Scheduling: April 4 – 10; use the Prerelease scheduling template
Format: Sealed Deck
Rules Enforcement Level: Casual Recommended
Pairing Method: Swiss or Player List Only
Promotional Material Support:

• Tarkir: Dragonstorm Play Booster Prize Support
• Prerelease repeat play incentive; Pinfinity AR pin for players who register and play in two or more Prerelease events at your store using their Wizards Account

What is Prerelease?

Prerelease is a celebration: it's your players' first opportunity to connect with the newest Magic: The Gathering release and explore what the set has to offer. Players open a Prerelease Pack, build a 40-card Sealed deck, and try out the set for the first time in a casual tournament.

Prerelease events are available all week, April 4 – 10 starting at 12 P.M. local time Friday, April 4.

For Tarkir: Dragonstorm there are five different versions of the Prerelease Pack, one for each clan of Tarkir. How you distribute these is up to you, whether you allow players to choose based on earliest preregistrations or assign them randomly the day of the event.

Additional Details

• Tournament Prerelease events (with rounds) and Player List Only events (without rounds) are both available to be scheduled from the Prerelease event template on Wizards EventLink. Select "Swiss" as the pairing method when scheduling a structured tournament-style Prerelease or "Player List Only" to schedule a casual Prerelease where players find their own matches.
• At-Home Prerelease is available all week beginning Friday, April 4. For At-Home Prerelease, are simply provided a Prerelease Pack to play with outside your store. Like in-store Prerelease, enrolling players in an At-Home event will contribute to your play metrics and future Prerelease allocations.
• Provision of At-Home Prerelease Packs and Prerelease Early Sales products can begin as soon as your store is open for the day, but structured events must wait until 12 P.M. local time on the first day of Prerelease.