I bet you could pull that handful of cards from the precon and shape a more thoughtful deck around it, and that seems fun to me
At least Tales of Middle Earth is Modern-legal, unlike Battle for Baldur's Gate , though I'm not sure if the set is powerful enough for that to matter
The token created won't be considered your commander
Pre-release packs are the perfect way to play sealed with your friends
While it is the most fun and explosive thing our deck can do, we can also just power our a Torgaar, Famine Incarnate on Turn 3, follow it up with Rekindling Phoenix on Turn 4, and go with the beatdown plan, which makes Torgaar's Rite more of a solid midrange deck that can also just combo kill opponents on Turn 3 when things go right, which seems like a solid place to be in Historic
The fact that were getting Summons at common at all is honestly surprising