Prerelease starts Feb 7, full release Feb 13. All products are available for pickup during prerelease.
The city of Ghirapur is brimming with excitement as engines rev and racers prepare for the event of a lifetime. You can join in the fun on February 14, 2025, with the release of Aetherdrift! As we kickstart an epic year of Standard-legal sets, you can follow Chandra Nalaar and the Ghirapur Grand Prix, a race across three planes for a life-changing prize.
What is in Aetherdrift?
All boxes come with a Buy a Box promo card
The following sections will be updated with pictures and details as more promo and activity information becomes available.
Buy a Box Promo
In addition to the BAB promo card, Just Games is providing every player who preorders a full display of boosters a stitched commemorative prerelease playmat. Note that this offer is good only while supplies last.
For Aetherdrift, the Buy-a-Box promo card will be announced in this space.
What to expect at a prerelease?
Read our primer article about what a prerelease is like, and prepare for your first prerelease, or hundredth!
Magic: the Gathering Aetherdrift Prerelease Schedule
Note that preregistration prior to the Friday of prerelease gets a $5 discount off the weekend-of pricing, so preregister early.
FRIDAY
Super Casual Sealed | $40 presale or $45 weekend of
2 pm registration, 3 pm seatings
You know it, you love it. Build a deck, play 3 rounds, get 2 packs for playing. A can’t miss option for new and experienced players alike. Pre-sale price is $37.04+tax
Super Casual Sealed | $40 presale or $45 weekend of
6 pm registration, 6:30 seatings
You know it, you love it. Build a deck, play 3 rounds, get 2 packs for playing. A can’t miss option for new and experienced players alike. Pre-sale price is $37.04+tax
SATURDAY
Classic Sealed | $45 presale or $50 weekend of
12 pm registration, 1pm seatings
With a pizza lunch served prior to round 1.
Join us for Classic Sealed – get your prerelease kit, build a deck, and battle it out for packs based on standings! 1 Collector Pack* for going 3-0, 3 set packs for 2-1, and 1 set pack for everyone else! Everyone gets pizza, everyone gets fun. Pre-sale price is $41.67+tax
Super Casual Wind-Down | $40 presale or $45 weekend of
4 pm registration, 4:30 seatings
Casual, non-competitive, friendly matches. Everyone that plays at least 1 round gets 2 bonus packs for playing. Pre-sale price is $37.04+tax
SUNDAY 2-HEADED
2-Headed Giant | $69.99 per team presale / $80 weekend of
1 pm seatings – Price is for 2 players (2 kits, 2x prizes)
One entry gets you two players worth of fun. 2-Headed Giant is back on Sundays! Get 12 packs to build 2 decks and battle the other 2-headed teams.
Every player who finishes all the rounds gets 2 set booster packs – 3-0 teams get 6 set booster packs, and each player will get the same playmat offered as a Buy a Box promo. Pre-sale price is $64.82+tax
These events will be run using Magic’s Event Link tournament software. Download the Event Link Companion App here! This will let you join events, report results, and more!
*collector packs will generally be the new set, but in the event of a product shortage for a release Just Games reserves the right to substitute any in-stock Collector Pack.
