Magic: The Hobbit Prerelease (August 7-9, 2026)

from $41.99
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Each event is limited to 32 players in the store!  Please help expedite tournament registration by setting up your Wizards account ahead of time at https://myaccounts.wizards.com/register

Return to Middle-earth and experience a timeless tale's grand beginning! Set out from The Shire with Bilbo, Gandalf, and their company of Dwarves in pursuit of fortune, adventure, and the dreadful Dragon Smaug. Amass and recruit your armies in the shadow of The Lonely Mountain, then battle it out to claim the treasures of Erebor!

Our six in-store pre-release tournaments will be as follows:

  • Friday, 8/7 at 3 pm and 7 pm

  • Saturday, 8/8 at 3 pm and 7 pm

  • Sunday, 8/9 at 12 pm and 4 pm

What will you find in your pre-release pack?

  • 6 Magic: Magic: The Gathering® | The Hobbit™Play Boosters

  • 1 traditional foil rare/mythic rare card

  • Spindown™ life counter

Each player will make a 40-card minimum deck (25-minutes for deck-building) from the 6 booster packs in the pre-release kit! Bring your own lands if you have them. If you don't have lands, you can borrow store lands.

The tournament format is Swiss Draw (i.e. every players plays in all 3 rounds and is paired against a player with the same win-loss record). After three 50-minute rounds of play (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw), we will distribute PLAY booster pack prizes as follows:

  • 9 points - 5 boosters

  • 7 points - 3 boosters

  • 6 points - 2 boosters

  • 4-5 points - 1 booster

If you are planning on attending our full weekend of pre-release events, or you just want lots of pre-release kits at a discount, you can save $20 with our multi-event package:

  • "Six Pack" for $231.99 (All 6 prerelease events) - simply select this option below

Each event is limited to 32 players in the store!  Please help expedite tournament registration by setting up your Wizards account ahead of time at https://myaccounts.wizards.com/register

Return to Middle-earth and experience a timeless tale's grand beginning! Set out from The Shire with Bilbo, Gandalf, and their company of Dwarves in pursuit of fortune, adventure, and the dreadful Dragon Smaug. Amass and recruit your armies in the shadow of The Lonely Mountain, then battle it out to claim the treasures of Erebor!

Our six in-store pre-release tournaments will be as follows:

  • Friday, 8/7 at 3 pm and 7 pm

  • Saturday, 8/8 at 3 pm and 7 pm

  • Sunday, 8/9 at 12 pm and 4 pm

What will you find in your pre-release pack?

  • 6 Magic: Magic: The Gathering® | The Hobbit™Play Boosters

  • 1 traditional foil rare/mythic rare card

  • Spindown™ life counter

Each player will make a 40-card minimum deck (25-minutes for deck-building) from the 6 booster packs in the pre-release kit! Bring your own lands if you have them. If you don't have lands, you can borrow store lands.

The tournament format is Swiss Draw (i.e. every players plays in all 3 rounds and is paired against a player with the same win-loss record). After three 50-minute rounds of play (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw), we will distribute PLAY booster pack prizes as follows:

  • 9 points - 5 boosters

  • 7 points - 3 boosters

  • 6 points - 2 boosters

  • 4-5 points - 1 booster

If you are planning on attending our full weekend of pre-release events, or you just want lots of pre-release kits at a discount, you can save $20 with our multi-event package:

  • "Six Pack" for $231.99 (All 6 prerelease events) - simply select this option below