MTG Star Trek prerelease guide: What to know going in & Sealed tips

Everything you need for the MTG Star Trek prerelease, running November 6th through 12th at local game stores. We cover what comes in the Prerelease Pack, what your six Play Boosters will realistically give you, how to build a 40-card Sealed deck, and how beam me up, station, face a dilemma, federation, strange new worlds, and assimilate actually play in Limited. Plus what to bring and what you won't find at the event.

A full breakdown of assimilate and federation, the two MTG Star Trek mechanics built to fight each other. We cover how assimilate turns creatures into Borg artifact creatures, how federation counts creature types, why every assimilated creature drops out of the federation count, and rules questions on changelings, blink, commanders, and players leaving the game. Then we get into how to build a Borg deck and a federation deck that actually work.

Our MTG Star Trek preview covers the full mechanic lineup, including beam me up, face a dilemma, federation, assimilate, and the Commander-only battlefront and seek out. We break down the four Commander decks, the LCARS shock lands and other Booster Fun treatments, how rare the signed headliner cards are, and which product gives you the most for your money before the set releases November 13th, 2026.