Sorry, I'm on my phone and want to sleep so I have to keep it brief. Also not sure how to tag cards so sorry about that as well.
Anyways, went x-0 at my prerelease by picking red and going with a sweet mono red aggro/midrange deck.
Generator Servant is an absolute house, and with three of them in my pool I consistently ramped out a hasty Siege Dragon or Hoarding Dragon on turns four and five, which always became a win. Hasty juggernauts on turn four are excellent as well, it turns out.
Forge Devil was excellent at dealing with x-1 deathtouch defense.
Removal was sparse on both my and my opponents' side, I somehow drew only a solitary Blastfire Bolt which I never saw anyways, and my opponents' removal was too slow to deal with my aggressive starts.
Burning Anger is as fantastic as it seems it would be, and you get a ton of value just untapping with it once.
Hammerhand was a fantastic card as well, all of its abilities were super relevant and worth the card slot.
Finally, Krenko's Enforcer ended up being my second best card after the Generator Servants. Almost everybody at my prerelease were on the black or green train (with some white as well) and it was virtually unblockable except for Bronze Sables, which Forge Devil took care of.
Red has too many answers for Indulgent Tormentor, which wasn't really ever a problem. White's promo only stalled and never stole a win from me.
I played at a six round sealed with 60 other people. While Dimir and Simic were the most popular by far, straight Boros and Gruul/Boros took the top 8 convincingly.
This was my 3rd Prerelease, and it was great.
Personally, I played Boros, and due to my pool didn't need to splash anything. I came in 5th, with my only loss being to a Gruul/Boros combination that was only slightly faster (had him down to 1 life in the deciding game). Other than that, I went 2-0 in every match, with the slower Orzhov/Dimir/Simic decks not putting up much of a fight.
There are so many good things I could say about Boros in Gatecrash sealed. I don't think I had a single card with a CMC 4 or greater besides my promo and the Helix Angel.
I enjoy Aggro, Midrange, and Combo, I'm not too good at Control.
I'd like to be pretty competitive, taking this to local tournaments and hopefully some PTQ/GP events.
Favorite Cards/Colors: Lightning Bolt, Lightning Helix, Snapcaster Mage.
Budget: Around $500 USD, could go a little higher if needed.
Staples Owned: Snapcasters, Paths, and all the shocklands.
Anyways, went x-0 at my prerelease by picking red and going with a sweet mono red aggro/midrange deck.
Generator Servant is an absolute house, and with three of them in my pool I consistently ramped out a hasty Siege Dragon or Hoarding Dragon on turns four and five, which always became a win. Hasty juggernauts on turn four are excellent as well, it turns out.
Forge Devil was excellent at dealing with x-1 deathtouch defense.
Removal was sparse on both my and my opponents' side, I somehow drew only a solitary Blastfire Bolt which I never saw anyways, and my opponents' removal was too slow to deal with my aggressive starts.
Burning Anger is as fantastic as it seems it would be, and you get a ton of value just untapping with it once.
Hammerhand was a fantastic card as well, all of its abilities were super relevant and worth the card slot.
Finally, Krenko's Enforcer ended up being my second best card after the Generator Servants. Almost everybody at my prerelease were on the black or green train (with some white as well) and it was virtually unblockable except for Bronze Sables, which Forge Devil took care of.
Red has too many answers for Indulgent Tormentor, which wasn't really ever a problem. White's promo only stalled and never stole a win from me.
This was my 3rd Prerelease, and it was great.
Personally, I played Boros, and due to my pool didn't need to splash anything. I came in 5th, with my only loss being to a Gruul/Boros combination that was only slightly faster (had him down to 1 life in the deciding game). Other than that, I went 2-0 in every match, with the slower Orzhov/Dimir/Simic decks not putting up much of a fight.
Mugging and Madcap Skills are insane in limited sealed.
Nothing beats a T1 Legion Loyalist followed by a T2 Madcap Skills. Skyknight Legionnaire was a great Battalion enabler that took opponents off guard, and the flying evasion of it, Daring Skyjek, and Firemane Avenger won me countless games.
Wojek Halberdiers was also a great performer, as was the rare Boros Reckoner.
There are so many good things I could say about Boros in Gatecrash sealed. I don't think I had a single card with a CMC 4 or greater besides my promo and the Helix Angel.