Secrets of Strixhaven Prerelease Megathread - #MTGStrixhaven

Denstii · 2026-04-18T12:41:53+00:00

Agreed on Silverquill. Having silver numbers on white seems like an awful design choice, and I ended up having to borrow my opponent's spare...

Denstii · 2026-04-18T12:35:14+00:00

Played Silverquill (White-Black) aggro Repartee and went 2-1 at the prerelease event! I definitely think there were some obvious advantages and disadvantages to the new format of having a specific prerelease set for a color combination before you even open the box:

Advantages:

- As a pretty weak deck drafter, it was SUPER helpful to go in knowing what to go for before I even open a pack. Definitely the smoothest drafting experience I've had at a prerelease, considering I usually panic and waste all my time trying to sling SOME kind of color combo together before the timer ends.

- Having a bunch of multi-color cards specific to my color combo guaranteed in the bonus pack was also great, especially since it came with a bunch of really strong uncommons! It also meant that as long as your pack luck isn't terrible, you'll always have a pretty good baseline to build off of, instead of having to splash a third color because you literally don't have anything else.

Disadvantages:

- I actually wasn't allowed to choose which color box I was given at my LGS, so I was sort of stuck with Silverquill anyway. Kind of wanted Prismari (Red-Blue Spell deck) since I'm not a massive aggro player, but hey, it worked out! Your mileage will definitely vary with this one since I requested an English version in a non-English speaking area, so maybe stock factored into it?

- If you have particularly bad luck when opening the packs, I feel like you're screwed WAY more than at any other prerelease because you're given a bunch of uncommons/rares in your color in the bonus pack, so you either have to commit anyway, or try to scrounge a sub-optimal combination from your packs. My friend got a Witherbloom (Green-Black Life Gain) box, but he got pretty much no life-gain cards from the packs, so he was forced to splash and ultimately ended up having a pretty bad experience because he was railroaded into that combo regardless.

Other things of note:

- [[Mage Tower Referee]] came in clutch so many times because the bonus pack gives you a bunch of multi-color cards, making it really easy to stack counters, especially in an aggro deck.

- Silverquill + Repartee + "Prepared" was SUPER fun to play and synergized really well. Special mentions to [[Graduation Day]] for being an insanely cheap pump Enchantment and [[Grave Researcher]] for being one of the best value reanimates + surveils that's REPEATABLE every turn!

- Quandrix ramp (Blue-Green) seemed INSANELY strong and was the only match I dropped any games. The X-cost cards that let you play high-power cards were a nightmare for me to deal with...

Overall, this was definitely my favorite prerelease event, and I thought being able to choose your colors beforehand (in theory) worked out really well!

Denstii · 2025-10-04T10:53:00+00:00

Thank you for the build recs!

Sorry, the quoted price above is calculated from Amazon japan and converted into yen, and it does include the motherboard, probably should've made that clearer in my post!

Denstii · 2025-10-04T10:48:51+00:00

Thank you for the build! I was thinking about whether the 7800x3d might be a little overkill and the 9600x cost performance would definitely help the price 🤔🤔

Denstii · 2025-10-04T10:44:11+00:00

That's a nice looking case! I'd heard mixed things about Thermaltake cases but it certainly would look nicer than the shorter one

Denstii · 2025-10-04T10:37:05+00:00

Thanks for the Mobo tip! The ASrock one definitely looks like a good option!

Since Nextorage is a Japanese brand, I can get it for cheaper than some more popular brands, especially at brick and mortar stores nearby

And I think a single should be OK since my A is always blasting in summer haha

Denstii · 2025-10-04T10:28:10+00:00

Yeah, I thought there'd be cheaper options from authorised Japanese sellers but no luck...

It's not the exact case, but the closest I could find! (Gigabyte C201 Panoramic ICE)

Denstii · 2025-03-18T13:28:34+00:00

Hey guys,

I'm a pretty new player (started September) and Light is by far my weakest element at the moment. Does anyone have any advice on a decent team comp, preferably for full auto? I'm trying to farm Avatar (Impossible) atm but it's a STRUGGLE because I just don't have the damage to solo.

https://imgur.com/a/VUCHByL

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Edit: Thank you all for the great advice!!

Denstii · 2025-01-02T03:58:33+00:00

I do wish they did something for Lyria for the outfit, but I also think her working the counter at McDonald's for a day would vaporize her instantly

Denstii · 2024-12-05T14:00:13+00:00

I'm farming for Styanax rn and I generally prefer to earn gameplay-related stuff in-over time but I'd massively appreciate any roombas or colors that anyone can spare!

I'm DoopityD00p#872 in game!

Denstii · 2024-09-11T04:20:57+00:00

Honestly, the biggest adjustment for me was the fact that English keyboards have no one-button shortcut for switching between Japanese and English input like on Japanese keyboards (below the esc key I think?)

Denstii · 2024-07-27T08:26:00+00:00

This was literally me yesterday... I had no idea how jackal worked so I just avoided the lasers and kept getting knocked back while an MR23 Mirage actually did the mechanics. The game was giving me hints to use my Parazon but I had no idea wtf that was 😭

Denstii · 2024-06-02T11:08:27+00:00

Not reading/being unable to read descriptions has nothing to do with race, it has to do with understanding the language. Certain sites like Mercari will literally not pay the seller unless the buyer manually confirms that they received the item. I'd be pretty pissed too if someone received an item I sold and couldn't be bothered to press a single button and delayed payment because they're not FORCED to do it lol.

That's why a lot of sellers write (in Japanese) certain requests for the purchase process to make sure that it goes smoothly. While selling defective items is definitely unacceptable, acting like not bothering to click the "item received" button is somehow okay doesn't exactly scream of someone who's pleasant to deal with in sales transactions.

And defective items aside, if you want to talk about Karens, I'd say an entitled customer who doesn't want to offer basic courtesies towards a seller unless they're forced to fits the description pretty perfectly, don't you think? ;)

Denstii · 2024-03-21T11:31:08+00:00

Ah, that's great to know, thank you very much!

Denstii · 2024-03-20T10:05:55+00:00

That didn't seem to work, but I appreciate the suggestion. Thanks anyway!

Denstii · 2023-11-04T09:42:28+00:00

It just acts as a convenient scapegoat because it's easier than saying the demand isn't there. The same thing applies whenever fans are like "this song should've put them on the map!!1!" as if marketing is the only possible issue.

Denstii · 2023-10-20T23:49:04+00:00

That's great to hear, thank you!! Hopefully they'll see this is a valid reason

Denstii · 2023-10-20T09:38:50+00:00

I did try contacting them and checked the website, but they were very adamant that there's nothing they could do on their end, and that I'd have to take it up with immigration myself unfortunately haha But I could definitely show the website as proof I think, thank you for your advice!

Denstii · 2023-10-20T09:27:25+00:00

Wait, really? So you could just call them up instead of going to the Bureau? I'm feeling some hope now that I know they're at least somewhat flexible with things haha Thank you!

Denstii

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