so looking at what colors might be best
its 2 Born of the gods packs and 3 theros

so im leaning towards red
which sucks bc i think i wan tot play white after release

but red i think is my choice promo acts as a mana fueled chandra+1
not to mention the burn spells outta theros(magma jets,Lightning strike, Anger of the gods... etc)
theres also some good ones in BoTG
but the Akroan crusaders/titans strength/Coordinated Assault is nice
i might splash white for protection but idk really just gotta wait lol

anyone have any idea what they are gonna play?

So consider which god(s) you gain access to via the seeded pack, as that's the best chance you have of pulling a mythic. Red and green will get potential access to Xenagos, while red also has potential access to Mogis... seems then, that the best option for a first go would be red. But, if you consider that half the pre-release pool is Theros, white has Elspeth... and well... she just beats everything in the set....

TyWooOneTime wrote:So consider which god(s) you gain access to via the seeded pack, as that's the best chance you have of pulling a mythic. Red and green will get potential access to Xenagos, while red also has potential access to Mogis... seems then, that the best option for a first go would be red. But, if you consider that half the pre-release pool is Theros, white has Elspeth... and well... she just beats everything in the set....

The Seeded pack that is actually influenced by your color choice likely wont have theros cards in it though will it?

I bet the seeded pack does have theros in it, at least commons/uncommons

elpablo wrote:I bet the seeded pack does have theros in it, at least commons/uncommons

Is that how it worked in the ravnica block?

No, you got "guild" packs in RTR and all the guilds where released in different sets so there wasn't a lot of cross over. Except for a card or two...

With the limited format being 2 theros - 1 BTG for draft and 4 theros - 2 BTG for sealed (except the prerelease) it makes me think it'd be a mix of cards.

I'm totally just guessing though, it could be all BTG cards in the seeded pack, but for some reason I doubt it .

from the simulator its
2 btg
3 theros
from what they show the seeded is all btg so thats what im going on it might be wrong but idk
http://copper-dog.com/mtg-generator/2013-born-of-the-gods/index.html

TRZ wrote:The Seeded pack that is actually influenced by your color choice likely wont have theros cards in it though will it?

Wizards has confirmed that the only mythic rare you can get in your seeded pack is a god, meaning that the green seeded pack could yield Xenagos or Karametra, red could yield Xenagos or Mogis, etc etc. No other mythics are possible in the seeded pack.

That in mind, think about how many people pulled off Obzedat, Zegana, etc from your guild packs. Given that the gods are the only mythics in the seeded packs, you have a MUCH better chance of pulling a god out of the seeded pack than the whopping 2 packs of BNG you're getting in there.

I'll admit that I'm stoked to play a new set, but I'm not a fan of this pre-release strategy as many decks will still be driven primarily by what you pull in your Theros packs. The person that pulls an Elspeth is still just going to wreck face. Although I guess it is fun to think someone could have BOTH versions of Xenagos in their sealed pool. Additionally, the fact that we're really only getting 2.5 packs of the new set is pretty weak.

You can find info about the pre-release at the following link:

https://www.wizards.com/magic/magazine/article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/feature/284

Ordered 6 boxes of BG. Wish me luck!