
i didn’t use this guide and got absolutely obliterated
@brandonperrott98612 ай бұрын
I think I'll get the frog deck
@CaitlinSoard2 ай бұрын
Where is the play mat from? Dying for some Bloomburrow mats.
@Marco_Vulpine2 ай бұрын
Thanks, please sort the lighting out for the next one! Too much glare to see the cards.
@Kirock9502 ай бұрын
Sword triggers valiant too which is pretty cool right?
@Nav0nod2 ай бұрын
That glare 😅
@pisellaszlo89cm982 ай бұрын
what is your opinion on building 5 color good stuff no fixing and a dream ?
@lesloz192 ай бұрын
Mtg needs a Mortal Kombat series, similar to assassin's creed. 🙏 please!
@erichbremersoto66892 ай бұрын
Gracias
@Sageinitup12 ай бұрын
How much lands do people usually play in this format?
@michaelgriffith70332 ай бұрын
I almost always have trouble picking bombs from pretty good cards.
@mrfishfr2 ай бұрын
Equipment can be cool I guess for a repetable Valiant trigger
@dontaylor00342 ай бұрын
What is the % of plainwalkers in this set showing up in a prerelease kit
@bondeulv2 ай бұрын
I believe there is one planeswalker in the set (Ral), while the Imagine: Critters can only be found in Collector Boosters (and commander decks)? So I'd say the probability is low to open one in a prerelease kit is fairly low.
@bmprosser2 ай бұрын
Honestly would have gone bunnies with that stack of uncommons in WG
@brianekizian39072 ай бұрын
I check every pack for rares because new cappenna had packs missing rares.
@ThrabenValiant2 ай бұрын
Do you have a way to get the rares that you were missing?
@L1GHTGAMING2 ай бұрын
Can we please get some new grixis vehicles support!!
@Johno39982 ай бұрын
I played a couple of prereleases ago (Ixalan) and was struggling to draw lands, given you can technically have a deck greater than 40 cards is it ever worth adding in a couple of extras?
@jonathanocampo83282 ай бұрын
Generally you want a 40 card deck made up of: 14-16 creatures 16-18 lands 6-9 “other” cards (instant, sorc, artifact, ect.) If you want to optimize further for mana curve: 1-2 one mana cards 7-8 two mana cards 5-6 three mana cards 3-4 four mana cards 2-3 five mana cards 0-1 six mana or greater cards 17 lands These are just general guidelines to follow if you’re stuck but make sure to build something you enjoy and have fun!
@statusfx12 ай бұрын
So I tested out your method of sorting cards. It took me a full 1 min and 20 seconds longer. And my thumb was quite sore by the end of it. Don't know how you do it man.
@Gunnarr123abc2 ай бұрын
Bring back 15 card packs. Add back a common. Prerelease isn't fun anymore with play boosters
@Gacek1302 ай бұрын
Bring back fateful hour
@BlackLotusGaming892 ай бұрын
You should race someone doing it the regular way and you sort that way!
@chrisshaw57092 ай бұрын
I feel like in this set you’re better off sorting by creature type / synergy cards rather than colour
@TyHatfield2 ай бұрын
So what are things that I do is I put them out the same way but then I put them in also like after I put them in the colors I go through the colors and I put all the ones in zeros and then twos and threes and fours for the lower man cost then I go through it the same way you’re doing it butI put all of the up top and then I know I’ve got six red which is crazy and then I look through and see if I can actually work with that or I can’t but that’s what I do
@stormcountmtg41832 ай бұрын
Day 18 of asking Gavin to make a card with fateseal.
@andrewfornes53202 ай бұрын
Oh man, that would be cool to have a new legendary creature that has something like "Whenever you cast a spell during an opponent's turn, you may Fateseal X, where X is that spell's mana vaule. "
@stormcountmtg41832 ай бұрын
@@andrewfornes5320 the hard thing about making a fatesteal card is you can’t make it too much like lantern combo.
@andrewfornes53202 ай бұрын
@@stormcountmtg4183 True. I say that whilst owning a Circu, Dimir Lobotomist edh deck, that has Lantern of Insight, Field of Dreams, Telepathy, Codex Shredder, Pyxis of Pandemonium... all in the 99. It is probably the closest thing I could create to be like Lantern Control in EDH, haha.
@josephpaine54232 ай бұрын
@@andrewfornes5320 that would be insane hahaha
@Sweetestsadist2 ай бұрын
Hopefully, it will be an Ooze.
@tooslinamino2 ай бұрын
you should really invest in a diffused light, we couldnt see most of thos cards
@KieranMitchell-v9d2 ай бұрын
Can you ban fetch lands and tutors in edh as tutor cheats running almost every game I in every time someone needs an answer they fetch draw and as if by magic they have that one exact niche card they just have randomly in their deck
@warp99882 ай бұрын
StarForged Sword with the brutal draft chaff downsides. Gift to auto equip and lose flying? If this card had granted flying and +3/+3 for 4, it would be a bomb. As it is it's junk. 7 mana without the gift, to cast and equip, for +3/+3 and LOSING flying? One of the worst draft garbage artifact equipment cards printed in 10 years!
@MrTheHegemon2 ай бұрын
As a software engineer your sorting algorithm would not pass code review. It was giving me anxiety.
@ThrabenValiant2 ай бұрын
O(5n) > O(n) regardless of the fact that we don't technically count constants. I agree with you. Other than maybe the movements from your hand to the pile adding to the BigO calculations
@donovanberserk49932 ай бұрын
BubbleSortMTG
@m3rcmonster7642 ай бұрын
Lol dreadmaw moose
@dragonchr152 ай бұрын
The opening all packs at once makes no difference at the place I play at since we are responsible for throwing away our own trash
@ChickyCutlets2 ай бұрын
Your thumbs don’t match🧐
@Gunnarr123abc2 ай бұрын
How to do prerelease: open packs. realize play boosters are terrible for sealed because they have even less cards and huge variance in rarity, go aggro and give up on any synergies. Thanks for ruining prerelease WOTC
@chaoscroco2 ай бұрын
I didn't know you could include the promo card in your deck :/
@V1C10US2 ай бұрын
It depends on if the card is in the main set. Voja, for example, was only a promo, so it wasn't legal. Cards like that say "Prerelease" after the card number on the bottom.
@stormcountmtg41832 ай бұрын
We hit a milestone! Day 20 of asking Gavin to make a card with fateseal.
@V1C10US2 ай бұрын
You forgot to put the art series cards in your trash pile. Seriously, knock that shit off, and give us 15 PLAYABLE cards per pack.