Part 1 and Part 2 are right below.
Last criteria is the prerelease card. All five cards are certified bombs. Via ranking all five prerelease cards, I’m not so sold on the
Selesnya prerelease card (a land). In
this criteria, it is probably the worst of the 5. The Azorius prerelease card is a little bit
on the expensive side but considering the guild’s Detain ability, it is still a
viable plan. The Izzet prerelease card
is a pure bomb and the added ability is just a plus. Golgari and Rakdos both have prerelease cards
that might be more difficult to deal with given the right situation.
Based on the above assumptions, I wouldn’t go for Selesnya. Golgari and Rakdos come out on top. To add, for sheer Standard playability of the
prerelease card, Izzet is a viable option as a guild of choice.
So, in conclusion, which is REALLY the better guild to choose? Azorius is a wonderful choice for
winnability.
In the end, any guild of your choosing (as long as it’s any of the five) is good enough as long as you know how to play the cards out. Play towards the strength of each guild and
hopefully the card pool will provide for enough firepower to be able to follow
the game plan. The 14 or 15 cards in the
guild boosters should help.
To add, I’ll be playing Golgari.
My decision stems from the talk that the prerelease card is a possible
playable Standard card and that the guild colors also provide access to Vraska
the Unseen (a new planeswalker) – which are all different reasons not cited in
this post. Like I said, any guild of
your choosing is good enough. And if you
know how to build your Sealed deck, it really shouldn’t matter. You should be able to play any of the five
guilds without having to choose which is better.
Have fun in the prerelease!
