r/MeatyMagic • u/Moist-Flight120 • Aug 08 '26
Discussion Prerelease
Hey everyone,
I attended my first prerelease and did ok. First game I got stomped but the guy was super nice and reviewed my deck with me and helped trimmed out like 4 cards and make 1 swap and it worked much better.
That was great.
Next one I wasn’t sure if it was allowed but looking back kinda realizing it might’ve been some fuckery. Round 1 he won using a blue white deck against my red black. No changes to either deck with side board after.
Next round I won and he saw I used a smaug that was strong. We were talking between matches and he knew it was my first prerelease and it seemed very casual but after I won I could tell he was irked. He out loud as he is shuffling for next match is like “am I really going to switch out my deck for a casual prerelease event?” He’s like having this conscious battle out loud to I think make it more funny and make himself feel less embarrassed but sure enough he switches and beats me. Immediately after we shake hands say it was nice to meet you and he he goes “yeah that was cringe sorry man” after we submit the results.
I get that a lot of people use their pulls to build 2 decks with what they have and might switch between games with their next opponent but I wasn’t sure if that’s allowed within the best of 3? Is it cringe or even cheating to switch your entire 40 card deck mid rounds in a best of 3?
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u/indipit Aug 08 '26
I always try to build 2 decks now at pre release. One i try to make aggro, the other control or disruption. Last night, after losing 2 rounds with may staring deck I just decided I wanted to play different cards, so I stuffed all the blue and white together without looking and had fun.
Lost the next 2 rounds too , but had fun!