Wilds of Eldraine Prerelease Guide for Sealed and Draft. Limited WOE mtg set help

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  • @alexcarnegie348
    @alexcarnegie348 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    As an avid fan of limited, these are some of the best limited guides out there. Your observations about a set go deeper than the general stuff, to the point that I always come away with at least one or two things I wouldn’t have realized prior. Thank you for making these 🙏

  • @Potatomuffin
    @Potatomuffin ปีที่แล้ว +25

    It is nice to see a guide that doesn't just look at the signpost uncommons and bomb rares and slap together a powerpoint. Good job!

  • @richarddueck1770
    @richarddueck1770 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Was looking forward to your comments on the set. I'm on the west coast and can't (likely) make it to tune in for your stream, but I'm happy to hear you're doing it. Looking very much forward to prerelease and watching your gameplay :)

    • @mtgmonster8755
      @mtgmonster8755  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @richarddueck1770
      No worries! Not everyone will be able to make it. I agree it's not an ideal start time for the event. It's right in the middle of standard business hours for the US. I plan on streaming for about 5 hrs, and the live stream will be saved to Twitch so you can watch it later at your convenience. The only down side of watching it later is not being able to participate in the chat, but that's okay.

  • @MarcDobby
    @MarcDobby ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I’m watching this as I’m about to go to my local prerelease! You’ve got the best guides

  • @SoyoyoS
    @SoyoyoS ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Top guide out there, I shared it with my entire limited group

    • @mtgmonster8755
      @mtgmonster8755  ปีที่แล้ว

      @SoyoyoS
      Thanks for the kind words and sharing. 🍻

  • @kokusnus420
    @kokusnus420 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Started watching these guides before march of the machines dropped, never got a top 3 placement before. MOM I placed 3rd and Lord of the Rings I finished 1st.
    These are short super informative and overall super high quality thank you very much for Making these :)

    • @mtgmonster8755
      @mtgmonster8755  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @kokusnus420
      Awesome. 🏆 It's great to hear my guides are consistent in helping you improve. 🍻

  • @jasonlogan497
    @jasonlogan497 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Watched the vid when it dropped. Went 2-0-1 in my sealed prerelease today. Opened good Blue/Black with Talion, The Kindly Lord at the top end. Was basically a draft deck. It should be noted that Blue/Black has some serious card advantage synergies. Sugar Rush, Hatching plans, Copy Enchantment, Talion, Aquatic Alchemist and Ashiok's Reaper made for a really fun day. Thanks Monster

    • @mtgmonster8755
      @mtgmonster8755  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @jasonlogan497
      Very nice! At my LGS, I believe everyone that watched my video went 3-1 or 4-0 so they did great too. I'm glad to hear you got a great result. 🍻 I had a crazy good sealed pool and 4-0 (8-0 perfect) the night playing a U,B,G base splashing W,R. The 5 color perfect!

  • @thomasjacobsen8277
    @thomasjacobsen8277 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I’ll be competing in my first ever prerelease with this set and this is super helpful for a newbie! Thank you so much!

  • @dallindavis2915
    @dallindavis2915 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I’ve followed your guides for the last 3 prereleases I’ve been to. Thanks for the awesome videos

  • @envies_ephemeres
    @envies_ephemeres ปีที่แล้ว +2

    One of the best prep videos I've ever seen. Very helpful; Subscribed.

    • @mtgmonster8755
      @mtgmonster8755  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks for the kind words and support. 🍻

  • @MattHorton
    @MattHorton ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for this! Sounds like I'll be doing black red or blue white. Those sound like what I'd enjoy.

  • @Leonidasfake
    @Leonidasfake ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I really enjoy your way of breaking down the set for limited. On Lotr set pre-release I kept in mind your advice about using the ring tempt mechanic and manage to win the day. I would love to see generic videos about how u approach limited deckbuilding and gameplay.
    Thank u and keep up. =]

  • @kyle7447
    @kyle7447 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'm excited for this set. I'm currently making tom bombadil and I know more Enchantments are gonna help

  • @BariccudaSquid
    @BariccudaSquid ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great guide this will be my first prerelease keep it up!

  • @Purtle28
    @Purtle28 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Appreciate the mentions of the enchanting tales as far as which colors have better hits. Also for the future, you should link your twitch in the description!

