The New Player’s Guide To Building a Sealed Constructed / Prerelease Magic: The Gathering Deck

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There are many different ways to play Magic: The Gathering. Sealed Constructed is the way used by prerelease events, some competitive tournaments, and a lot of casual play. If you want to go down to your local store and play in a prerelease, the format you will be playing is Sealed Constructed.
So what is Sealed?
In Sealed Constructed, players open 6 sealed booster packs of Magic: The Gathering and build a deck from those cards, that is, the six booster packs provide you with a pool of cards to choose from, and you will ultimately make a 40 card minimum deck from the options you have available after opening your booster packs.
Since sealed constructed is the format of Magic prerelease, and also a great way to have casual games with friends, it is a good format for new players to learn and understand how best to build a deck for.
Sometimes even experienced players may need help in the basics of sealed deck construction. This video will guide you through the process of building a sealed constructed deck for prerelease, launch, and other sealed events.
This video is intended for beginners, if you are looking for more intermediate lessons, my own Tolarian Tutor series covers everything from Building Better Limited Mana Bases to Mana Curve and Card Advantage, and I will link both resources in this video’s description.
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@jacfac9969 5 лет назад

Sorry all I heard was take every shock and gate and force 5 colors. Have a fun time beating me at the prerelease this weekend

@bobmcmahan9931 5 лет назад

Lmao

@jamesgilbreath7763 5 лет назад

"No Class Before 10 AM" - My personal policy that gets thwarted every semester

@Jaqen-HGhar 5 лет назад

if only I had listened I wouldn't have gotten dropped from my English class 2 weeks into the semester lol

@jamescampbell1242 4 года назад

James Gilbreath I remember when waking up for 8 AM class seemed like an impossible feat

@treyhudspeth9509 6 дней назад

At least that's over now

@thomaskawel 5 лет назад

Prof, your videos are a great resource for the students in my high school MTG club. As the faculty advisor, I can’t thank you enough! We have an outing planned for GRN this weekend, and your work has helped a great deal to increase student confidence. Keep up the good work!

@brettjacobson4600 5 лет назад

Awesome man. I'm a teacher as well, and I'd love to do something like that. But alas, I live/work in a smaller district in the midwest, mtg isn't huge out here lol. Over an hour drive to closest lgs.

@captainstash8645 5 лет назад

Can't wait to go to the Guilds of Ravnica pre release at my LGS, amazon!

@xsiverider1351 5 лет назад

Can't wait to go to my LGS Card Kingdom. Only an 8 hour flight from where I live!

@Gandhiji87 5 лет назад

Good info for beginners. To be clear: There is no extra promo rare in guilds of Ravnica, the rare in your "seeded" booster pack IS your stamped rare. Like prof said, not all sets have that extra rare.

@Jerry-zf3ip 5 лет назад

Well, at Open House events they gave out a special artwork Boros challenger. That's something?

@Gandhiji87 5 лет назад

GamerBear Yes, at open house etc you get a promo card, but not necessarily a rare. But at prerelease, you want that random extra promo rare, for value AND you can play it at your prerelease. They have given an extra promo rare in kits for over 2 years now, but this is the first set in over 2 years that don't have an extra rare.

@Gandhiji87 5 лет назад

GamerBear Yes it's not separate from the kit. But still, there usually are seven rares in a prerelease kit, thanks to the extra promo, but that will not be the case in Guilds of Ravnica.

@dac314 5 лет назад

Shame. Amonkhet and Hour of Devastation were great in sealed cuz of the extra rares. Pulled a Torment of Hailfire with a stamp, bombed out some fools with it.

@Gandhiji87 5 лет назад

dac314 You mean you got to win against a couple of honourable opponents 😀 Yeah, Ixalan block has them, Kaladesh block had them, Battle for Zendikar block had them too. So it's a bit sad that this block doesn't have an extra rare.

@NeuroticLobster 5 лет назад

Professor, thanks so much for making videos like this! I started playing Magic last weekend because RU-vid recommended your videos to me for some reason, so I found a local game store hosting a Return to Ravnica draft event and I went and did it! Now I'm hooked and going to prerelease next weekend. Thanks a bunch.

@TolarianCommunityCollege 5 лет назад

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@justinvanliew3802 5 лет назад

Hey Prof, Just wanted to let you know that I made this in honor of you: mtgcardsmith.com/view/professor-brians-shelves

@everfree5569 5 лет назад

nice coffee pouring, just like before.

