Return to Ravnica Prerelease Primer

Hello everyone and welcome to yet another prerelease primer for another set, this particular primer will cover of course the up and coming set of Return to Ravnica, the 274 card beast set featuring the Golgari, Izzet, Selesyna, Azorius and of course Rakdos guilds, all with returning new cards and new flavor for the set, so without further ado let's go over the basics.

This set this time around you can preregister for your guild, since guild slots are limited and there are 5 to choose from, those who have done it already have assured their guild slots, but for those who haven't can only take those slots which remain of course. Each guild has a special prerelease promotion card available for signing up, in which i've talked about here ---> Prerelease Promotion Cards which each guild member will receive the following prerelease card.

Azorius - Archon of the Triumvirate
Rakdos - Carnival Hellsteed
Selesyna - Grove of the Guardian 
Izzet - Hypersonic Dragon
Golgari -  Corpsejack Menace

But that isn't all players will receive for signing up for this particular prerelease, the contents of signing up for the prerelease are the following

1 Guild Letter
1 Spindown Life Counter
1 Achievement Card
1 Guild Sticker

Well that's not bad honestly for signing up for these events, but here's how the prerelease normally works for those who aren't too familar with them.

The format for the prerelease is usually Sealed Deck Booster draft, you are given 5 packs this time around along with the special Guild Pack for signing up, which of course contains your prerelease promotion card for whatever guild you signed up for, see the list above for the names of each and such. Out of these 6 packs you have to make a 40 card deck, which is bare minimum for the event, you can make a second deck and set it aside of course as a alternate deck of choice, provided of course you get the appropriate stuff for it, but every round is best 2 out of 3 matches, so to win a round you must win 2 matches. This time around however is special, since you get to play with your prerelease promotion card, again see the list and article for what they do, but for the first time since you do get to play with your promo card, you may include it in the deck you build.

As a side note make sure there is a judge present at the event, provided rulings need to be determined, as this is a official wizards event, so if there are no judges available for prerelease, DON'T ask for rulings from the store owner and make sure the store owner has a judge's certificate, otherwise don't ask for rulings from them, make sure they do so don't be afraid to ask them, remember also to have fun at these events, since they are meant to also introduce newer players to the game, also make sure to have fun yourself at the events, so enjoy your prerelease and as of next friday, the 5th of october RTR officially goes on sale, so until next set this is vergil signing off.