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I haven't known it to be anything but 2x2x2 until recently, since after the Zen nerfs the new meta seems to be shifting towards 3 tanks 3 healers inc Lucio and ana Though that's not really relevant unless youre a six stack, since genji and hanzo are still selectable heroes

If it's your first time at a prerelease, I REALLY recommend you try and stick to just 2 colors as much as possible. Find your two strongest colors (which may or may not include your promo-that's okay!) and use those to make your deck. Only go 3-color if you absolutely have to. Trust me-every prerelease I go to where someone sits down and goes "oh, I've got this cool 4-color deck, I just couldn't decide what to take out!", I just kind of grin a bit. Try and stick with two colors, and your deck will be a lot better off for it. But really-just have fun! Prereleases are awesome.

Just the basic stuff. Make sure you have a good mana curve, a deck full of 1 drops or 5 drops will lose to a deck with a good spread of 2-4 drops. Try to make sure that you don't spread colours too thin (for example, if you want to play a card with a cost of BBB you might need to think about how often you'll actually have three Swamps - if you're playing mainly R/W adding B just for one or two cards might be out of the question) You can look up primers for the prerelease, depending on how deep you want to go. Look over the set if you get a chance, get a feeling for what the colours of the set do (for example, R/G has some powerful energy cards, and red/white seems to like vehicles) so you won't be overwhelmed when you crack your packs and start looking for what you'll be able to do. Most importantly, have fun! Limited is my favourite format and if this is your first time don't stress about making a top-tier deck.