@archerc3811 5 лет назад

Didn’t you already make a video exactly like this

@pops91 5 лет назад

Friendly advice from someone that always ends up top 8, while bread is a good guide line I prefer to prioritize removal over bombs. Unless the bomb is overwhelmingly good removal would normally triumph. What I do is I choose 2 colors. One with most removal and a other with best aggro. Then if I have a really good bomb if possible I would splash for that color if feasible. All in all removal is KEY. Chose the color with most removal and you will get far.

@saltefan5925 5 лет назад

Agreed. The colour with most removal, then the colour with the best creatures. Splashing for a great bomb is desirable, but you should stick to two colours whenever possible.

@keep7smiling 5 лет назад

@@saltefan5925 Colors depend on how good your fixing is. Don't be afraid to play 3 or even 4 colors with amazing fixing (dunno if that will happen in sealed, though, i am more of a draft player and won drafts with 4c decks before). Also we can all agree on one thing: No matter the limited format, be it sealed or draft, removal is the single most important thing!

@saltefan5925 5 лет назад

3c is viable, and so is 4 if you have amazing fixing, but I consider 2 to be a base, and the third as a splash for bombs and removal rather than a part of the deck core. We do indeed agree about the removal though.

@keep7smiling 5 лет назад

@@saltefan5925 we also agree on the colors haha :)

@zanerich9460 5 лет назад

I go for a similar tactic, m19 pre release I really just wanted to open banfire (I wanted Nicol and tez too, but I tried to be more reasonable) and just one game win with a game ending banefire. Did both then opened a foil banfire from one of the pre release packs you get through the night.

@thehermitdruid 5 лет назад

Thanks for the lesson Prof!

@dailyboobies1448 5 лет назад

you are welcome

@N1GHTH4WK986 5 лет назад

I need that mug. Also, I see that shade at Wizards announcement regarding Walmart, Target, and Amazon. And I 10000% agree with you.

@arabicforitsownsake9199 5 лет назад

Thanks man. I’m just getting back into Magic after around twenty years (I remember buying Ice Age booster packs as a kid…), and I want to go to a pre-release event without being a total drag on the other players.

@AresGod0fWar 5 лет назад

Do it!! I’m going for the first time this week for War of the Spark. I’m pretty stoked actually. So glad I stopped in to my local store. It felt very nostalgic walking in there again. They even gave me a bunch of cards for free and welcome decks when I told them I was trying to get my cousin into it. Those guys are awesome! I started with Alara/Conflux and stopped playing when M10 came out.

@BruteForceIt Год назад

@@AresGod0fWar how did it go ?

@AresGod0fWar Год назад

@@BruteForceIt It was a good time! So many people registered that the event didn’t start until late. It was a long night. Had fun, and even talked my friend into attending with me. He also enjoyed himself. Also, met one of the guys I play games with online for the first time at one of those events. We did two headed giant and got our asses beat. Lmfao. I was going to start going to my local store on Fridays around that time, but then I got a midnight job at the time and couldn’t do it. So I played on Arena mostly. Loved the Kaldheim set, and haven’t really played since then.

@Teifling 5 лет назад

Nice zing at Amazon, GOT 'EM! I recall previous videos on the subject but I am never upset to have reminders and updated guides. Thank you Professor!

@tannerastle8988 Год назад

Thank you for this. I have been stressing about the prerelease event (my first ever magic event) all week and I feel much more confident now.

@nephsbirth 3 года назад

Thank you professor! Your videos are always a great refresher! And spot on with supporting your local LGS! You keep that through all of your videos and its awesome!!

@jerseyse410 5 лет назад

Awesome, I've been looking for this type of video as I will be playing sealed for the first time on Saturday at the pre-release event.

@GamingBear_Q_E_D 5 лет назад

Thanks Prof, looking forward to this coming weekends events.

@lilith1544 5 лет назад

As a player that is about to do his first pre-release, I must thank you! This is amazing!

@phastcast 5 лет назад

Awesome video professor! I just got new friend into magic and was hoping to take the to the prerelease this week, so this is the perfect tool to keep them from getting overwhelmed and allow them to have a fun time.

@tillybillyboyboy 5 лет назад

This RU-vid channel is so excellent! I love and appreciate all of this advice eventhough I'm just a casual player.

@Randolphlalonde Год назад

Great video with fantastic info. I really liked the coffee bit, you should do more subtle fun stuff like that, I'd love to see it!

@adampilarski7083 5 лет назад

I’d never heard of BREAD before! That’s a great acronym for new players! I’ll have to use it when teaching friends from now on.

