Another pandemic MtG Prerelease is upon us. This time for Core 2021.

Thanks to my great FLGS my Prerelease kit was delivered today along with the latest in the spellbook series, the Chandra spellbook.

I’m pretty happy with the pulls I got from my prerelease kit and the additional 2 packs. I particularly liked how they used the b-side of the deck building advice for a prerelease for a timeline about Teferi. I kind of wished they did something similar in the spellbooks.

For me this is the first of the spellbooks that has been for a Planeswalker I like. I’m a Chandra fan. I’m assuming the next two years are going to be Nissa and Liliana. The other two big name Planeswalkers and part of the Gatewatch. Which I’m happy with this as they are the other two Planeswalkers I like. Although I am becoming a fan of Vivien Reid.

I’ll be glad when prereleases get back to “normal”. At the moment it feels like I’m getting half of the experience. Possibly not even that.

Naturally there is the addictive cracking of packs, and discovering the cards you have pulled. But the whole social side is missing. The excitement, even buzz as people are opening their booster packs and discovering what they have got. The catching up with friends, some that you only see at a prerelease. The deckbuilding with your pulls and playing some magic.

Because of all that it kind of feels a hollow experience.