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Title: Helvault Event Help
Post by: 1337m00nm4n on April 26, 2012, 09:03:09 PM
So I'm going to the helvault event at my local card shop on Saturday at three, and I was wondering what some main strategies I should have in mind because I mainly suck at sealed events. Thx!
Title: Re: Helvault Event Help
Post by: Harmon74 on April 26, 2012, 09:09:09 PM
I'm going too.  And I've been out of mtg for ever.  I'm excited.  Pretty sure I'm gonna get my @$$ handed to me.
Title: Re: Helvault Event Help
Post by: DirtyMustachio on April 26, 2012, 09:20:25 PM
First, look at the spoiler, get a comprehensive look at everything that could work together, then just see what you actually get, going to be a lot of kill and burn so I'm thinking red black or red white, I feel that mono color in a draft is tough unless it's all you get
Title: Re: Helvault Event Help
Post by: 1337m00nm4n on April 26, 2012, 09:33:24 PM
Quote from: DirtyMustachio on April 26, 2012, 09:20:25 PM
First, look at the spoiler, get a comprehensive look at everything that could work together, then just see what you actually get, going to be a lot of kill and burn so I'm thinking red black or red white, I feel that mono color in a draft is tough unless it's all you get
Good plan. I'm hoping to pull a vexing devil... And burn should be easy for me since it's my main deck style already.
Title: Re: Helvault Event Help
Post by: DirtyMustachio on April 26, 2012, 09:34:15 PM
You and everyone else, I would go through the commons mostly an start prepin based on them
Title: Re: Helvault Event Help
Post by: 1337m00nm4n on April 26, 2012, 09:35:53 PM
Quote from: DirtyMustachio on April 26, 2012, 09:34:15 PM
You and everyone else, I would go through the commons mostly an start prepin based on them
Yeah, I remember last time I went to one of these I got killed with some sort of weenie with {cobbled wings} and a {silver inlaid dagger}... 
Title: Re: Helvault Event Help
Post by: DirtyMustachio on April 26, 2012, 09:44:12 PM
Yes keep an eye out for
Bounce
Unblockable
Undying
Flying
Removal
Burn
And good instants
Title: Re: Helvault Event Help
Post by: BlackJester on April 26, 2012, 10:18:21 PM
I've always heard B.R.E.A.D.
Bombs - big fatties, game enders
Removal
Evasion - flying, unblockable
Abilities - useful abilities
Drawing

In that order.
Title: Re: Helvault Event Help
Post by: Willthomjr on April 26, 2012, 10:53:03 PM
Removal is huge in drafts and sealed. I'd aim for Aggro with removal.



Then again, I only draft/sealed events with 60-100 people at a time for a few months. So I probably don't know what I'm talking about.
Title: Re: Helvault Event Help
Post by: Jake, Fart Sculptor on April 27, 2012, 03:19:05 PM
My shop averages 15-25 people for prerelease events, 10 of them are really skilled and it's pretty competitive. But the numbers are low, anyway I usually see what I get the most of, and go with that, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.
Title: Re: Helvault Event Help
Post by: 1337m00nm4n on April 28, 2012, 11:47:06 AM
Quote from: BlackJester on April 26, 2012, 10:18:21 PM
I've always heard B.R.E.A.D.
Bombs - big fatties, game enders
Removal
Evasion - flying, unblockable
Abilities - useful abilities
Drawing

In that order.
Nice, nice!
Title: Re: Helvault Event Help
Post by: Prophylaxis on April 28, 2012, 11:48:19 AM
Look at sealed articles to get a feel of what to put in your deck.
Title: Re: Helvault Event Help
Post by: darkarts981 on April 28, 2012, 12:02:02 PM
Quote from: BlackJester on April 26, 2012, 10:18:21 PM
I've always heard B.R.E.A.D.
Bombs - big fatties, game enders
Removal
Evasion - flying, unblockable
Abilities - useful abilities
Drawing

In that order.
Lol, for me it would be E.R.D.A.B.