Scheduling: January 16–22, 2026; use the Prerelease template
Format: Sealed Deck
Rules Enforcement Level: Casual recommended
Pairing method: Swiss or Player List Only
Promotional material support:

• Lorwyn Eclipsed Play Booster prize support

Promotional prize support Play Boosters are provided via your preferred distributor. You can confirm your store's quantity of promotional prize support by checking the Lorwyn Eclipsed allocation email or reaching out to Retail Support.

What Is Prerelease?

Prerelease celebrates the launch of a new set and is your players' first opportunity to explore what the set has to offer. Players open a Prerelease Pack, build a 40-card Sealed deck, and play with the set for the first time in a casual and fun environment.

Prerelease events can be scheduled starting at 12 p.m. local time on Friday, January 16, and throughout the week until January 22.

Exclusive Early Sales

As a WPN member store, Prerelease gives you an exclusive opportunity to sell new set products ahead of non-WPN retailers. This early access helps build excitement, drive foot traffic, and reward your community for supporting their local game store.

Commander Box League

In addition to the classic Prerelease experience, players have another option they can enjoy: Commander Box League events. These offer an exciting way to learn and play with the latest set alongside Prerelease events. With unlimited scheduling during Prerelease, we recommend scheduling times throughout the Prerelease weekend (Friday, Saturday, and Sunday) to kick off the event and then events throughout Prerelease week to invite players to return and continue playing their decks.

Draft Events

You are welcome to run Draft events that use Play Boosters from the new set plus your free-of-charge Prerelease prizing Play Boosters. Prerelease events run using the Draft format will not have special scheduling templates, nor will they count towards future Prerelease Pack and prize support allocations. You can use the "Create Custom" tool to schedule these in Wizards EventLink.

At-Home Prerelease*

At-Home Prerelease is available during the Prerelease week. Players are 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*.

At-Home Prerelease Packs may be provisioned, and Prerelease early sales may 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.

*Note: In EMEA, Australia, and New Zealand, At-Home Prerelease will be unavailable beginning with Magic: The Gathering® | Avatar: The Last Airbender™. For more information, please visit the Prerelease changes announcement.

Schedule and Promote Your Prerelease Events

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.

• Select "Player List Only" to schedule a casual Prerelease where players find their own matches.

Commander Box League events are also available to be scheduled only during Prerelease week using the "Commander Box League" template.

Boost your event visibility with available marketing resources, including Lorwyn Eclipsed digital marketing assets. WPN stores in the US, Canada, Guam, and Puerto Rico can also purchase customizable materials from the WPN Marketing Portal, and WPN Premium stores in these regions have a $300 seasonal promotional marketing credit during the Lorwyn Eclipsed season.