Not sure if this is supposed to go to rumors? If so, can a mod move it?
According to this article at dotesports.com M20 pre-release will start at 3 PM on July 5th, Friday instead of the usually time of Saturday at 12:01 AM.
Here is the relevant blurb:
Other changes coming with the release of M20 include a Friday pre-release event. Typically, a pre-release event begins on Saturday with many local game stores running their first tournament at 12:01am local time. The Core Set 2020 pre-release event, however, begins at 3pm local time on Friday, July 5.
What the heck Wizards? People are working at that time. This is explicitly why my LGS starts their FNM at 6:30 on Fridays so us working stiffs can get a game in after work. Moving the pre-release to 3 PM (where it would likely clash with the FNM) does what? Capture the kids that are out of school now? They weren’t going to FNM at 6:30 so what makes you think they’ll go at 3:00?
Hopefully my LGS will offer pre-release at 6:30 or still offer it at 12:01 like normal so I can, at least, enjoy that.
Dude, it's pretty clear. It's to allow stores to start PR on Friday whenever it suits their players, not waiting until midnight. So in almost all cases, stores will replace their FNM by a PR.
Also remember, July 5th is a Friday the day after an US holiday. Vacations are going to be high that day with many companies even giving it as a holiday.
The bigger question is will there be enough product for demand. With Spark and Dominaria, my LGS has been very tight on product when it gets to the last events of the weekend.
According to this article at dotesports.com M20 pre-release will start at 3 PM on July 5th, Friday instead of the usually time of Saturday at 12:01 AM.
Here is the relevant blurb:
What the heck Wizards? People are working at that time. This is explicitly why my LGS starts their FNM at 6:30 on Fridays so us working stiffs can get a game in after work. Moving the pre-release to 3 PM (where it would likely clash with the FNM) does what? Capture the kids that are out of school now? They weren’t going to FNM at 6:30 so what makes you think they’ll go at 3:00?
Hopefully my LGS will offer pre-release at 6:30 or still offer it at 12:01 like normal so I can, at least, enjoy that.
The bigger question is will there be enough product for demand. With Spark and Dominaria, my LGS has been very tight on product when it gets to the last events of the weekend.
So having a Pre-Release instead of a sealed deck is pretty much the same.
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