Prof, your videos are a great resource for the students in my high school MTG club. As the faculty advisor, I can’t thank you enough! We have an outing planned for GRN this weekend, and your work has helped a great deal to increase student confidence. Keep up the good work!
Awesome man. I'm a teacher as well, and I'd love to do something like that. But alas, I live/work in a smaller district in the midwest, mtg isn't huge out here lol. Over an hour drive to closest lgs.
Good info for beginners. To be clear: There is no extra promo rare in guilds of Ravnica, the rare in your "seeded" booster pack IS your stamped rare. Like prof said, not all sets have that extra rare.
GamerBear Yes, at open house etc you get a promo card, but not necessarily a rare. But at prerelease, you want that random extra promo rare, for value AND you can play it at your prerelease. They have given an extra promo rare in kits for over 2 years now, but this is the first set in over 2 years that don't have an extra rare.
GamerBear Yes it's not separate from the kit. But still, there usually are seven rares in a prerelease kit, thanks to the extra promo, but that will not be the case in Guilds of Ravnica.
Shame. Amonkhet and Hour of Devastation were great in sealed cuz of the extra rares. Pulled a Torment of Hailfire with a stamp, bombed out some fools with it.
dac314 You mean you got to win against a couple of honourable opponents 😀 Yeah, Ixalan block has them, Kaladesh block had them, Battle for Zendikar block had them too. So it's a bit sad that this block doesn't have an extra rare.
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Professor, thanks so much for making videos like this! I started playing Magic last weekend because TH-cam recommended your videos to me for some reason, so I found a local game store hosting a Return to Ravnica draft event and I went and did it! Now I'm hooked and going to prerelease next weekend. Thanks a bunch.
@11:20 I love the low-key shade he threw at WOTC for their recent decision one of the many reasons why the Prof is the best MTG content creator Keep it up!
You're a god among men. My nine year old is still learning, this will be his third prerelease! These are some great tips and I think he'd grasp the concept better by watching your video. Thank you!
I haven't played seriously since Scars of Mirrodin and I'm going to my first draft tonight so these videos are super helpful! Love your channel Prof. 🤘💀🤘
Thanks man. I’m just getting back into Magic after around twenty years (I remember buying Ice Age booster packs as a kid…), and I want to go to a pre-release event without being a total drag on the other players.
Do it!! I’m going for the first time this week for War of the Spark. I’m pretty stoked actually. So glad I stopped in to my local store. It felt very nostalgic walking in there again. They even gave me a bunch of cards for free and welcome decks when I told them I was trying to get my cousin into it. Those guys are awesome! I started with Alara/Conflux and stopped playing when M10 came out.
@@Agent_OB It was a good time! So many people registered that the event didn’t start until late. It was a long night. Had fun, and even talked my friend into attending with me. He also enjoyed himself. Also, met one of the guys I play games with online for the first time at one of those events. We did two headed giant and got our asses beat. Lmfao. I was going to start going to my local store on Fridays around that time, but then I got a midnight job at the time and couldn’t do it. So I played on Arena mostly. Loved the Kaldheim set, and haven’t really played since then.
Your videos always have very good advice to casual and new players i really appreciate that, also i think that your finals words in the video about spend money in local store is the best advice. Thanks for the video!!
Friendly advice from someone that always ends up top 8, while bread is a good guide line I prefer to prioritize removal over bombs. Unless the bomb is overwhelmingly good removal would normally triumph. What I do is I choose 2 colors. One with most removal and a other with best aggro. Then if I have a really good bomb if possible I would splash for that color if feasible. All in all removal is KEY. Chose the color with most removal and you will get far.
Agreed. The colour with most removal, then the colour with the best creatures. Splashing for a great bomb is desirable, but you should stick to two colours whenever possible.
@@saltefan5925 Colors depend on how good your fixing is. Don't be afraid to play 3 or even 4 colors with amazing fixing (dunno if that will happen in sealed, though, i am more of a draft player and won drafts with 4c decks before). Also we can all agree on one thing: No matter the limited format, be it sealed or draft, removal is the single most important thing!
3c is viable, and so is 4 if you have amazing fixing, but I consider 2 to be a base, and the third as a splash for bombs and removal rather than a part of the deck core. We do indeed agree about the removal though.
