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

"No Class Before 10 AM" - My personal policy that gets thwarted every semester

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!

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

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.

Professor, thanks so much for making videos like this! I started playing Magic last weekend because KZfaq 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.

Can't wait to go to the Guilds of Ravnica pre release at my LGS, amazon!

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.

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.

Thanks for the lesson Prof!

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.

I need that mug. Also, I see that shade at Wizards announcement regarding Walmart, Target, and Amazon. And I 10000% agree with you.

going to my fist pre release this friday, thanks for teaching what sealed looks like! - hey, 2024!

Going into my first ever pre release event tomorrow. This was super helpful!!!!

Oh boy just in time! this is my first time attending a pre release!

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!

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’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.

My parents were watching this and they started taking notes like this was actually community college, well done

As a player that is about to do his first pre-release, I must thank you! This is amazing!

now that's a good coffee cup

just did my first prerelease after 20 years of playing, thanks for the tips! it was a BLAST

Going to my first in person prerelease this weekend and am super glad for this resource!

This KZfaq channel is so excellent! I love and appreciate all of this advice eventhough I'm just a casual player.

@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!

Great video. I am playing since 18 years, still watched it until the end. Great job.

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. 🤘💀🤘

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).

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

Came back among many others who are getting ready for Zendikar Rising prerelease. 1:02 that coffee pour was pretty impressive btw.

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!

I haven't played tabletop since the Rath Cycle and attending a local SNC Prerelease ... thank you very much for your unending knowledge and wisdom, and will prove useful today!

Preparing for my first pre-release tomorrow! LOTR 2023 Argentina

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.

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)

That coffee pour call back though....12/10 Prof.

Thank you professor! Your videos are always a great refresher! And spot on with supporting your local LGS! You keep that through all of your videos and its awesome!!

I've needed this for a very long time. Thank you very much

Excellent stuff, just sent this to my new players

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 ;)

another thing worth mentioning: sealed and draft formats are not restricted to the normal 4-of that constructed is. you are allowed to run as many copies of the same card as you open, if you choose.

Thanks Prof, looking forward to this coming weekends events.

I can see your doctors said have only one cup of coffee a day didn't they.

This was a wild time for the professors hair … 🎉

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.

Perfect timing for the upcoming pre release this weekend :) cant wait!

Going to my first pre-release tonight , and I really appreciate this simple to follow advice and explanations.

Wanted to comment on something that helps me out when going to pre-release. I bring basic lands about 17 of each color already pre sleeved. This allows me to maximize my 45 minute time to build a deck. It helps out:) a lot especially new players such as myself. Love your content

Thanks for having these resources available! Attending my first pre-release tomorrow!!

After having played a fair number of pre-releases to date, i feel that while BREAD is a great acronym to keep important things in mind, *it's probably not the order of importance for sealed play.* Also, the D is debateable, while it can stand for 'Duds', i think the cards to look out for (which this acronym tries to signify) is DRAW. Cards that specifically give you Card Advantage, aka, play one card, get more than one card back... So then what is the order of importance when going through your pool? 1. Removal … simply because a 1/1 common can win you the game, as long as you can prevent your opponent from winning the game. 2. Evasion … simply because having a 1/1 evasive creature can win you the game, and has the advantage of not being an instant removal target. 3. Bombs … even though they are likely to be removed, if not, they will also win you the game, and 'bombs' can also be commons, a big 6/6 common trampler in green is a bomb. 4. Abilities … obviously creatures with abilities are stronger or more versatile than vanilla creatures. While they may not remove, are evasive or can be classified as a true bomb, run them over vanilla 5. Draw … and do note here, running a card that gets you one card (unless it's on a creature) isn't giving you any advantage, or 2 cards for 2 cards; seeing as while you get deeper into your deck, you didn't actually get any card advantage from these cards; you may have gotten other advantages if applicable, but you didn't 'draw cards' to get you more cards. 6. Filler … yeah, there goes the acronym, but basically after the 5 'good' categories you will want to look for and run in your deck, the rest is basically 'filler', you look at your curve and run 'the best' of the rest available to you. Though tbh. once you start looking at Filler, you may want to think 'fFS's' and as such remind yourself of the option to: 6. SPLASH … splashing a removal spell an evasive creature or bomb from another color is probably a lot stronger than playing a vanilla Filler creature, or some card selection card that masquerades as card draw.

