MTG Star Trek Prerelease UK Guide: Dates, Kit and Sealed Tips

Collector's Edge29 October 2026

MTG Star Trek Prerelease Pack box and a Star Trek Play Booster pack on a dark Collector's Edge background

Magic: The Gathering | Star Trek prereleases run from Friday 6 to Thursday 12 November 2026 at Wizards Play Network (WPN) stores, a week before the set's 13 November release. You get a Prerelease Pack with six Play Boosters and a foil rare or mythic, build a 40-card Sealed deck on the day, and play. Here's what's in the kit, how to book, and how to build a deck that wins a few games.

Prerelease6 to 12 November 2026

FormatSealed Deck

Kit6 Play Boosters + foil rare or mythic

Deck size40 cards minimum

Release13 November 2026

Book throughYour local WPN store

In this article

01What is a prerelease?
02What's in the Prerelease Pack
03How to book in the UK
04Building your Sealed deck
05Star Trek cards to look out for
06Mechanics to know
07After the prerelease
08FAQ

01 · The basics

What is a Magic prerelease?

A prerelease is the first chance to play a new set, held at local game stores before the official launch. Everyone opens the same kind of kit, builds a deck from what they open, and plays a few rounds. It's casual: Wizards recommends stores run Star Trek prereleases at a casual rules level, and plenty of players are new.

4 to 5 hrstypical event length, per Wizards

40card minimum deck

0cards you need to bring

You don't need a collection. Wizards' own prerelease FAQ says everything you need is in the Prerelease Pack or supplied by the store, including basic lands. Stores can run their event as a Swiss tournament with rounds, or as a looser "player list" event where you find your own opponents, so check which one you're booking.

First time?Brand new to Magic? Read our how to play Magic: The Gathering guide first, and tell the store when you book. Prereleases are full of returning and new players, and people expect to help.

02 · The kit

What's in the Star Trek Prerelease Pack?

Prerelease PackThe box you get when you register

MTG Star Trek Play Booster pack, 14 cards — **Play Booster (x6)**14 Magic cards in each

Wizards lists the contents of every Star Trek Prerelease Pack as:

6 Star Trek Play Boosters, 14 cards each
1 traditional foil rare or mythic rare card
1 deck box
1 spindown life counter

That's 85 cards to build from. Each Play Booster follows the same recipe:

Slot	Cards
Commons	7 (in 1 of every 25 packs, a stardates card replaces one)
Uncommons	3
Wildcard	1, of any rarity
Traditional foil	1, of any rarity
Rare or mythic rare	1
Land	1
Double-sided token	1, non-foil

Stardates cards (Star Trek-art reprints of older Magic cards) are legal in your Prerelease deck when you open them from these Play Boosters. The signed Headliner cards are Collector Booster only, so you won't find one in a Prerelease Pack.

03 · Booking

How to book a Star Trek prerelease in the UK

1Find a WPN store near youUse Wizards' official Store & Event Locator and search your postcode. Only WPN stores can run official prereleases.

2Check the dates and formatStores choose their own slots anywhere from 12pm on Friday 6 November to Thursday 12 November. Ask whether it's Sealed (the standard) or a Draft event; some stores run Draft prereleases too.

3Book and payEntry prices are set by each store, and popular weekend slots fill up. Ask how they take bookings.

4Arrive earlyOpening six packs, sorting and building a deck takes a while before round one. Sleeves are worth bringing if you want to protect a good pull.

WPN stores are also allowed to sell the full Star Trek range during prerelease week, a week before the 13 November release. If you want a box or a Commander deck early, that's the place to ask.

Star Trek at Collector's EdgeWe don't list Star Trek yet. Pre-orders go up as soon as we can confirm stock.

See pre-orders

04 · Deck building

How to build a Star Trek Sealed deck

Sealed rules are simple: at least 40 cards, made from what you opened plus as many basic lands as you like. Anything you don't play is your sideboard. Here's the method Wizards teaches in its own prerelease guides, which is the one we'd use too.

1Sort by colourMake a pile for each of the five colours, plus multicolour cards, colourless artifacts and lands.

2Find your threatsYour best rares and mythics, and any creature that can win the game on its own. One or two strong threats in a colour is a good reason to play it.

3Find your removalCount the cards in each colour that deal with an opposing creature. This often decides your second colour.

4Pick two coloursWizards' advice is two colours. Three is possible, but your mana gets shaky.

5Fill out the curveAbout 23 spells, weighted towards two and three mana.

6Add 17 landsSplit roughly by how many cards of each colour you're playing.

Mana value	Cards in Wizards' template
1	1 to 2
2	7 to 8
3	5 to 6
4	3 to 4
5	2 to 3
6+	0 to 1
Lands	17

The curveThis is Wizards' standard Sealed template, from its recent prerelease guides. Lean lower if your deck is aggressive and higher if you're playing big fliers and removal.

!Common mistakeDon't build around your rare if it's in a colour with nothing else to support it. A deck with good removal and a sensible curve beats a pile of shiny cards nearly every time.

05 · Cards

Star Trek cards to look out for in Sealed

Wizards hadn't published its full card gallery or a Star Trek prerelease guide when we wrote this (9 October), so these come from the cards it had revealed by then. Check Wizards' Star Trek card image gallery for the complete list before your event.

