Why I like pre-release events.

I do not enjoy Commander. I know that's the way everyone likes to play these days and what most of the events are. The whole reason it's played so readily is because you can use your older cards from a much wider pool than standard. I know about Pioneer, Pai Gow, Modern, Pauper, etc. I don't have any friends that play them. Everyone plays Commander. Now, I do have Commander decks. I have an enhanced Mrs Bumbleflower, Tidus, and Tatyova, Benthic Druid landfall deck. In a perfect world I would have Standard decks with these cards and mechanics I like so much. But Standard has a narrow window of sets that are allowed in it. The cards are also just as expensive as they are in Commander, and have to be replaced more often unless a new set reprints them. Right now I only play Standard in Arena. For a while I had one of those evil Red/White aggro decks where you threw Monsterous Rage on Heartfire Hero every few minutes because there were four of each in your deck. But because this is all…