I go for a similar tactic, m19 pre release I really just wanted to open banfire (I wanted Nicol and tez too, but I tried to be more reasonable) and just one game win with a game ending banefire. Did both then opened a foil banfire from one of the pre release packs you get through the night.
Thanks a lot for this concise summary. Have only recently started with Magic and sadly little time to play (why didn't I play this when I was a student?? 😉). Will join my first sealed event today at a Ravica Pre-Release at my local store - so your guide is very welcome indeed!
Good luck and have fun! It is worth noting that the promo situation will be a bit different than normal with this set's prerelease. You will get two promo cards instead of one, but only the one from the main set will be playable (this one will have a 2023 foil stamp in the corner of the artwork). The other promo will have the symbol for the commander supplemental product and can NOT be played in the event.
Good video, but when you were removing dirt, I noticed you removed Naturalize, that's actually a good main deck card in M19 sealed, if you can't remove Sigiled Sword of Valeron or Patient Rebuilding you will lose, also it generally has a target with Luminous Bonds, Hieromancer's Cage, and Dwindle in the format.
Will be useful this weekend. By the way, prof, one English major to another, where did you get your “No Class Before 10AM” mug? I have a mighty need ...
So no one's going to bring up that coffee action in the beginning? He filled his cup without looking at it, stopped at the right amount and didn't spill any... that's huge :')
I think the final advise about not building a secondary deck is just for beginners. Sometimes your deck will be very good but weak against flyers i.e., so you can have a second version of your deck prepared to adress this weakness. Sometimes it's the difference between top 8 and top 4. This is especially true if you didn't open bombs
If there's ever a coffee bean shortage in the world, I'll know exactly who to blame. Thanks for the video. This is my favorite way to play MTG (besides Commander).
I find it funny what people think it stands for sometimes. To me it's bombs, removal, evasion, abilities, dirt Some people have abilities as attackers, and dirt as dust
DANG IT PROF, I’ve been dying for Forsaken Sanctuary, still haven’t pulled it! (I refuse to buy it because, dang it, it’s a common! I should have pulled one by now!)
I know you don’t wanna repeat exactly what Wedge said but I can tell you were shaking with anger towards the end. Let us know what you think, Prof. Also, great guide!
nice video would like to see you build a sealed deck for the new set before pre-release (on draftsim.com or another site) while talking through your process
At the M19 prerelease, I played against someone who had made two decks. I thought it was utter bullshit to begin with, especially since I won the first round until the guy used the other deck to then win the next two. But, apparently that's fine with the judges since it was made from the sealed packs 9.9
Plummet effects are very much worth running in limited as a counter to the flyer deck you will be likely to play against, depending on the format main decking a naturlize can also be viable, you are much too hasty in your condemnation of these cards prof.
I remember using "BREAK" instead of "BREAD" just making the "K" for "krap." Bread just makes so much more sense, also because new players got confused and kept saying "BRAKE" mislabeling evasion as the worst.
I'm the kind of guy who's willing to play anything, so, how can I tell what qualifies as dirt besides cards "I would never play"? Edit: Thanks for the advice
Also look at the cards mana in correlation to its abilities. A 2/2 for 2 mana may seem good for its cost but in reality that is one of the last cards you'll want to consider. Instead look for more bang for your buck, like a 1/2 for 2 that may have deathtouch, a 2/2 for 2 with flying, or a 1/2 or even 1/1 for two that also gives you a 1/1 token. One drops without effects are fine when you're just looking for something to get you on the board for turn one, but as your mana curve gets higher dont settle with non effect creatures or bad effect creatures unless you have to.
the vanilla test is a good start, for creatures anyway. a vanilla (OK) creature should have a cmc equal to its power+toughness/2. so, a 4 cmc creature with a 2/4 fails the vanilla test. Now, it if has a good ability (flying, haste, trample), remove 1 cmc in your calculation. So, if that same 2/4 creature has flying, it should be considered usable.
From a Sealed Constructed point of view, just do a search on TH-cam for reviews. There's at least one channel out there, Budget MTG Decks, which specialises in evaluating every single card from the current blocks just before prerelease explicitly for sealed constructed or "limited". There are several others, but it'll take a long time to watch them all - just see which ones you like the feel of, and spend a few hours listen to their take on cards.
So this is a question for any of you guys as I am newish to magic, how many cards do you make a standard deck with? When I played with my friends we always used 60. Right or wrong? And how many different deck styles are there and how many cards are in each? What is the most common that if I went to a shop to play they would most likely be playing?
