UGH. Just got back from the pre-release less than an hour ago. We played six rounds of swiss, then cut to the top 8. Only people in the top 8 got packs of Worldwake as prizes, and out of 34 players I placed... 10th. By tiebreakers. Went 4-2 with a really strong red/black deck, and if my sealed deck hadn't played like it had 12 lands instead of 18 in the middle two rounds of the swiss I almost certainly would have made top 8. Got some ok rares in my initial sealed pool, including Kalastria Highborn (traded it after the tournament for a Omnath since it's being bought for more, and 2 Kor Firewalkers since my stated goal walking in today was: WALK OUT WITH FOUR KOR FIREWALKERS.), Death's Shadow (big stupid 13/13 for one black mana, traded for two more Kor Firewalkers and a bunch of junk) and the g/w manland, which I kept. Out of my Zendikar packs I opened a FREAKING FOIL ELDRAZI MONUMENT. UNF UNF UNF. That was my mvp of the day in my sealed pool. Got another Emeria Angel, too.
So the top 8 decided to chop up the prize pool instead of play it out, and they each got 11 packs. We had a draft for shits 'n giggles immediately after they decided to chop, a zen-wwk-wwk draft. I decided to play since I rule at draft. Sure enough, I drafted a good blue/white tempo weenie deck. I also got some good rares in the draft: Marshal's Anthem (INSANE in limited when kicked), Chain Reaction, Terra Eternal and Anowon the Ruin Sage. I managed to make it to the finals of the draft and the dude I was playing agreed we should draw, since we were playing over who got to get 5 packs and who got to get 3. So we each got four. In those four packs, I pulled the blue/white man-land, the black/red man-land, the stupid legendary mythic rare blue/black kraken and a FREAKING ADMONITION ANGEL. Two mythics and two man-lands out of four packs, nice!
Still pissed that my sealed pool didn't draw well enough in the middle rounds to propel me into the top 8, would have walked away with 15 packs instead of 4. But in the end, it was cool since I walked out with some man-lands, some other good rare trade bait and most importantly... MY FOUR FREAKING KOR FIREWALKERS. Also got two Everflowing Chalices and three Hada Freeblades. Only regret is that I didn't manage to pull or trade for any Jwari Shapeshifters (the ally clone). One of my buddies totally ripped some kid off, gave him five bucks for an Abyssal Persecutor. Two Jaces opened in the store today as well.
Time for some freaking sleep.