Scheduling: January 29–February 4, 2027; use the Prerelease template
Format: Sealed Deck
Rules Enforcement Level: Casual recommended
Pairing method: Player List Only or Swiss
Promotional material support:

• Nauctis: The Sunken Realm Booster Pack prize support

Promotional prize support Booster Packs are provided through your preferred distributor. You can confirm your store's quantity of promotional prize support by checking the Nauctis™: The Sunken Realm allocation email or contacting 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 deck, and play with the set for the first time in a casual and fun environment.

Prerelease events can be scheduled to start as early as 12 p.m. local time on Friday, January 29, and throughout the week until February 4.

WPN Early Access

As a WPN member store, you can use the Prerelease period to sell products from the new set a week before its wider release. This early access can build excitement and reward your community for supporting your store.

Prerelease Draft Events

You are welcome to run Draft events with Booster Packs from the new set during Prerelease week. If your store qualifies for free-of-charge Prerelease prize support, you may use those Booster Packs as prizes for Draft events.

Prerelease events run using the Draft format don't have special scheduling templates, and they don't count toward future Prerelease Pack and prize support allocations. To schedule one, use the Create Custom tool in Wizards EventLink.

Schedule and Promote Your Prerelease Events

Tournament Prerelease events (with rounds) and Player List Only events (without rounds) can both be scheduled from the Prerelease event template in Wizards EventLink.

• Select "Swiss" to schedule a structured tournament-style Prerelease.
• Select "Player List Only" to schedule a casual event where players find their own matches.

Boost your event visibility with available marketing resources, including Nauctis: The Sunken Realm digital marketing assets.