Well, for those of you who play Magic: The Gathering on any level other then casual, the Shards of Alara pre-release is coming up this weekend, and although it's not a super-powerful looking set, I'm still super-psyched. This is my first pre-release due to my location in texas not being particularly close to where they did hold the big pre-releases; and that segways to the issue of there not being any more traditional pre-releases. Although I've never personally been to one, I can really see there universal appeal to the crowd that does go to these massive events, playing in three to five events and just having an overall good time with a thousand other player. But there's another side to this; as a player whose never actually been to a pre-release, I'm quite excited at the fact that I'll be able to participate. I do think that the big pre-release's should return though, perhaps not at such a high level though, if an event drew half as many people as a regular pre-release, but there were more of them spread out over a larger area, I think it would be better for everyone.

Anyway, I've been reading up on the spoiler, and I've found a few things I'd be pretty happy to open at the pre-release (Aside from the obvious, IE: Any Mythic.)

^^Contains alara spoilers^^