I'm going to my first Prerelease on the weekend, and I was just wondering, how long do they take? Is it a casual event where you can just come and go? Is there some sort of tournament?
I'm going to my first Prerelease on the weekend, and I was just wondering, how long do they take? Is it a casual event where you can just come and go? Is there some sort of tournament?
you can a) just get your packs, drop from the event, and leave, or b) play in the event which will take approx 5 hours. Everyone gets additional packs based on the number of wins they finish with
I'm going to my first Prerelease on the weekend, and I was just wondering, how long do they take? Is it a casual event where you can just come and go? Is there some sort of tournament?
you can a) just get your packs, drop from the event, and leave, or b) play in the event which will take approx 5 hours. Everyone gets additional packs based on the number of wins they finish with
Thanks for the reply Deception. One last question for anyone out there:
Can you get your pre-ordered booster boxes and the prerelease?
I'm going to my first Prerelease on the weekend, and I was just wondering, how long do they take? Is it a casual event where you can just come and go? Is there some sort of tournament?
you can a) just get your packs, drop from the event, and leave, or b) play in the event which will take approx 5 hours. Everyone gets additional packs based on the number of wins they finish with
Thanks for the reply Deception. One last question for anyone out there:
Can you get your pre-ordered booster boxes and the prerelease?
Preorders dont become available until the first day of retail availability
I'm going to my first Prerelease on the weekend, and I was just wondering, how long do they take? Is it a casual event where you can just come and go? Is there some sort of tournament?
you can a) just get your packs, drop from the event, and leave, or b) play in the event which will take approx 5 hours. Everyone gets additional packs based on the number of wins they finish with
Thanks for the reply Deception. One last question for anyone out there:
Can you get your pre-ordered booster boxes and the prerelease?
Preorders dont become available until the first day of retail availability
Thanks for all your answers to my questions The Decepticon.
You can always gauge the amount of time you'll be there by how many rounds there will be. It'll take about an hour for the deck construction and on average an hour for each round.
Each LGS is different on how many rounds. Some around here go with as many players there are and some cap it at 4-5 rounds to allow for another pre-release tournament during the day.
I'm going to my first Prerelease on the weekend, and I was just wondering, how long do they take? Is it a casual event where you can just come and go? Is there some sort of tournament?
you can a) just get your packs, drop from the event, and leave, or b) play in the event which will take approx 5 hours. Everyone gets additional packs based on the number of wins they finish with
Thanks for the reply Deception. One last question for anyone out there:
Can you get your pre-ordered booster boxes and the prerelease?
Preorders dont become available until the first day of retail availability
Thanks for all your answers to my questions The Decepticon.
You can always gauge the amount of time you'll be there by how many rounds there will be. It'll take about an hour for the deck construction and on average an hour for each round.
Each LGS is different on how many rounds. Some around here go with as many players there are and some cap it at 4-5 rounds to allow for another pre-release tournament during the day.
you can a) just get your packs, drop from the event, and leave, or b) play in the event which will take approx 5 hours. Everyone gets additional packs based on the number of wins they finish with
Thanks for the reply Deception. One last question for anyone out there:
Can you get your pre-ordered booster boxes and the prerelease?
Preorders dont become available until the first day of retail availability
Thanks for all your answers to my questions The Decepticon.
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ah, did not know that. My LGS wouldnt fill those preorders @ C19 prerelease
Yea, I went to one of our local Saturday C19 PRs and before I left they had 2 boxes ready to go when I went up and asked (I almost forgot myself since it wasn't like that before).
Also, if you play, don't open packs until you're explicitly allowed. You're given a time limit to construct a deck in Sealed. (In draft, opening packs prematurely completely ruins gameplay.)
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The main LGS I play at used to do 5 rounds, but a few impatient losers complained the events were too long, so now they only do 4 rounds.
What those fools failed to realize is that by requesting that they reduce the events by one round, the prize pool suffered significantly!