    • @mtgmonster8755
      @mtgmonster8755  ปีที่แล้ว

      @Purtle28 Thanks. Will do. I appreciated you dropping into watch the stream, and I love your choice of Calvin and Hobbes as your image on twitch. 🍻

  • @Shengito
    @Shengito ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Very useful guide as usual, great insights and interesting observations about the enchantments. Will there be a video of the stream? I'm in a different time zone and could only see a part of it, the rats deck was so fun!

    • @mtgmonster8755
      @mtgmonster8755  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Shengito
      The entire live stream is already posted to TH-cam on my channel. There are 3 sealed videos and 1 draft. You should be able to catch any parts of the live stream you missed by watching those. Thanks for watching the stream. The rats were fun! 🍻

  • @joshuabrown733
    @joshuabrown733 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This guide has substance! Thanks, great video!

  • @rebeccazalkin6927
    @rebeccazalkin6927 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I haven't played paper magic since 2017, but now I honestly feel ready to go to a prerelease and maybe frequent the local game store again!

    • @mtgmonster8755
      @mtgmonster8755  ปีที่แล้ว

      Nice! mtg is 100% one of those games where people take long breaks from it all the time and come back years later. Surprisingly, I've found this doesn't hinder abilities at all. You'll do great. Welcome back to mtg!

  • @dabosls715
    @dabosls715 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love this pre-release guide. Great narration and information. Thank you :-)

  • @sampomentula5010
    @sampomentula5010 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Yet another awesome guide! Keep up the content!

  • @tyleranaya1011
    @tyleranaya1011 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Love your videos man. Keep it up. 💯

  • @PawzBrownMTG
    @PawzBrownMTG ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice job on the description of this set & amazing job on the video. Keep Staying Pawzitive & kinda shocked it's taken me this long to find your channel. I've got a channel as well, I do shout out my viewer's that sub. Hope to see you @ the Casa 👍.

  • @alwaysabiggafish3305
    @alwaysabiggafish3305 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This ones about to blow up

  • @leandromafe
    @leandromafe ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hi monster! What would you say are the key cards for UB fairies control? From the mana cost of the fairies and the fact they are flyers I had the impression it would be more of a aggro/tempo deck where you'd be trying to race the opponent to lethal with your fliers while removing and countering anything problematic.

    • @mtgmonster8755
      @mtgmonster8755  ปีที่แล้ว

      @leandromafe
      You're correct that Black Blue fairies want to race your op and not make trades in combat. Ideally, you'll be swinging in the air unchallenged expecting to win with evasive damage and control to make that lane open and possible/ make sure you don't lose on the back crack. I wouldn't call it aggro though. It's a much more of a control driven deck with smaller hits in the air early game. We are talking 1-2 damage getting in maybe for the first half of the game, and hopefully later game you'll be chipping in for 2-6 in the air after you've been able to establish more of a board state. I don't think you should confuse this with a popular mono red aggro strategy with burn to face and creature removal. This will be a lot less explosive in damage chunks and take more turns to win. It also doesn't have too many good ways to ping damage to face late game to finish it. The reason why I'd call it control over aggro is I believe the focus is much more on controlling the board than getting the win fast. Make no mistakes I think fairies will be great. I like how the build looks.
      I even love Blue White fairies with more emphasis on tap down. I love the Esper fairies as well.
      Here's what I see though:
      I mean obviously Bitter Blossom should always make your fairies black deck. It should just make any deck really. But let's focus on common cards only for a second. The Borrow Naughty is the clutch 2 drop in that it does several things. It stabilizes with a bit of lifelink, and it is one of the few fairies that have a decent shot at blocking. So as a 1/3 flyer it can buy you time to set up your board and control. Again, I see a little less aggro than some are wanting this build to be. Beluna's Gatekeeper is a brick house of a common for blue and even though she isn't a fairy she is pretty great for any blue deck. One copy of into the fae court will always be a welcome top end blue spell in this deck or any blue deck. Surprisingly, I think Living Lectern will perform better than it reads. A 0/4 blocker on the ground can really buy your flyers some time by blocking ground threats. Then later, you can sac it get a role token and it replaces itself by drawing a card. Looks good not great but definitely more playable than it reads. back to fairies. Mocking Sprite is good as a 3 mana 2/1 that reduces some spells by 1. Misleading Motes is a great tempo card to help finish a game. Abyra's Attendants isn't my favorite Adventure but it is still an adventure and still should be respected for its value and played in a fairie deck. Quick study is good. Shatter the Oath is good. Snaremaster sprite is great. They get better the more you have, but unless you have duplicates I wouldn't always just run it out on turn 1. I'd wait for the 3 mana play on it to get the tap down and stun counter. So again not necessarily aggro here. Spell stutter obviously is great too. I don't love the stingblade assassin but I'd play it if I needed more air damage. Black removal is generally good and worth playing, Eriette's Whisper is counted as good common removal. I also kind of love the black 2 drop Mintstrosity. I know it's food but it has some serious value and upsides for a common 2 drop!
      I'm not going to go over all the uncommons, but shout out to chancellor of tales, Icewrouht sentry, Sharae of Numbing Depths (splashable), and maybe my favorite fairie card in the set Threadbind Clique (should always include even if not splashing white). Obviously the signpost Obyra, Dreaming Duelist, but I think the deck can play without her too. It doesn't need her to do well.
      Hope this helps.🍻