@adampilarski7083 5 лет назад

And mind you, I’ve been playing for ten years 😂

@zanerich9460 5 лет назад

I find it funny what people think it stands for sometimes. To me it's bombs, removal, evasion, abilities, dirt Some people have abilities as attackers, and dirt as dust

@Zingystardust01 5 лет назад

@11:20 I love the low-key shade he threw at WOTC for their recent decision one of the many reasons why the Prof is the best MTG content creator Keep it up!

@Gantzie Год назад

Thanks for having these resources available! Attending my first pre-release tomorrow!!

@ribbontoast 2 года назад

Going to my first in person prerelease this weekend and am super glad for this resource!

@deantakelly6653 4 года назад

Just went to my first prerelease for Theros Beyond Death and this video helped a lot! (I didn't get to actually participate in the tournament due to getting stuck in traffic and arriving about 20 minutes late, but the games I played with people who were between rounds were fun and I learned quite a bit from them and from making my deck)

@Elltrixer 11 месяцев назад

Going to my first pre-release tonight , and I really appreciate this simple to follow advice and explanations.

@sullysosavage365 4 года назад

I haven't played seriously since Scars of Mirrodin and I'm going to my first draft tonight so these videos are super helpful! Love your channel Prof. 🤘💀🤘

@andreaswerle4503 5 лет назад

Great video. I am playing since 18 years, still watched it until the end. Great job.

@IzzGoobyTime 5 лет назад

Oh boy just in time! this is my first time attending a pre release!

@cleftboywonder 5 лет назад

Im doing the midnight pre release!!! Good luck dude

@ryanbowen4526 2 года назад

just did my first prerelease after 20 years of playing, thanks for the tips! it was a BLAST

@cleftboywonder 5 лет назад

I've needed this for a very long time. Thank you very much

@angelojohnson9441 5 лет назад

This is a great video, as I had recently commented on the tournament pack video about how this was the closest you could get AND was just going over the skeletal structure with a newer player. Outside of that I’m not sure which has me more intrigued: the “You” card you have framed or your cereal bowl-sized coffee mug.

@pizzaman42 2 года назад

I haven't played tabletop since the Rath Cycle and attending a local SNC Prerelease ... thank you very much for your unending knowledge and wisdom, and will prove useful today!

@wayfaringstranger5808 3 года назад

Great message at the end, you are awesome!

@thepeterwan 5 лет назад

Your videos always have very good advice to casual and new players i really appreciate that, also i think that your finals words in the video about spend money in local store is the best advice. Thanks for the video!!

@0megamanX 5 лет назад

Thank you for the excellent video Prof! A few notes after attending the Guilds of Ravnica prerelease: (this is all anecdotal evidence of course, so take it as you will) -Very few cards stood out to me as bombs on their own. Most rares seemed like they needed support or synergy of some kind to "go off". Legion War Boss (the only rare in my deck) allowed me to steamroll a round, but only because I got it out turn 3 and my opponent had a severe lack of blockers. I observed fair success in choosing a pool of solid commons and uncommons that worked well off each other, rather than choosing bombs and going from there. -17 to 18 lands always seemed like a bit much to me. I have noticed I have done best at sealed events with 15 to 16 lands. If you are running more than two colors however (which I don't have the nerve to do in sealed) then you will obviously want more. -Izzet rules. Get jumpstarted.

@JM-nothing-more 5 лет назад

now that's a good coffee cup

@brennanclement8582 5 лет назад

Excellent stuff, just sent this to my new players

@govindadass3080 5 лет назад

Wanted to comment on something that helps me out when going to pre-release. I bring basic lands about 17 of each color already pre sleeved. This allows me to maximize my 45 minute time to build a deck. It helps out:) a lot especially new players such as myself. Love your content

@user-io1mj9ex8l 5 лет назад

Great Video as always Prof. Keep up the good work :)

@pyrokazama 5 лет назад

Pre-release is simply amazing, sealed events in general are fun as it gets.

@HTYM 5 лет назад

Here here!

@davidschlichting5203 4 года назад

I'm going to my local store for the first time to play today. Prerelease M20 and I'm pretty hyped up, so thanks for the vid it helped a lot.

@davidschlichting5203 4 года назад

I went 1-1-1 with a White/blue (heavy on White) flyers deck, lol. Yay.

@samiam5308 4 года назад

Everyone at mine did white blue flyers as well lol

@davidschlichting5203 4 года назад

One dude pulled two Sorins but no vampires at all lol. To me there was no huge choice in deck building. Could've even gone Mono White lol.

@baconMB9000 5 лет назад

My parents were watching this and they started taking notes like this was actually community college, well done

@GoDirectly2Jail 5 лет назад

Perfect timing for the upcoming pre release this weekend :) cant wait!

