Gideon's Prerelease

And... We're back!

While the prerelease was a couple weeks ago, the one on MTGO I played on Saturday (the deck was horrible and we won't speak of it again) reminded me of the deck I crafted from my Gideon box. There wasn't too much to work with in the prerelease box, but let's take a look at what I had and what I built, but maybe there's something else I could have run with...

Pack #1	Pack #2	Pack #3
Ampryn Tactician Fetid Imp Smash to Smithereens Healing Hands Aspiring Aeronaut Yeva's Forcemage Mantle of Webs Boggart Brute Alchemist's Vial Ravaging Blaze Zendikar's Roil Possessed Skaab Outland Colossus Herald of the Pantheon (FOIL) Forest 1/1 Red Goblin Token	Nightsnare Dragon Fodder Celestial Flare Dark Dabbling Disperse Orchard Spirit Claustrophobia Guardians of Meletis Fiery Impulse Knight of the Pilgrim's  Conclave Naturalists Bounding Krasis Dwynen's Elite Molten Vortex Mountain 2/2 Green Elemental Token	Healing Hands Deadbridge Shaman Smash to Smithereens Ampryn Tactician Elvish Visionary Artificer's Epiphany Mantle of Webs Boggart Brute Guardians of Meletis Unholy Hunger Zendikar Incarnate Skaab Goliath Zendikar's Roil Harbinger of the Tides Mountain 1/1 Artifact Thopter Token
Pack #4	Pack #5	Pack #6
Infectious Bloodlust Akroan Jailer Send to Sleep Might of the Masses Undead Servant Scrapskin Drake Vine Snare Cleric of the Forward Order Lightning Helix Shambling Ghoul Joraga Invocation Skaab Goliath Malakir Cullblade Hixus, Prison Warden Swamp No Token	Infectious Bloodlust Akroan Jailer Thornbow Archer Cobblebrute Maritime Guard Hitchclaw Recluse Wild Instincts Alchemist's Vial Nantuko Husk Bellows Lizard Elemental Bond Citadel Castellan Fleshbag Marauder Shivan Reef Island 1/1 Artifact Thopter Token	Akroan Jailer Dark Dabbling Chandra's Fury Charging Griffin Send to Sleep Yeva's Forcemage Claustrophobia Mantle of Webs Boggart Brute Guardians of Meletis Murder Investigation Annointer of Champions Enthralling Victor Gaea's Revenge Plains 1/1 Artifact Thopter Token
Seeded Pack
Charging Griffin Suppression Bonds Knight of the Pilgrim's Road Mighty Leap War Oracle Blessed Spirits Knight of the White Orchid (Promo) Planeswalker Marker Card

Green/White Prerelease Deck

2-2-0 at Red Battle Games, 12 July 2015

Creatures x1 Akroan Jailer x1 Anointer of Champions x1 Knight of the White Orchid (Promo) x1 Cleric of the Forward Order x1 Elvish Visionary x1 Herald of the Pantheon x1 Citadel Castellan x1 Blessed Spirits x1 Knight of the Pilgrim's Road x1 Orchard Spirit x1 Ampryn Tactician x1 Charging Griffin x1 Outland Colossus x1 Gaea's Revenge Land x8 Plains x7 Forest

Artifacts x2 Alchemist's Vial Other Spells x1 Might of the Masses x1 Celestial Flare x2 Mantle of Webs x1 Mighty Leap x1 Murder Investigation x1 Healing Hands x1 Vine Snare x1 Supression Bonds x1 Joraga Invocation

      

Given some of the limited bombs I had in Green and the great supporting white cards, I felt my path was clear...

    

Looking back now, some sort of Blue/Red deck might have worked. I had Shivan Reef for mana, Harbinger of Tides, all the Send to Sleeps, and then Molten Vortex and some other cool red spells. Instead, I went with some weird blend of White/Green that worked some of the time. I'm thinking if I were to do it over, I'd add another land or two (lack of Evolving Wilds for color fixing) and I'd lose Herald of the Pantheon. An earlier version of the deck had more enchantments and with only three, this card served really no purpose. I probably should have dropped in Hixus instead, or done something with Zendikar's Roil. I kind of see my mistake now... Of course, all hindsight is 20/20, so it's easy to judge my mistakes and know exactly how to go about resolving them.

  

Now it's your turn... What could have made my deck that much better? Could I have taken the contents of my prerelease box and made something better in other colors? Let me know in the comments below. It's always great to learn from one's mistakes.