(GigaDrillBreaker) Posted September 19, 2014 Report Share Posted September 19, 2014 It is coming up tonight. Who is participating? What clan will you side with? What do you hope to pull? Discuss Khans prerelease, and mtg prereleases in general. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thar Posted September 19, 2014 Report Share Posted September 19, 2014 I'm debating whether or not to go to the midnight release event. On the upside, one of my co-workers is gonna be there and I haven't been there in a while, which would be nice. On the downside... I haven't played Magic in years, and I doubt I'll ever be as good as I used to be, which isn't saying much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(GigaDrillBreaker) Posted September 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2014 Prereleases are an extremely fun casual event, and, put simply, I can't recommend them enough. Plus, on the off chance you do well, you can gain value off of prize packs. If you haven't played in a while, I recommend the Temur clan. They look strong in limited, and lend themselves to multiple strategies with an easy to understand and easy to use mechanic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gokai-Red Posted September 19, 2014 Report Share Posted September 19, 2014 Considering I still have to get the 500 Pesos I need for the fee...mmm yeah...I wana play it but might not get to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thar Posted September 19, 2014 Report Share Posted September 19, 2014 I can understand that they're casual considering no one has ever used them, but I'm also worried that, after the event, I won't play again (until possibly the next event.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(GigaDrillBreaker) Posted September 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2014 That is fair reasoning. In any case I hope you go and enjoy yourself. I myself plan to ally with the Sultai Brood. Their rares are all pretty dang good (aside from one, which I will forgive because turtle hype) and the Delve mechanic seems powerful, especially with things like Taigam's Scheming and Hooting Mandrill at common. I am also going to pay for a friend of mine to do the prerelease, and he is going to go Jeskai. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thar Posted September 19, 2014 Report Share Posted September 19, 2014 Yeah, I decided not to go, cause once I get home at later than 4 AM, I won't wanna go to bed right away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flame Dragon Posted September 20, 2014 Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 I'm going to one in 8 hours or so. What that should tell you is I believe sleep is for the weak. Should also tell you I'm very pumped. Going to go Abzan and going to kick all the butt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebuchet MS Posted September 20, 2014 Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 Went Jeskai, 3-1. First match - Jeskai mirror. Game 1, I was mana screwed. Game 2, he was mana screwed. Game 3, we had a proper fight going on. Thousand Winds morphed up against his all-in attack wiped him out. 2-1. Second match - vs Mardu. Generally managed to out-control him. The white outlast creatures really help. There was one game where I got stuck on a single land after mulling to 5, but the other games got me the match win. 2-1. Third match - vs Temur. Game 1: Turn 2 3/1, Turn 3 4/2, Turn 4 Bear Punch. Painful. Couldn't keep up with him on the other game either. 0-2. Fourth match - vs Sultai. Game 1 had me stalled because they got a 2/5 reach on the board, holding off all my flying attacks. Meanwhile they got Abomination of Gudul down and began setting up nonstop. Games 2 and 3 didn't show that same archer as I slowly amassed lifelink fliers to crush him. 8 prize packs. No fetchlands. Got Sidisi and cobra hydra though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simping For Hina Posted September 20, 2014 Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 Mardu is the shit. Butcher of the Horde was my favorite card in my deck. I went 3-1 to place 11th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poc Posted September 20, 2014 Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 Went abzan, my original plan was to go midrange but pulling a Sorin made me change to aggro. Duneblast was my promo and the rest of my pool was pretty bad. Aggressively mulling so I could get a t4 Sorin proved to work. No decks could really handle him early. The life gain and extra damage was pretty huge. Game 1 against Mardu, resolved Sorin on t4 twice and blew my opponent out both games 2-0 Match 2 against Sultai, first game I curved out well and got Sorin out, easy and fast win. Game 2 Got Sorin out but he managed to take control of the board. I sat at 60+ life until I drew duneblast and wiped the board. He cycled through his deck so fast he decked himself before he could kill me. 2-0 Match 3 against abzan. I took game 1 with Sorin but it was pretty clear he had more removal in his pool. He stabilized at 5-8 Heath the last two games and grinded out wins 2-1 Match 4 against Jeskai, not much to say here, I had pretty Nutty opening hands both games and took some quick and easy wins 2-0 I got into the top 8, it was 4:30am Match 5 against Temur, even with Sorin the Temur fatties were too much, some misplays due to fatigue costed me the first game, plus the guy had piles of removal. Lost both games but they were both pretty Grindy. 0-2 I missed top 4 but got 3 packs as a prize, got a polluted delta and a rattleclaw mystic. TLDR: Sorin does some serious work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(GigaDrillBreaker) Posted September 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 So, i have been making jokes about how sultai's cards are all one or two mana. Funny story, i was right. Delve is stupid easy to get rolling, and a turn 2 taigan's scheming pretty much always guarunteed the win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flame Dragon Posted September 21, 2014 Report Share Posted September 21, 2014 And I prereleased. Went 4-0 winning 6 packs with Abzan. Played 3 Mardu and 1 Temur. All 3 of my Mardu opponents had Zurgo, which was funny. Anyway, the deck Disowned Ancestor x2 Herald of Anafenza Ainok Bond-Kin Temur Charger Archers’ Parapet Alpine Grizzly Grim Haruspex Sage-Eye Harrier Longshot Squard Armament Corps Abzan Guide War Behemoth Hooded Hydra Shambling Attendant Debilitating Injury Suspension Field x2 Kill Shot Throttle x2 Duneblast Abzan Banner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodrigo Posted September 21, 2014 Report Share Posted September 21, 2014 Went 3-2 with Mardu. Pulled Sorin and Wooded Foothills, so I'm very happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixty Posted September 24, 2014 Report Share Posted September 24, 2014 Pulled Sarkhan in my pool and Sorin in the prize packs. Not a bad night. All I want to say is that this format is FANTASTIC. Like, wow. Every game I played was amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flame Dragon Posted September 24, 2014 Report Share Posted September 24, 2014 Pulled Sarkhan in my pool and Sorin in the prize packs. Not a bad night. All I want to say is that this format is FANTASTIC. Like, wow. Every game I played was amazing. I had the same thing happen. First 6 games (3 matches) were super good and all close. Granted I kind of nearly punted one, but was able to avoid a few kill cards from him and was able to draw out of it. Only my last match was pretty meh, but that was mostly due to us already splitting and him having bad keeps. Can't wait till Friday so I can draft some Abzan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gokai-Red Posted September 25, 2014 Report Share Posted September 25, 2014 Our prerelease was delayed until the first weekend of october due to lack of product getting to Argentina...which sucks not only we have a heavy overprice on all magic related products but the stuffs that are happening in our country makes playing magic so hard ATM... Oh well at least I can try to grind up the money I need by then...so we'll see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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