@sdimerc5571 5 лет назад

Thanks a lot for this concise summary. Have only recently started with Magic and sadly little time to play (why didn't I play this when I was a student?? 😉). Will join my first sealed event today at a Ravica Pre-Release at my local store - so your guide is very welcome indeed!

@raydelmartinez2905 5 лет назад

Great video professor. I am planning to join my first pre release on the next set.

@HTYM 5 лет назад

If there's ever a coffee bean shortage in the world, I'll know exactly who to blame. Thanks for the video. This is my favorite way to play MTG (besides Commander).

@whitestreamz 5 лет назад

Yes you absolute legend. I was needing this I'm about to go to a pre-release. Btw that's a massive mug. Should have one full of magic fun

@EZxSPRAY 4 года назад

Started playing commander back in Feb of this year (2020) going to my first prerelease for core 2021 next weekend! So stoked

@nicowindows4589 11 месяцев назад

Preparing for my first pre-release tomorrow! LOTR 2023 Argentina

@emilio9129 5 лет назад

Your video honestly helped me a lot. Thank you. I'm subscribing.

@charleyboy291 5 лет назад

Thanks for this video. Ive been playing mtg for 10 years and more, but ive always sucked a big one in limited. This video really helped for the basics.

@davidorians9178 5 лет назад

I'm super excited to see what you have to say about the guild kits! I think they look really cool and wouldn't mind picking one up, but I definitely want to hear your opinion first.

@gregbrutsche2 5 лет назад

I’m doing this soon, thanks for the video!

@slickest0flick723 Год назад

Going into my first ever pre release event tomorrow. This was super helpful!!!!

@laboratorymaniac7324 Год назад

Good luck and have fun! It is worth noting that the promo situation will be a bit different than normal with this set's prerelease. You will get two promo cards instead of one, but only the one from the main set will be playable (this one will have a 2023 foil stamp in the corner of the artwork). The other promo will have the symbol for the commander supplemental product and can NOT be played in the event.

@slickest0flick723 Год назад

@@laboratorymaniac7324 Ahh, thanks so much for letting me know!! May your future games be blessed

@saraaaaaaahhhh4214 5 лет назад

Going to my very first event for War of the Spark pre-release and this is so helpful! I think it might be nuts with all the planeswalkers...

@JC-hp4od 5 лет назад

Just right when you need it, great video professor keep on the good work

@yorcksegatz 2 года назад

Thank you for your thorough advice in each of your videos! My GF and me will head off to our very first pre-release event at our local game store today. We feel well prepared ;)

@danacoleman4007 Год назад

How did it go?

@reccaman 5 лет назад

funny how i was going look for a video like this, and it was uploaded a video ago, thank you so much.

@babitow 5 лет назад

I think the final advise about not building a secondary deck is just for beginners. Sometimes your deck will be very good but weak against flyers i.e., so you can have a second version of your deck prepared to adress this weakness. Sometimes it's the difference between top 8 and top 4. This is especially true if you didn't open bombs

@itzpharaoh2325 5 лет назад

These are fun to watch I don’t care that I’ve been playing sealed for almost 3 years, I just watch this for the prof

@quintencrook6068 5 лет назад

That coffee pour call back though....12/10 Prof.

@SomeScruffian 3 года назад

Came back among many others who are getting ready for Zendikar Rising prerelease. 1:02 that coffee pour was pretty impressive btw.

@camodude51 5 лет назад

Please do more vids like this. I like them more than product reviews or box openings

@lazuardibarkah7114 5 лет назад

Great video. I'll try to apply it in the next pre-release, assuming my LGS will still exist.

@SticksAandstonesBozo 9 месяцев назад

This was a wild time for the professors hair … 🎉

@seasikberry7120 5 лет назад

The festival I was going to this weekend got cancelled so I guess it's time to spend all that hotel money on magic (at my local game store of course)

@FantusyFailure 5 лет назад

This is exactly the video I was hoping to find. Last time I went to a prerelease was the original Eldrazi!

@adamsouter7887 5 лет назад

Thank you professor I have learnt a lot from videos

@NileSings 5 лет назад

This will help me in Arena this weekend!

@karymthekoolguy 5 лет назад

Those coffee pouring skills!

@plaguedoctor917 5 лет назад

Bless you for this video, prof!

@Small_Panda 5 лет назад

I can see your doctors said have only one cup of coffee a day didn't they.

@phoenix0282 3 года назад

And the doctor not specified the size of the cup

@richmoser1621 5 лет назад

I love the coffee cup!

@felipejensen2727 5 лет назад

Awesome guide!

