Guilds prereleases

That's right, plural pre-release! I made it to two. The first was from my favorite draft shop- MTG Duel. Its a phone/computer shop by day, and MTG store at night. The owner Eric used to have a much bigger store, but due to changing environments, rent, etc, it was moved to a smaller location and things changed. He still does a great job with supporting the strong regular group that shows.

For the first pre-release I went with Boros. Lets smash face!

My promo was the EXACT same pack as my buddy who showed up and played Boros as well- Legion Warboss. I think I played him once in 3 rounds.

First- I lost to the best deck in the shop. He had everything. I did manage a game win when he just couldn't find answers and kept drawing lands.
I did remove a single land, and my deck seemed to like that idea.

Second- I don't recall, just smashing face and didn't bother taking names.

Third- The mirror match, the MVP easily was Skynight Legionnaire. Boras vs Boras means flying does huge work.

For my efforts I got 2 packs.

HOWEVER:  I did open some sweet sweet value- Assassin's Trophy, Ral, Caller of Storms, and Overgrown Tomb.

I showed Eric my super duper value, and he was excited to see Ral. He wanted to build a Brawl deck off him. So I just gave him the card. I knew it would only sit in my trade binder and slowly decrease in value. Was perfectly fine with that because of all the effort Eric does to keep the little community afloat. Besides, I have abused the value chain at that store. (Hell foil Scarab God, foil Mana Drain, etc)

I will be playing in their release draft party. They are a hoot, and it lines up nicely because I can't make Legacy this week.

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Second Pre-release, I should have never gone to it. I went to MTG First, my Legacy haunt of choice. I got Selesnya because the synergy should be super sweet.

Everything fell apart- I had ZERO synergy. Nothing worked the way it should have. I ran one of my 6 possible rares- Vraska. She did win me my only game out of 5 I played. I quickly dropped because of how utterly BAD my pile of cards was. Eek gads.
I had no good way to produce a small army to use convoke, I had no ramp, I had nothing that looked like it worked.
4 of my 6 rares were in black, and 3 were completely unplayable in my deck. It was awful. Just super sad faced panda.

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I could NOT get Assassin's Trophy out of my hands fast enough. I found someone through DeckBox to trade it to. Landed a Natural Order and a Brightling. I think in 2 months you will be able to get that card for $10-$15. The supply will need to catch up with demand, but that's how Wizards wants perception to occur for now.

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Investment note- Walking Ballista was rediscovered after it rotated out of standard. Its a Modern and Legacy staple now. Good luck finding it for under $20.

Also, Recruiter of the Guard- keeps ticking up.

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Last note, I only paid $11 for both pre-release events. Not $11 each, but $11 for both. Thanks to store credit!