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)

Started playing commander back in Feb of this year (2020) going to my first prerelease for core 2021 next weekend! So stoked

Those coffee pouring skills!

Thank you for the excellent video Prof! A few notes after attending the Guilds of Ravnica prerelease: (this is all anecdotal evidence of course, so take it as you will) -Very few cards stood out to me as bombs on their own. Most rares seemed like they needed support or synergy of some kind to "go off". Legion War Boss (the only rare in my deck) allowed me to steamroll a round, but only because I got it out turn 3 and my opponent had a severe lack of blockers. I observed fair success in choosing a pool of solid commons and uncommons that worked well off each other, rather than choosing bombs and going from there. -17 to 18 lands always seemed like a bit much to me. I have noticed I have done best at sealed events with 15 to 16 lands. If you are running more than two colors however (which I don't have the nerve to do in sealed) then you will obviously want more. -Izzet rules. Get jumpstarted.

Please do more vids like this. I like them more than product reviews or box openings

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!!

Thanks for this video. Ive been playing mtg for 10 years and more, but ive always sucked a big one in limited. This video really helped for the basics.

Nice coffee mug!

Awesome video professor! I just got new friend into magic and was hoping to take the to the prerelease this week, so this is the perfect tool to keep them from getting overwhelmed and allow them to have a fun time.

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

Nice video prof. Though i got an anxiety wave when you poured coffee at that cup without watching, thank god you didnt burn yourself.

funny how i was going look for a video like this, and it was uploaded a video ago, thank you so much.

Anyone else watching to prep for War of the Spark?

Great message at the end, you are awesome!

This is a great video, as I had recently commented on the tournament pack video about how this was the closest you could get AND was just going over the skeletal structure with a newer player. Outside of that I’m not sure which has me more intrigued: the “You” card you have framed or your cereal bowl-sized coffee mug.

Important distinction for Ravnica sets: in regards to multicolor cards, make a different pile for each color combination. There's only five guilds, so that's a five extra piles. Bit harder to do in ten-guild sets.

I love the coffee cup!

Please adress the Amazon issue

Please make a lesson about creating Standard decks, and mainly ideas for standard decks. Fyi You're videos are the best!

BACK AT IT AGAIN WITH THE NO LOOK COFFEE POOR!!! Great video

Awesome guide!

This is exactly the video I was hoping to find. Last time I went to a prerelease was the original Eldrazi!

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 :')

Yes! Let's enjoy the local game stores while they still exist!

Uploaded as I searched the subreddit for this very topic......

This should come in handy

Next time,poor the coffee from an even higher height

Great Video as always Prof. Keep up the good work :)

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

Just right when you need it, great video professor keep on the good work

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 want that coffee mug

Going to my very first event for War of the Spark pre-release and this is so helpful! I think it might be nuts with all the planeswalkers...

Thank you, Professor! My boys love this vid. Very helpful

The only prerelease I did was Neon. I won 2, 2 out of 3 rounds and lost 2. Better than I expected :D

Watching before Kaldheim. Just started playing 6 weeks ago, stoked!!

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!

The best content creator is back at .

I like that tie

Man, that coffee trick again! Nice!

That's not a mug, that's like a soup bowl with a handle!

Great video professor. I am planning to join my first pre release on the next set.

Thanks Prof!

Great video. I'll try to apply it in the next pre-release, assuming my LGS will still exist.

Thanks for the video, I din't realise this pre-release wasn't going to be a draft.

I love you Prof. Please do more content with the dorks from The Command Zone.

This will help me in Arena this weekend!

def need this video, i SUCK at prerelease building