Magic: The Gathering | Star Trek Release Date: November 13, 2026, With a Prerelease and Event Slate
Magic: The Gathering | Star Trek releases on November 13, 2026, and Wizards of the Coast has laid out where to play it: Prerelease weekend first, then in-store events with promo cards attached. If you collect promos, the calendar matters as much as the set.
Preorders are open at local game stores, TCGplayer, Amazon and wherever Magic products are sold. Prices are not given in the announcement.
Star Trek Prerelease Pack and Sealed Format
Prerelease events run November 6 to November 12, 2026.
Each Prerelease Pack contains:
- 6 Play Boosters
- 1 traditional foil promo card
- 1 deck box
- 1 Spindown die
Players build a 40-card Sealed deck from the pack contents plus basic lands. Participating WPN stores will also sell the full range of Star Trek products during Prerelease weekend.
Wizards' own set tokens and art cards are covered in our earlier look at the Star Trek tokens and art cards.
Magic Academy, Welcome Decks and Standard Showdown
Magic Academy events run November 13, 2026 to January 28, 2027 in two types: Learn to Play for brand-new players, and Deck Building, where players build from six Star Trek Play Boosters after a short video tutorial.
Welcome Decks are not available in all regions. WPN stores in regions that get them will not receive them before 2027.
Standard Showdown takes place on November 13, 2026 and January 28, 2027. Top finishers can win up to two extended-art promos, so each store may split prizes slightly differently.
- Éclair explosif (French name), art by Néstor Ossandón Leal
- Sonder l’espace profond (French name), art by Leon Tukker
English names are not given in the announcement.
Star Trek Sealed League: Magic Presents "Au mépris du danger"
The French-titled Sealed league variant, Magic Presents: Au mépris du danger, runs November 13, 2026 to January 28, 2027.
- Players start at Starfleet Academy and build a 40-card deck from six Star Trek Play Boosters.
- They face three other cadets.
- Each week they pick one of four quadrants (Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta) and may add one Play Booster to their pool.
- Three matches per quadrant are mandatory, win or lose.
A player who has explored all quadrants gets the alternate-art promo "Simulacre solennel" (French name), illustrated by Randy Gallegos, regardless of results. TCGKing's take: a promo that ignores win-loss record makes this the friendliest chase in the lineup.
Commander Night and Commander Party Promos
Two-Headed Giant Commander Night runs November 13, 2026 to January 28, 2027. Players can sign up with a teammate or be paired with someone new.
Commander Party runs November 20–26, 2026 and January 15–21, 2027. It is a normal Commander game with a twist: on your turn you can commit a legendary creature to send an exploration team on a mission.
- A mission card is flipped from the mission deck and the creature becomes a mission specialist.
- Each mission has a first ability that triggers when it becomes active.
- Players gain the active mission's effects until another player sends a team and moves to another mission.
- Without an eligible creature, you can recruit an exploration team leader if you have none in play; its legendary status lets it go on missions.
The two extended-art Commander promos are "Totalement illogique" (art by Patricia Pria) and "Passionnée de munitions" (art by Remi Tacouot), both French names. Commander Party participants receive one of them.
Non-foil copies will be at most WPN stores; traditional foils at Premium WPN stores.
What is still unknown
- Dates and locations of the January Magic Spotlight: Star Trek events, which are only listed as January.
- How Commander Party promos are distributed between the two cards.
- Which regions get Welcome Decks.
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What it means for players
- Note November 6–12 for Prerelease and November 13 for the first Showdown, Academy, Commander Night and league sessions.
- Foil Commander promos are tied to Premium WPN stores, so check your local store's status.
- The set draws on more than 60 years of Star Trek characters and locations.
For draft and Commander prep, see Draftsim's Limited review and its ranking of Star Trek spacecraft.
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