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I'm totally down!

I could be wrong but I think he meant for this to be like a cube draft, you just play with the cards (instead of giving them up and keeping the ones you draft), so you don't have to worry about losing cards you want to keep.

I would buy a couple if you got them

I was at Boldo's with Paul and Sal, and stayed the whole time.  I opened Gruul, my first pick, and completely committed to the guild and its agressive creature-driven offense.  I kicked ass in 4 out of 6 rounds, but the other two were seasoned players who both had great orzhov decks chock full of extort creatures.  Once my deck ran out of steam, there was little I could do against a wall of tiny extorters.  In the end, I just barely lost game and went home with three prize packs instead of six packs and an intro deck.  But still, I finished 8 out of 50, so I'm very happy.

The surprise MVP card of the day in my deck was burst of strength, the green instant that untaps a creature and gives it a 1/1 counter.  Anyone who's played a bit of magic knows to be afraid of giant growths in a green deck, but it seems most players aren't used to worrying about a giant growth that surprises you by throwing a tapped blocker in your way.  I had two in my deck, and got a LOT of mileage out of them. 

Prerelease was really fun, but I had forgotten how much less efficient and streamlined your deck can be compared to draft, where you focus on just two or three colors and only pick things you need.  The point of which is that I cannot WAIT to draft this set.