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MTG The Hobbit Prerelease — TCS Rockets

Name: MTG The Hobbit Prerelease — TCS Rockets
Start: 2026-08-07T11:00:00-07:00
End: 2026-08-07T16:00:00-07:00
Location: 7626 Miramar Rd Suite 3900, San Diego, CA 92126

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In 4 days · Friday, August 7, 2026

11:00 AM PDT – 4:00 PM PDT

7626 Miramar Rd Suite 3900, San Diego, CA 92126

“Smaug as a card is genuinely threatening and the Shire…”

— @falkorcommunity

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Nobody at the table has played with these cards before, and that's the entire appeal. A Prerelease is the weekend you get Magic's newest set before it's officially out — six sealed packs, a deck you build from whatever you crack, and a pod of strangers all solving the same puzzle at once. This one drops Middle-earth onto the table: Bilbo and Gandalf, the One Ring, and a Smaug card that will wreck you at least once before you work out the answer to it. Sealed is the great equalizer — no netdeck, no advantage, just you and what the packs gave you. You show up alone and leave having spent four hours with people who now also have strong opinions about how to beat a dragon. There and back again, in card form. Bring the friend who quotes the movies from memory.

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