  • @nazislam4066
    @nazislam4066 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Really helpful. I took notes!

  • @Thoughtcaster-six
    @Thoughtcaster-six ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Can you sacrifice a cruse token as a cost for bargain?

    • @mtgmonster8755
      @mtgmonster8755  ปีที่แล้ว

      @user-ml3lg5rj1n
      If you own it, yes. If your opponent owns the cursed token and they placed it on your creature it's still theirs. You can't sac you're opponent's tokens for bargain. 🍻

  • @andrewpark78
    @andrewpark78 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The goat as always 🎉🎉

  • @nicohulleman6
    @nicohulleman6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Just one word, great❤

  • @BlanekdCheque
    @BlanekdCheque ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for the great guide! I’ll be attending my first ever prerelease with a friend and am super excited for it.
    Do you have any bonus tips to get an extra leg up on the competition :)

    • @mtgmonster8755
      @mtgmonster8755  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nice. I know you'll have fun. Prereleases are really casual and have a festive atmosphere. One of the best things I can tell you is what I said in the video near the beginning. Adventures win games. They just have so much value. Also, especially in sealed, removal is important. Expect your opponent to have at least 1 or 2 game winning bomb rares that you'll need to have an answer to immediately. So when building you're deck, don't neglect your removal.
      Also, I'm not sure how experienced you are at mtg. But if you have extra time during the build phase use that time to curate a sideboard option or two for yourself. (In sealed your entire card pool is your sideboard and legal to swap in inbetween games.) I go ahead and usually sleeve up my relevant sideboard cards for quick swaps. I don't bother sleeving everything, just cards I know I could want against certain threats. So many people don't utilize their sideboard at all during prerelease. I've been known to write down 2 completely different deck lists and do complete deck swaps on my op in between game 1 and 2 in a bo3, but I don't know too many other people who do that. It's a very advanced level tactic.
      Another tip related to side boarding that's less advanced is, if your deck isn't winning or working the way you wanted it to don't be afraid to change it! You can always try something completely different with the cards you have in your sealed pool. Prerelease is all about trying something new. Seeing what works and what doesn't. So don't be afraid to pivot to a new deck mid-prerelease. Just try to have fun and not take it too seriously. Prerelease is more about making friends than winning. 🍻

    • @BlanekdCheque
      @BlanekdCheque ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@mtgmonster8755 Thanks a ton for the advice and reply! I gotta remember that side boarding is a thing. How much removal would you aim for as a ballpark?
      And I won't keep take it too seriously, I just wanna study up a little bit because I'm going with a friend, so I can hopefully get some bragging rights to hold over his head lol.

    • @mtgmonster8755
      @mtgmonster8755  ปีที่แล้ว

      @skrubstar9056
      The amount of removal and interaction you run all depends on your deck's strategy, your card pool, and your win con plan. There is not a specific number, or even a ballpark number, I can give you as the correct amount. Unfortunately, there are just too many factors that go into deciding the correct amount. But no matter what deck build you're going for I'd try to have at MINIMUM 2 pieces of interaction/removal. More than that is usually correct. But, sealed is fickle. Sometimes the right color for you to play doesn't have good interaction. In those cases you have a tough choice between 1.risking it and going with little to no removal just plan on being the aggressor with too many threats, 2.splashing for removal, or 3. pick a different build entirely in your card pool...
      Good question though.🍻