Thank you for your thorough advice in each of your videos! My GF and me will head off to our very first pre-release event at our local game store today. We feel well prepared ;)
Just went to my first prerelease for Theros Beyond Death and this video helped a lot! (I didn't get to actually participate in the tournament due to getting stuck in traffic and arriving about 20 minutes late, but the games I played with people who were between rounds were fun and I learned quite a bit from them and from making my deck)
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Sorry all I heard was take every shock and gate and force 5 colors. Have a fun time beating me at the prerelease this weekend
Lmao
"No Class Before 10 AM" - My personal policy that gets thwarted every semester
if only I had listened I wouldn't have gotten dropped from my English class 2 weeks into the semester lol
James Gilbreath I remember when waking up for 8 AM class seemed like an impossible feat
At least that's over now
Prof, your videos are a great resource for the students in my high school MTG club. As the faculty advisor, I can’t thank you enough! We have an outing planned for GRN this weekend, and your work has helped a great deal to increase student confidence. Keep up the good work!
Awesome man. I'm a teacher as well, and I'd love to do something like that. But alas, I live/work in a smaller district in the midwest, mtg isn't huge out here lol. Over an hour drive to closest lgs.
Good info for beginners.
To be clear: There is no extra promo rare in guilds of Ravnica, the rare in your "seeded" booster pack IS your stamped rare.
Like prof said, not all sets have that extra rare.
Well, at Open House events they gave out a special artwork Boros challenger. That's something?
GamerBear Yes, at open house etc you get a promo card, but not necessarily a rare. But at prerelease, you want that random extra promo rare, for value AND you can play it at your prerelease. They have given an extra promo rare in kits for over 2 years now, but this is the first set in over 2 years that don't have an extra rare.
GamerBear Yes it's not separate from the kit. But still, there usually are seven rares in a prerelease kit, thanks to the extra promo, but that will not be the case in Guilds of Ravnica.
Shame. Amonkhet and Hour of Devastation were great in sealed cuz of the extra rares. Pulled a Torment of Hailfire with a stamp, bombed out some fools with it.
dac314 You mean you got to win against a couple of honourable opponents 😀
Yeah, Ixalan block has them, Kaladesh block had them, Battle for Zendikar block had them too. So it's a bit sad that this block doesn't have an extra rare.
Hey folks, just a heads up that a lot of the classic TCC merch is very close to being sold out (most of the classic t-shirt sizes are already gone) and I don't as of now know if a new line of merch will look similar or dramatically different. If you've ever wanted to pick up a TCC shirt, playmat, dice bag, pin, or other TCC swag, now would be the time to head over to www.tolariancommunitycollege.com/store
Hey Prof,
Just wanted to let you know that I made this in honor of you:
mtgcardsmith.com/view/professor-brians-shelves
nice coffee pouring, just like before.
Didn’t you already make a video exactly like this
Professor, thanks so much for making videos like this! I started playing Magic last weekend because TH-cam recommended your videos to me for some reason, so I found a local game store hosting a Return to Ravnica draft event and I went and did it! Now I'm hooked and going to prerelease next weekend. Thanks a bunch.
Nice zing at Amazon, GOT 'EM!
I recall previous videos on the subject but I am never upset to have reminders and updated guides. Thank you Professor!
Can't wait to go to the Guilds of Ravnica pre release at my LGS, amazon!
Can't wait to go to my LGS Card Kingdom. Only an 8 hour flight from where I live!
@11:20
I love the low-key shade he threw at WOTC for their recent decision
one of the many reasons why the Prof is the best MTG content creator
Keep it up!
You're a god among men. My nine year old is still learning, this will be his third prerelease! These are some great tips and I think he'd grasp the concept better by watching your video. Thank you!
I haven't played seriously since Scars of Mirrodin and I'm going to my first draft tonight so these videos are super helpful! Love your channel Prof. 🤘💀🤘
Awesome, I've been looking for this type of video as I will be playing sealed for the first time on Saturday at the pre-release event.
Thanks man. I’m just getting back into Magic after around twenty years (I remember buying Ice Age booster packs as a kid…), and I want to go to a pre-release event without being a total drag on the other players.
