We both played Mardu in that pod. After three rounds, for the 2pm pod, I chose Abzan, and elf_chan took Jeskai, reasoning she wanted to stay RW agressive. We stuck to the clans, played three more rounds.

Got home by 7:30 for dinner and are pooped. Will try to get pics of stuff in a bit.

Pod 1: Removal and value cards

Pod 1: Non-commons

Pod 1: Sideboard considerations

For pod 1: round 1 was a primer on dash for me - the only two dash cards kept coming out. Strike Leader is a menace, but even a vanilla 3/3 for 3 is solid. Went 2-1, avoided seeing his Sorin and dragon

Round 2 starts with a turn four clobbering of an extremely slow keep, followed by a slightly more give and take win. I did rely a bit more on the inevitability of the Phoenix over just bashing in.

Round 3 was two very close grindy wins, first by a surprise Mob Rule to steal his team for a total of fourteen damage. Game two: two life hoping the Lighting Shrieker shuffled in didn't come back.

Having quality cheap removal backing solid cards and actual bomb rares was a blast to play.

Pod 2: redundancy and value

Pod 2: Lands, removal and secret sauce

Pod 2: anti-flyer sideboard, other rares, other sideboard options

Story of this deck is Mastery of the Unseen, usually with Orc Sureshot. Whereas the earlier deck rarely got to Mob Rule mana, this often saw me manifesting twice a turn

It took only the first game to convince me Mastery was bonkers. Ended the game at thirty life while ignoring a three-power flier.

Lost game two handily to Silumgar, sided in against fliers, would manifest my best removal but won from a near alpha strike with sandbagged Dash

Round two started with attrition, eventually dying to Thousand Winds. Opp mana screws in game two to set up a decider.

Late game three he's attacking for exact with a flyer, and I have mastery and ten mana. Manifest: noncritter. Manifest: critter, 4cmc. If it came a card earlier, would likely win on swingback

Round three starts with a loss to demon. Side in anti-flyers, quick beatdown to force rubber game. A Crux for four creatures and a hand of removal, followed by Mastery seals the win.

We'll try recreating elf_chan's decks later, and look at prize pack spoils after

Mastery of the Unseen is crazy. Why is your prerelease only 3 rounds? Also, feel free to turn that Flooded Strand into a Polluted Delta, I already have a set

No need what else are we missing?

Apparently, they're 3 rds to be cheaper by 5 sgd (losing the 4-win 6-pack prize) and to have two flights. Grabe yung Mastery with Sureshot, machine gun

Set ko yung Flooded Strand, possibly also Windswept Heath. I only have 1 each of Delta and Foothills. I might have a Bloodstained Mire, not sure if I imagined it. Maaaaaaybe I should do some inventory

Hmm, may have no Mires, then :/

For elf_chan, pod 1: Spells and Land, with offcolor rare

For elf_chan, pod 1: Critters. Note the prerel rare

elf_chan went 2-1 in the first pod, revelling in her natural colors

For elf_chan, pod 2: critters. Note the prerel rare

For elf_chan, pod 2: spells and lands

For elf_chan: possible sideboard and unsplashable rares, with land support

elf_chan went 1-1 drop for food at 5pm, having only siopao for the day. We had nine total prize packs

Prize pack rares

So we have a few fetches to flip, where needed

Ang ridiculous pa din ng pulls nyo lol

Yeah, they're kind of nutty. elf_chan had 4 mythics and 3 fetches in two pools, with two of the better Sieges as well. I only got two mythics and a fetch, but the rares weren't too bad. And Mastery

Hey, you got an Ugin and a fetch, so not shabby. Do you think a deck wants more than 2 Ugin?

Yeap. I'd imagine 4-of sa green devotion or modern tron

Yikes. That'll be hard to come by - we rarely have more than two of a planeswalker, especially new ones. Sifted through the fetches yet?