    • @bumi5466
      @bumi5466 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@mtgmonster8755 My friend is also taking me for my first-ever MTG event - wilds of eldraine pre-release. The advice you gave is amazing. I cannot wait to attend the event!
      Btw, what sort of things should I bring with me to the event? I will take some dice and the MTG companion app

    • @mtgmonster8755
      @mtgmonster8755  ปีที่แล้ว

      @bumi5466
      That's great! For prerelease you could literally bring nothing with you if you wanted, and some of the best players I know prefer to do it that way. The prerelease kit will have a d20 in it, and if you're using the app for life tracking you don't even need the dice. The kits normally have punch out circles you could use for marking +1/+1 counters if you'd like as well. While some people prefer walking in with nothing and doing that, I personally prefer to bring a bag of stuff with me for convenience and comfort.
      Here's what I bring:
      1. Backpack/ bag of some sort
      2. Snacks and a water bottle - These events last hours. I like to snack in-between rounds.
      3. A few small 6 sided dice to mark counters
      4. Sleeves. You don't need them but if you like them bring at least 50. If this is your first time it's okay to not invest in sleeves and play without them. I've played without sleeves plenty of times.
      5. *A set of 10-15 basic lands in each color. This is also optional. Places will have a land station that you can use if you don't have basic lands, but I always bring my own lands because sometimes the land station is full of some pretty old and beat up land cards. Further, if you are playing with sleeves I recommend going ahead and pre-sleeving the basic lands you're bringing ahead of time so it saves you sleeving time the day of.
      6. (optional) Play mat. Again, you don't need this. Lots of places will put out big nice table mats for prerelease so it really isn't necessary to have your own mat, but if you like your play mat bring it.
      7. (optional) I bring 10 generic art cards I can use as token substitutes for tokens I do not have any of. I use the special art cards you get from set booster packs, but I've seen some people use Pokémon cards, etc. Just make sure they are clearly not magic cards. (It's highly likely you won't open every token you need for the set. So these are good and flexible for representing a food token, or a treasure token, or a 1/1 creature token, or a role token.)
      8. (optional) hoodie jacket. Even in the summer some stores can be freezing cold. I leave my jacket in the car, but I do have one in the car in case I need to go grab it.
      Hope this helps. 🍻

  • @croma86
    @croma86 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    15:32 With a heavy heart, I’m gonna have to give up me fave colour, green.

    • @mtgmonster8755
      @mtgmonster8755  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Green did okay in my early access live stream. The videos will upload to youtube asap. The second or third sealed pool had a nice enchantment draw card value green deck. It's just not my top pick for colors, but it's playable and good with the correct cards.

  • @deenmohammad385
    @deenmohammad385 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    🔥 vid. And face reveal! 😮

  • @sandorc
    @sandorc ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hi! When are you streaming in twitch? I recommend you put in your bio or community your channel and date! See ya

    • @mtgmonster8755
      @mtgmonster8755  ปีที่แล้ว

      @sandorc starts at 1pm est., so in about 30 minutes.

    • @sandorc
      @sandorc ปีที่แล้ว

      nice!.. but what is your channels name? or are you streaming in youtube?@@mtgmonster8755

  • @mythical___Jinx
    @mythical___Jinx ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hello, i stumbled upon your channel just now watching the video. i will be streaming arena soon once its on ps5 but i will Never do an early access event i do not see the point of them.

    • @mtgmonster8755
      @mtgmonster8755  ปีที่แล้ว

      The Early Access, now called the Streamer Event, is important to participate in. But if you don't want to you don't have to. There are a countless of great reasons to participate in the event when you're a mtg content creator beyond just playing with the cards a bit early. 🍻

    • @mythical___Jinx
      @mythical___Jinx ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mtgmonster8755 its the early part that i do not care for. i am hoping this is not offensive but in my eyes you are cheating by having accesss to the cards so early. i would not do any footage of play until Arena offically lets me.

    • @mtgmonster8755
      @mtgmonster8755  ปีที่แล้ว

      I can see that point of view. For me, I see it as a mutually beneficial business plan. Everyone wins partnerships are the backbone of any great business.

    • @mythical___Jinx
      @mythical___Jinx ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mtgmonster8755 i just do not like the idea of early access, ill partner with wotc but if they give me an early access invite i would decline it.

    • @hellglaser3450
      @hellglaser3450 ปีที่แล้ว

      In real life there is early access also, it's called prerelease and anyone can attend them.

