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Practice Session #2: Building a Shards of Alara Sealed Deck

October 28, 2008

Crumbling NecropolisWelcome to another practice session in building a Shards of Alara sealed deck.

I’ve got a PTQ to go to this weekend so I opened five Shards of Alara booster packs, set the timer for 30 minutes, and tried to build a good sealed decklist.

Here was my card pool.

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Practice Session #1: Building a Shards of Alara Sealed Deck

October 17, 2008

One of the best ways to prepare for a Pro Tour Qualifier (PTQ) sealed deck tournament is to practice building a sealed deck. You can do this by opening a tournament pack and two booster packs (or five booster packs, which is basically the same thing). Then, just try to build a 40 card deck in 30 minutes.

Yesterday, I cracked five Shards of Alara booster packs and built a sealed deck to practice for tomorrow’s PTQ. Here were the Magic: The Gathering cards in my card pool.

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Posted by Dee