prerelease starts 8-7-26

Prerelease is your first opportunity to get your hands on the newest Magic: The Gathering release and explore what the set has to offer. Prerelease Kits contain everything a player needs to be guided through deck building and begin facing off in epic one-on-one matches.

More about Magic: The Gathering | The Hobbit

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!

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Contents:
6 Magic: Magic: The Gathering® | The Hobbit™ Play Boosters
Each Play Booster contains 14 Magic: The Gathering cards
May contain these cards: HOB 1–248
Includes 1–3 cards of rarity Rare or higher (2: 26%; 3: 2%)
3–5 Uncommon
7–9 Common
1 land card
1 card of any rarity is traditional foil
Foil borderless rare/mythic rare in <1% of boosters
Traditional foil land replaces a land in 20% of boosters
1 traditional foil rare/mythic rare card
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