  • @levirynearson5800
    @levirynearson5800 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What do you mean I can't run a deck that is nothing but enchantments? Lol. Great video. So can you have multiple role tokens at once?

    • @mtgmonster8755
      @mtgmonster8755  ปีที่แล้ว

      @levirynearson5800
      lol ya, I'm thinking 1-3 enchantments per 40 card deck max that don't directly add to the board is a good general guideline. Obviously, enchantment removal/arrest spells and/or ones that etb make creatures don't count towards that number limit. But I can see people sitting down and drafting this set, and ending up with 1/3 of their cards being enchantments. All because their eyes got too big for their deck ratios. 😂
      As far as role token question, the answer is no. You can't have more than one Role token Aura, THAT YOU OWN, on a target creature. The cards that tell you to make the role token instruct you to destroy the current role token on that creature when the new one attaches. They did a good job printing instructions on the cards. They will tell you exactly what to do with each role token.
      The only thing that isn't as clear are two different situations:
      1. When your opponent has a role token on your creature and then you put your own role token on that same creature what happens?
      ANSWER: They both stay on the creature. You can only have 1 role token on each creature at a time that YOU OWN. Which means even though there are 2 role tokens because the owners of them are different they would both stay. You can have multiple role tokens on the board at one time but they must be attached to different creatures.
      2. What happens if you make a copy of a role token?
      ANSWER: The copy goes on the stack and as it resolves you can choose a valid target to attach it to of your choice. The target of the Aura Token Copy must be a legal valid target.
      Hope this helps. 🍻

    • @levirynearson5800
      @levirynearson5800 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@mtgmonster8755 super helpful, thanks.

  • @theobericeford4112
    @theobericeford4112 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Good guide

  • @Kiranatics
    @Kiranatics ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ahh enchantment
    Looks like my best friend destroy evil will be staple again on my deckc

    • @mtgmonster8755
      @mtgmonster8755  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The Enchanting Tales (63 enchantment reprints) won't be legal in standard, you'll just able to use in limited and formats they are already legal in. But yes, Break the Spell is 100% main deckable, I'd even main deck multiple copies of it in this format.

  • @himolia
    @himolia ปีที่แล้ว +1

    xasn't the Walking dead card had to make a comeback in this set ? i thought so :(

  • @oDMACo
    @oDMACo ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Its worth noting that Spreading Seas, Blood Moon, Necropotence, Sneak Attack, Land Tax are all banned from limited play so if you pull them you aren't able to play it at the prerelease

    • @mtgmonster8755
      @mtgmonster8755  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I'm not sure where you're getting this information from, but it's not correct.
      If you open ANY of the enchanting tales in your packs during prerelease, any sealed event or draft they are legal to put in your deck. Period. That's limited. They are part of your legal card pool.
      None of the Enchanting Tales are legal in standard.
      The specific list you're referring to are ARENA specific bans. These aren't for limited. Here's the announcement about ARENA bans: "The Enchanting Tales will be available in Wilds of Eldraine drafts on Magic: The Gathering Arena and will be legal in the Historic and Historic Brawl formats. Blood Moon, Intruder Alarm, Land Tax, Necropotence, Sneak Attack and Spreading Seas were preemptively banned from Historic but are legal in Historic Brawl."
      As you can tell none of this pertains to limited formats.

    • @oDMACo
      @oDMACo ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mtgmonster8755 mtggoldfish and wotc website

    • @mtgmonster8755
      @mtgmonster8755  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Send me the link. I'm pretty sure you're confusing historic bans with limited bans. I'd like to read the article/ source you're getting this from to see if I can help clarify things.

    • @oDMACo
      @oDMACo ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@mtgmonster8755 my mistake. 3 days ago wotc released a tweet advising these cards would be preemptively banned. Goldfish and other streamers released info on their podcasts. However, they have now clarified these bans are only for historic on the arena platform so the cards are legal to play in limited

    • @mtgmonster8755
      @mtgmonster8755  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      No problem. I understand these last minute announcements can be poorly communicated. Glad we could figure it out. 🍻

  • @doordash-nh1ih
    @doordash-nh1ih ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Whoa! They reprinted Evolving Wilds?!!!

  • @twpmmorpg
    @twpmmorpg ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video! End... :)

  • @grandpanurgle
    @grandpanurgle ปีที่แล้ว

    Algo