Do it!! I’m going for the first time this week for War of the Spark. I’m pretty stoked actually. So glad I stopped in to my local store. It felt very nostalgic walking in there again. They even gave me a bunch of cards for free and welcome decks when I told them I was trying to get my cousin into it. Those guys are awesome! I started with Alara/Conflux and stopped playing when M10 came out.
@@AresGod0fWar how did it go ?
@@Agent_OB It was a good time! So many people registered that the event didn’t start until late. It was a long night. Had fun, and even talked my friend into attending with me. He also enjoyed himself. Also, met one of the guys I play games with online for the first time at one of those events. We did two headed giant and got our asses beat. Lmfao.
I was going to start going to my local store on Fridays around that time, but then I got a midnight job at the time and couldn’t do it. So I played on Arena mostly. Loved the Kaldheim set, and haven’t really played since then.
Came back among many others who are getting ready for Zendikar Rising prerelease. 1:02 that coffee pour was pretty impressive btw.
Thanks for the lesson Prof!
you are welcome
Your videos always have very good advice to casual and new players i really appreciate that, also i think that your finals words in the video about spend money in local store is the best advice.
Thanks for the video!!
now that's a good coffee cup
Thanks for having these resources available! Attending my first pre-release tomorrow!!
Excellent stuff, just sent this to my new players
Friendly advice from someone that always ends up top 8, while bread is a good guide line I prefer to prioritize removal over bombs. Unless the bomb is overwhelmingly good removal would normally triumph. What I do is I choose 2 colors. One with most removal and a other with best aggro. Then if I have a really good bomb if possible I would splash for that color if feasible. All in all removal is KEY. Chose the color with most removal and you will get far.
Agreed. The colour with most removal, then the colour with the best creatures. Splashing for a great bomb is desirable, but you should stick to two colours whenever possible.
@@saltefan5925 Colors depend on how good your fixing is. Don't be afraid to play 3 or even 4 colors with amazing fixing (dunno if that will happen in sealed, though, i am more of a draft player and won drafts with 4c decks before).
Also we can all agree on one thing: No matter the limited format, be it sealed or draft, removal is the single most important thing!
3c is viable, and so is 4 if you have amazing fixing, but I consider 2 to be a base, and the third as a splash for bombs and removal rather than a part of the deck core. We do indeed agree about the removal though.
@@saltefan5925 we also agree on the colors haha :)
I go for a similar tactic, m19 pre release I really just wanted to open banfire (I wanted Nicol and tez too, but I tried to be more reasonable) and just one game win with a game ending banefire. Did both then opened a foil banfire from one of the pre release packs you get through the night.
Thanks a lot for this concise summary. Have only recently started with Magic and sadly little time to play (why didn't I play this when I was a student?? 😉). Will join my first sealed event today at a Ravica Pre-Release at my local store - so your guide is very welcome indeed!
I can see your doctors said have only one cup of coffee a day didn't they.
And the doctor not specified the size of the cup
I need that mug. Also, I see that shade at Wizards announcement regarding Walmart, Target, and Amazon. And I 10000% agree with you.
This is exactly the video I was hoping to find. Last time I went to a prerelease was the original Eldrazi!
Great video professor. I am planning to join my first pre release on the next set.
Anyone else watching to prep for War of the Spark?
Yep
going to my fist pre release this friday, thanks for teaching what sealed looks like! - hey, 2024!
This will help me in Arena this weekend!
Thank you professor I have learnt a lot from videos
I love you Prof. Please do more content with the dorks from The Command Zone.
Uploaded as I searched the subreddit for this very topic......
This should come in handy
I’m doing this soon, thanks for the video!
Oh boy just in time! this is my first time attending a pre release!
Im doing the midnight pre release!!! Good luck dude
The only prerelease I did was Neon. I won 2, 2 out of 3 rounds and lost 2. Better than I expected :D
Going into my first ever pre release event tomorrow. This was super helpful!!!!
Good luck and have fun!
It is worth noting that the promo situation will be a bit different than normal with this set's prerelease. You will get two promo cards instead of one, but only the one from the main set will be playable (this one will have a 2023 foil stamp in the corner of the artwork). The other promo will have the symbol for the commander supplemental product and can NOT be played in the event.
@@laboratorymaniac7324 Ahh, thanks so much for letting me know!! May your future games be blessed
Thank you for this. I have been stressing about the prerelease event (my first ever magic event) all week and I feel much more confident now.