@Gadlight 5 лет назад

Nice video prof. Though i got an anxiety wave when you poured coffee at that cup without watching, thank god you didnt burn yourself.

@AscendtionArc 5 лет назад

Thanks for the video, I din't realise this pre-release wasn't going to be a draft.

@toomanyowlz 5 лет назад

I may not be new, but this video was great!👏

@danieljanda3612 5 лет назад

Please make a lesson about creating Standard decks, and mainly ideas for standard decks. Fyi You're videos are the best!

@dragonsrv 5 лет назад

Thank you, Professor! My boys love this vid. Very helpful

@KhanGarth 5 лет назад

another thing worth mentioning: sealed and draft formats are not restricted to the normal 4-of that constructed is. you are allowed to run as many copies of the same card as you open, if you choose.

@jsum33 5 лет назад

I love you Prof. Please do more content with the dorks from The Command Zone.

@jakea4267 4 года назад

Thanks Prof!

@nickolaslillogodoy3496 4 года назад

Man, that coffee trick again! Nice!

@GrimTravels 5 лет назад

You're a god among men. My nine year old is still learning, this will be his third prerelease! These are some great tips and I think he'd grasp the concept better by watching your video. Thank you!

@IRSmeger 5 лет назад

nice video would like to see you build a sealed deck for the new set before pre-release (on draftsim.com or another site) while talking through your process

@grandadmiralthrawn8206 5 лет назад

Nice coffee mug!

@JustAnotherPest 5 лет назад

Important distinction for Ravnica sets: in regards to multicolor cards, make a different pile for each color combination. There's only five guilds, so that's a five extra piles. Bit harder to do in ten-guild sets.

@pdc-1365 5 лет назад

Will be useful this weekend. By the way, prof, one English major to another, where did you get your “No Class Before 10AM” mug? I have a mighty need ...

@ProtomanBlues87 5 лет назад

I remember using "BREAK" instead of "BREAD" just making the "K" for "krap." Bread just makes so much more sense, also because new players got confused and kept saying "BRAKE" mislabeling evasion as the worst.

@zoemartin1761 5 лет назад

def need this video, i SUCK at prerelease building

@luiscanifru 5 лет назад

Great video!

@juliansoria7733 5 лет назад

This should come in handy

@nicholaschun5918 5 лет назад

Hello Professor! Love the show and seeing you on Game Knights. Just getting back into MTG, but I had a question: wouldn't having the 15 - 16 creature template leave out potentially useful sorceries and instances? In particular, the Izzet guild may rely more heavily on these resources, so would they be the exception to this standard? I use Draftsim a lot, and I find on average, I use about 11-15 creatures.

@staterazor5441 5 лет назад

The best content creator is back at .

@griffsmotorthings 3 года назад

Watching before Kaldheim. Just started playing 6 weeks ago, stoked!!

@Arghore 5 лет назад

After having played a fair number of pre-releases to date, i feel that while BREAD is a great acronym to keep important things in mind, *it's probably not the order of importance for sealed play.* Also, the D is debateable, while it can stand for 'Duds', i think the cards to look out for (which this acronym tries to signify) is DRAW. Cards that specifically give you Card Advantage, aka, play one card, get more than one card back... So then what is the order of importance when going through your pool? 1. Removal … simply because a 1/1 common can win you the game, as long as you can prevent your opponent from winning the game. 2. Evasion … simply because having a 1/1 evasive creature can win you the game, and has the advantage of not being an instant removal target. 3. Bombs … even though they are likely to be removed, if not, they will also win you the game, and 'bombs' can also be commons, a big 6/6 common trampler in green is a bomb. 4. Abilities … obviously creatures with abilities are stronger or more versatile than vanilla creatures. While they may not remove, are evasive or can be classified as a true bomb, run them over vanilla 5. Draw … and do note here, running a card that gets you one card (unless it's on a creature) isn't giving you any advantage, or 2 cards for 2 cards; seeing as while you get deeper into your deck, you didn't actually get any card advantage from these cards; you may have gotten other advantages if applicable, but you didn't 'draw cards' to get you more cards. 6. Filler … yeah, there goes the acronym, but basically after the 5 'good' categories you will want to look for and run in your deck, the rest is basically 'filler', you look at your curve and run 'the best' of the rest available to you. Though tbh. once you start looking at Filler, you may want to think 'fFS's' and as such remind yourself of the option to: 6. SPLASH … splashing a removal spell an evasive creature or bomb from another color is probably a lot stronger than playing a vanilla Filler creature, or some card selection card that masquerades as card draw.