Removal at common and uncommon

He's Dead, Jim, MTG Star Trek TRK 114 — **He's Dead, Jim**TRK 114Common

Plasma Cascade, MTG Star Trek TRK 164 — **Plasma Cascade**TRK 164Common

Command Decision, MTG Star Trek TRK 008 — **Command Decision**TRK 008Common

Set Phasers to . . ., MTG Star Trek TRK 034 — **Set Phasers to . . .**TRK 034Common

Consider the Prime Directive, MTG Star Trek TRK 051 — **Consider the Prime Directive**TRK 051Common

Resistance Is Futile, MTG Star Trek TRK 125 — **Resistance Is Futile**TRK 125Uncommon

Images: Wizards of the Coast

He's Dead, Jim (black, 4 mana): destroy target creature, then surveil 1. Unconditional removal at common.
Plasma Cascade (red, 3 mana): 3 damage to any target, and you can discard a card to draw one.
Command Decision (white, 2 mana): destroy a creature with power 4 or more, or just draw a card.
Set Phasers to . . . (white, 1 mana) and Consider the Prime Directive (blue, 3 mana): instants that can stun a creature, so it skips its next untap. Set Phasers can deal 3 to an attacker instead; Prime Directive can counter a spell unless its controller pays 3.
Resistance Is Futile (black, 2 mana): destroy a nonartifact creature, or bring back a cheap artifact creature. Watch out: it can't touch Borg and other artifact creatures.

Rares that take over a game

Crystalline Entity, MTG Star Trek TRK 261 — **Crystalline Entity**TRK 261Mythic

Salt Vampire, MTG Star Trek TRK 127 — **Salt Vampire**TRK 127Rare

U.S.S. Enterprise-D, Galaxy-Class, MTG Star Trek TRK 273 — **U.S.S. Enterprise-D, Galaxy-Class**TRK 273Rare

Images: Wizards of the Coast

Crystalline Entity costs 8, but casting it destroys every nonartifact creature and leaves you a 7/7 flier, which is about as good as Sealed bombs get. The Enterprise-D is colourless, so it fits any deck: tap your crew to station it up to 7 charge counters and it becomes a 4/5 flier with vigilance. Each turn you charge it, you also get to play the top card of your library.

Themes to build around

Tactical Officer, MTG Star Trek TRK 038 — **Tactical Officer**TRK 038Common

Planetary Patrol, MTG Star Trek TRK 163 — **Planetary Patrol**TRK 163Common

Free Borg Revolutionaries, MTG Star Trek TRK 019 — **Free Borg Revolutionaries**TRK 019Common

Hoshi Sato, Exolinguist, MTG Star Trek TRK 064 — **Hoshi Sato, Exolinguist**TRK 064Uncommon

Seven of Nine, MTG Star Trek TRK 252 — **Seven of Nine**TRK 252Uncommon

Images: Wizards of the Coast

Total power 8: Tactical Officer and several other white and red cards get better when you attack while your creatures have total power 8 or greater. Go wide and keep attacking.
Landfall: Planetary Patrol and a handful of green cards trigger when a land enters.
Basic landcycling: several big commons, like Free Borg Revolutionaries, can be cycled for {2} to fetch a basic land. That's a free fix for a two-colour deck, so don't undervalue them.
Federation and dilemmas: Hoshi Sato rewards a mix of creature types; Seven of Nine draws a card every time you pick a mode on a modal spell.

06 · Mechanics

Star Trek mechanics to know before you sit down

AssimilateTake a creature with a +1/+1 counter; it becomes a Borg artifact creature

Face a dilemmaHappens whenever you choose a mode on a spell or ability

FederationCounts the creature types among your non-Borg creatures

StationTap a creature to add charge counters to a Spacecraft

All four are confirmed by Wizards. Station is back from Edge of Eternities, so if you played that set, Spacecraft will feel familiar. Stun counters also show up a lot: a stunned permanent skips its next untap.

Star Trek artwork of the original U.S.S. Enterprise passing a planet — Starships are a big part of the set. Image: Wizards of the Coast

07 · Next

After the prerelease: release day and in-store events

6 to 12 Nov 2026Prerelease weekWPN stores can sell the Star Trek range early

10 Nov 2026Star Trek on MTG Arena

13 Nov 2026Global releasePlay Boosters, Collector Boosters, Commander decks, Bundles and the rest

13 Nov 2026 to 28 Jan 2027Magic Presents: To Boldly GoSeason-long Sealed league; reach Captain for a foil Solemn Simulacrum promo

20 to 26 Nov 2026Commander PartyPromo: Highly Illogical or Munitions Enthusiast, while supplies last

If you enjoyed Sealed, To Boldly Go is the one to look for: you start with six Play Boosters, add more over the season and rank up through Starfleet. Ask your store if they're running it.

✓Book early, especially Friday night and weekend slots
✓Read the cards you open before building; new mechanics catch people out
✓Play 17 lands and two colours unless you have a good reason not to

Don't

✕Don't sell your pool at the table before checking what the rares are worth
✕Don't forget your sideboard: swap cards between games if your opponent has fliers or big creatures

Want more Magic before then? Browse our Magic: The Gathering range and Play Booster boxes.

08 · FAQ