Good video, but when you were removing dirt, I noticed you removed Naturalize, that's actually a good main deck card in M19 sealed, if you can't remove Sigiled Sword of Valeron or Patient Rebuilding you will lose, also it generally has a target with Luminous Bonds, Hieromancer's Cage, and Dwindle in the format.
Will be useful this weekend.
By the way, prof, one English major to another, where did you get your “No Class Before 10AM” mug? I have a mighty need ...
Watching before Kaldheim. Just started playing 6 weeks ago, stoked!!
I like that tie
Preparing for my first pre-release tomorrow! LOTR 2023 Argentina
Next time,poor the coffee from an even higher height
Wish they did more sealed events where I live :(
So no one's going to bring up that coffee action in the beginning? He filled his cup without looking at it, stopped at the right amount and didn't spill any... that's huge :')
I have found that 45-50 card decks work best for me in a limited enviroment.
Please adress the Amazon issue
Right!
He hasn't been issued his talking points yet.
He said he agreed with the what the Mana Source said
@@dogdriver70 the heck? That is both inaccurate and untrue!
It's not going to happen. And if a local game shop is entirely dependent on a single game....they had a bad business model anyway.
Bless you for this video, prof!
I'm going to my local store for the first time to play today. Prerelease M20 and I'm pretty hyped up, so thanks for the vid it helped a lot.
I went 1-1-1 with a White/blue (heavy on White) flyers deck, lol. Yay.
Everyone at mine did white blue flyers as well lol
One dude pulled two Sorins but no vampires at all lol. To me there was no huge choice in deck building. Could've even gone Mono White lol.
The festival I was going to this weekend got cancelled so I guess it's time to spend all that hotel money on magic (at my local game store of course)
I think the final advise about not building a secondary deck is just for beginners. Sometimes your deck will be very good but weak against flyers i.e., so you can have a second version of your deck prepared to adress this weakness. Sometimes it's the difference between top 8 and top 4. This is especially true if you didn't open bombs
If there's ever a coffee bean shortage in the world, I'll know exactly who to blame.
Thanks for the video. This is my favorite way to play MTG (besides Commander).
Why are Plummers and Root Snare Dirt? I hVe both of them in my Deck and I love them...
theyre sideboard cards against bombs that have flying and/or really agressive decks
That's not a mug, that's like a soup bowl with a handle!
I’d never heard of BREAD before! That’s a great acronym for new players! I’ll have to use it when teaching friends from now on.
And mind you, I’ve been playing for ten years 😂
I find it funny what people think it stands for sometimes.
To me it's bombs, removal, evasion, abilities, dirt
Some people have abilities as attackers, and dirt as dust
Appreciate It!!!
DEAR GOD MAN!!!!! WHO DO I HAVE TO THROW MONEY AT TO GET THAT CUP!!!!!
Toastymarket bed bath and beyond
+Zoe Martin
DANG IT PROF, I’ve been dying for Forsaken Sanctuary, still haven’t pulled it! (I refuse to buy it because, dang it, it’s a common! I should have pulled one by now!)
I would like to say: MODERN HORIZON 3 LETS GOOOO
Literally watched this for MH3 lol
This TH-cam channel is so excellent! I love and appreciate all of this advice eventhough I'm just a casual player.
I know you don’t wanna repeat exactly what Wedge said but I can tell you were shaking with anger towards the end. Let us know what you think, Prof. Also, great guide!
I feel like you should have used examples from guilds of Ravnica as it would have been more useful
new players are encouraged to start with core sets becuase they dont have as many complicated mechanics
This was a wild time for the professors hair … 🎉
Using this for the new bloomsburrow sealed LGS championship, thanks!
So that's why jumpstart 2022 is awesome for beginners, each pack is already a half of the deck
nice video
would like to see you build a sealed deck for the new set before pre-release (on draftsim.com or another site) while talking through your process
Watching this one instead now! Had the old one on repeat!
Great video with fantastic info. I really liked the coffee bit, you should do more subtle fun stuff like that, I'd love to see it!
Challenge accepted: Will try to play MTG at Walmart and/or Target.
Aaannndd..........?
At the M19 prerelease, I played against someone who had made two decks. I thought it was utter bullshit to begin with, especially since I won the first round until the guy used the other deck to then win the next two. But, apparently that's fine with the judges since it was made from the sealed packs 9.9
GamerBear I did, but I had very few choices to go with. Plus, given the allotted time, the best I was able to come up with was a red-green aggro deck.