Now:
4-0 = 12 packs
3-0-1 = 9 packs (what most 3-0s end up with after mutually agreeing to draw round 4)
3-1 = 6 packs
2-1-1 = 2 packs
Previously:
5-0 = 24 packs! (the last time I managed this at a prerelease was Gatecrash...Got a firemane avenger as my Boros promo, and opened a second one in a booster which was amazing)
4-0-1 = 18 packs (what most 4-0s would end up with after mutually agreeing to draw round 5)
4-1 = 12 packs
3-1-1 = 6 packs
3-2 = 2 packs
Personally, it annoys me when people show up to a prerelease, pay their entry fee, and then drop out before the event even begins (especially when they have a more viable pool to build with than me). It may be their prerogative to do so, but oftentimes someone else gets a "bye" as a result and has to wait an hour before even playing their first game. Some people may like that (bad players especially), but even if I get the bye which translates to a free win, I go primarily to play and have fun with new game pieces, not wait and receive handouts in the form of free victory points. Dropping after two rounds when you're not likely to win any prize packs, fine, I get that. However, in my opinion if an individual is only attending prerelease events to acquire cards early and get a free promo without even playing a single game, I think that's sad if not pathetic and their priorities are really backwards. Why knowingly attend an event which is 4-6 hours long if you can't even commit to budgeting the time required for said event in your (apparently too busy) schedule?
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Thanks for the reply Deception. One last question for anyone out there:
Can you get your pre-ordered booster boxes and the prerelease?
GW Midrange/Lifegain GW
Also making Abzan Knights
GW Legendary Galore! GW
GW Angel Tribal GW
GW TOKENS GW
Thanks for all your answers to my questions The Decepticon.
OfTheMist
GW Midrange/Lifegain GW
Also making Abzan Knights
GW Legendary Galore! GW
GW Angel Tribal GW
GW TOKENS GW
Each LGS is different on how many rounds. Some around here go with as many players there are and some cap it at 4-5 rounds to allow for another pre-release tournament during the day.
Starting with Dominaria, you can pick up any pre-ordered boxes at the LGS at the pre-release.
https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/buy-box-preorder-promotion-continues-2018-05-18
Also, this is not actually limited to pre-orders. Your LGS can sell non-preorder boxes at the prerelease, too.
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Reading on my phone. Where does it say they can sell non-pre-ordered booster boxes on prerelease weekend?
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On phasing:
What those fools failed to realize is that by requesting that they reduce the events by one round, the prize pool suffered significantly!
Now:
4-0 = 12 packs
3-0-1 = 9 packs (what most 3-0s end up with after mutually agreeing to draw round 4)
3-1 = 6 packs
2-1-1 = 2 packs
Previously:
5-0 = 24 packs! (the last time I managed this at a prerelease was Gatecrash...Got a firemane avenger as my Boros promo, and opened a second one in a booster which was amazing)
4-0-1 = 18 packs (what most 4-0s would end up with after mutually agreeing to draw round 5)
4-1 = 12 packs
3-1-1 = 6 packs
3-2 = 2 packs
Personally, it annoys me when people show up to a prerelease, pay their entry fee, and then drop out before the event even begins (especially when they have a more viable pool to build with than me). It may be their prerogative to do so, but oftentimes someone else gets a "bye" as a result and has to wait an hour before even playing their first game. Some people may like that (bad players especially), but even if I get the bye which translates to a free win, I go primarily to play and have fun with new game pieces, not wait and receive handouts in the form of free victory points. Dropping after two rounds when you're not likely to win any prize packs, fine, I get that. However, in my opinion if an individual is only attending prerelease events to acquire cards early and get a free promo without even playing a single game, I think that's sad if not pathetic and their priorities are really backwards. Why knowingly attend an event which is 4-6 hours long if you can't even commit to budgeting the time required for said event in your (apparently too busy) schedule?
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