Scheduling: September 19–25; use the Prerelease scheduling template
Format: Sealed Deck
Rules Enforcement Level: casual recommended
Pairing method: Swiss or player list only
Promotional material support:

• Magic: The Gathering | Marvel’s Spider-Man 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 final Magic: The Gathering | Marvel’s Spider-Man 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 all week, September 19–25, starting at 12 p.m. local time on Friday, September 19.

Exclusive Early Sales

Prerelease also gives you as a WPN member the exclusive advantage of selling new set products before nonmember retail channels. This early access generates excitement, drives foot traffic and in-store engagement, and rewards your community for supporting their local game store.

Commander Box League

Magic: The Gathering | Marvel’s Spider-Man Prerelease period offers another option for Commander fans: Commander Box League events.

Scheduling is unlimited during Prerelease week, September 19–25. 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.

Booster Draft Events

You are welcome to run Booster Draft events that use Play Boosters from the new set plus your free-of-charge Prerelease prizing Play Boosters. Prerelease events run using the Booster 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 all week beginning Friday, September 19. For At-Home Prerelease, 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.

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 or “Player List Only” to schedule a casual Prerelease where players find their own matches.

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

Boost your event visibility with available marketing resources, including Magic: The Gathering | Marvel’s Spider-Man 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 for Magic: The Gathering | Marvel’s Spider-Man that expires on November 1.

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