Plummet effects are very much worth running in limited as a counter to the flyer deck you will be likely to play against, depending on the format main decking a naturlize can also be viable, you are much too hasty in your condemnation of these cards prof.
My thoughts exactly
I did wonder about that...
Why does this hairdo reminds me of Mrs Doubtfire? (I mean, great video, as always, Professor! *ahem*)
Thanks for this, but I wish you had gone into depth about what you consider “dirt”
Holy cow that is a large coffee mug
I swear the mug he's drinking that coffee from is bottomless... 0.o
Or 5 packs if it's ravnica sealed and a seeded pack of the guild of your choice.
Those coffee pouring skills!
These are fun to watch I don’t care that I’ve been playing sealed for almost 3 years, I just watch this for the prof
Please make a lesson about creating Standard decks, and mainly ideas for standard decks. Fyi You're videos are the best!
Can we get a closer look at that card next to the coffee machine?
Plummet... my heart breaks, prof.
I remember using "BREAK" instead of "BREAD" just making the "K" for "krap." Bread just makes so much more sense, also because new players got confused and kept saying "BRAKE" mislabeling evasion as the worst.
It's official, Prof looks better with a shaved head.
I've needed this for a very long time. Thank you very much
Is dimir standard or izit standard better?
Thanks Prof, looking forward to this coming weekends events.
Need a quick cram session before midnight release 😂
I'm the kind of guy who's willing to play anything, so, how can I tell what qualifies as dirt besides cards "I would never play"?
Edit: Thanks for the advice
Weak to no abilities that affect the board and creatures that don't do anything with bad stats
Also look at the cards mana in correlation to its abilities. A 2/2 for 2 mana may seem good for its cost but in reality that is one of the last cards you'll want to consider. Instead look for more bang for your buck, like a 1/2 for 2 that may have deathtouch, a 2/2 for 2 with flying, or a 1/2 or even 1/1 for two that also gives you a 1/1 token.
One drops without effects are fine when you're just looking for something to get you on the board for turn one, but as your mana curve gets higher dont settle with non effect creatures or bad effect creatures unless you have to.
the vanilla test is a good start, for creatures anyway. a vanilla (OK) creature should have a cmc equal to its power+toughness/2. so, a 4 cmc creature with a 2/4 fails the vanilla test. Now, it if has a good ability (flying, haste, trample), remove 1 cmc in your calculation. So, if that same 2/4 creature has flying, it should be considered usable.
From a Sealed Constructed point of view, just do a search on TH-cam for reviews. There's at least one channel out there, Budget MTG Decks, which specialises in evaluating every single card from the current blocks just before prerelease explicitly for sealed constructed or "limited". There are several others, but it'll take a long time to watch them all - just see which ones you like the feel of, and spend a few hours listen to their take on cards.
So this is a question for any of you guys as I am newish to magic, how many cards do you make a standard deck with? When I played with my friends we always used 60. Right or wrong? And how many different deck styles are there and how many cards are in each? What is the most common that if I went to a shop to play they would most likely be playing?
As a player that is about to do his first pre-release, I must thank you! This is amazing!
Yes you absolute legend. I was needing this I'm about to go to a pre-release.
Btw that's a massive mug. Should have one full of magic fun
Great video. I am playing since 18 years, still watched it until the end. Great job.
Love your channel but didn’t you already upload a video just like this like some lines are word for word
Please do more vids like this. I like them more than product reviews or box openings
My town does not have a LGS, we play at home. :"(
Thank you for your thorough advice in each of your videos! My GF and me will head off to our very first pre-release event at our local game store today. We feel well prepared ;)
How did it go?
"you'll also want a pile for non-basic lands"
*puts Mountain on pile*. Immersion ruined
Unsubbed, unfollowed :p (jk).
"Don't build a second deck from your side board cards" Probably some good advice that I'm going to go ahead and completely ignore.
Just went to my first prerelease for Theros Beyond Death and this video helped a lot! (I didn't get to actually participate in the tournament due to getting stuck in traffic and arriving about 20 minutes late, but the games I played with people who were between rounds were fun and I learned quite a bit from them and from making my deck)
Going to my first in person prerelease this weekend and am super glad for this resource!