Prerelease starts Nov 8, full release Nov 15. All products are available for pickup during prerelease.
The best time for the community’s first Magic game is now. Dive into Foundations, and experience quintessential Magic: The Gathering by playing with and collecting cards selected to give every player the advantage. Whether a past, present, or future Magic player, Foundations invite you to share your spark!
Prerelease is a players’ first opportunity to get their hands on the newest Magic: The Gathering release and explore what the set has to offer. Prerelease Packs contain everything a player needs to be guided through deckbuilding and begin facing off in epic one-on-one matches.
What is in Magic Foundations?
All boxes come with a Buy a Box promo card
- Collector Booster Box
- Play Booster Box
- Bundle
- Starter Collection
- Beginner Box
- In-Store Prerelease Events
The following sections will be updated with pictures and details as more promo and activity information becomes available.
Buy a Box Promo
For Foundations, the Buy-a-Box promo will be announced in this space – each set gets two promo cards for purchasing a full display of boosters. These cards are Solemn Simulacrum and Sol Ring, pictured below:
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 Foundations 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. 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.
