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Hang on for liftoff, Planeswalkers! Edge of Eternities Prerelease events begin today, July 25th. Prepare to marvel in the majestic void of space within the Edge, and bask in the icy shroud of Sothera's dark embrace! But what should you come to expect when playing in these events? Read on, and allow us to elaborate.

All Sorts of EOE Prerelease Tips

When competing in Edge of Eternities' Prerelease events, you'll typically receive a Prerelease Kit, which contains six booster packs and a promo. The promo can be any rare or mythic rare from the set. You can use this promo in the deck you'll make!

From here, you'll take the contents of your six packs plus your promo card and make a 40-card deck out of this pile. Usually, these decks contain somewhere between 17 and 18 lands, between 16 and 17 creatures, and the rest are noncreature, nonland cards. Because this is a set with a higher mana curve due to the cost of many of the higher-end Spacecraft cards, we might suggest you work with 18 lands unless you aren't using those. If the Spacecraft cards you are using have a high station cost to animate, you may want a higher creature count to compensate. It feels as though these will be the lynchpins in more victorious strategies, so please keep that in mind!

Furthermore, keep your mana curve firmly in mind here. Often, the lower the cost, the better, but in Limited, you'll want to average a little higher.

Finally, calculate how many lands that produce a given color you'll want. There are many ways to do this, but generally, I count up the number and types of color pips among the cards I run, and then average that against the lands I still need for the deck.

Once you've built your deck, it's time to sleeve up, shuffle, and play! Many local game stores will have events run for three rounds. Sometimes it's more, but that's not always the standard.

Again, we anticipate that Spacecraft cards will be the deciding factor for many games. Therefore, a control shell might be just the thing to make your games go extra smoothly. Now, this isn't to say that Aggro is a trap, but it seems that this Limited environment is more geared towards control decks unless one opens a strictly aggressive pool.

Other Edge of Eternities Events

Today also marks the start of the Commander Box League and Commander 2-Headed Giant events. We covered these in greater depth here, but the gist of the Commander Box League's deckbuilding is this:

• Each player receives a Booster Display from the set in question.
• Each player builds a 60-card deck with a Commander.
• The deck doesn't have to be singleton or adhere to color identity rules.
• Games are set to 30 life per player.

Commander 2-Headed Giant is another story. This requires teams of two to face off in paired games, with each team having 60 life. The game follows the Commander rules but also the rules of engagement for 2-Headed Giant.

3, 2, 1... Liftoff!

And now, we open the floor to you, dear readers! Are you excited about the Edge of Eternities Prerelease? What cards are you most excited to open in your Prerelease pool? Sound off in the comments below!