Prerelease weekend is the first time most players anywhere will actually crack open Cyberpunk TCG product, and it runs October 30, 2026, a full week ahead of general retail.
The whole event is built around a single roughly $34.99 Pre-Release Event Kit, sold specifically for this one weekend.
Running a prerelease for a TCG with zero existing player base is a different exercise than running one for an established game, since nobody at the table has months of format knowledge to lean on.
Here is exactly what's in the kit, and how the event itself is structured for a genuinely brand-new player pool.
Each kit contains six Welcome to Night City retail booster packs, three random Legend cards, one limited promo card found nowhere else, and a full six-die polyhedral set covering d4 through d20.
That's enough raw card pool, roughly 72 to 84 cards across the six packs plus the three bonus Legends, to build a legal 40-card constructed deck on the spot without needing to buy anything else that day.
Players open their kit at the start of the event, build a deck from whatever they pulled within a set time limit, and then play several rounds against other attendees using that same-day deck.
It's a sealed-deck format by design, meaning deckbuilding skill and pack luck matter as much as raw card power, which levels the field for a room full of players all seeing the format for the first time.
A constructed tournament assumes players already own built decks and understand the meta, neither of which exists yet for a game that hasn't reached general retail.
Sealed deck sidesteps that entirely. Everyone starts from the same randomized pool, so the event tests adaptability and in-the-moment deckbuilding instead of requiring weeks of prior practice nobody has had the chance to put in.
The limited promo card included in every kit is the single biggest reason committed collectors show up to prerelease specifically, rather than waiting a week to buy sealed product at full retail price.
Promo cards tied to a one-weekend-only event tend to carry outsized long-term value precisely because the print run is capped to however many kits a store actually sells that weekend.
Face to Face Games in Toronto is running its Welcome to Night City prerelease on November 1, 2026, and similar single-day events are popping up at participating stores across the prerelease weekend window.
Checking directly with a local game store rather than assuming a specific date applies everywhere is worth doing, since individual stores can schedule their prerelease event anywhere within that overall weekend.
Beyond the kit itself, bringing basic deck-building tools, a pen, paper for tracking your pool, and a way to carry cards home safely covers almost everything a first-timer actually needs.
Protect the promo and any strong Legend pulls the moment the event ends. A binder keeps a full day's pulls organized and safe on the drive home, before you've even decided which ones make the final deck.
Collectors researching this kit online will notice two versions floating around: a Beta Pre-Release Kit tied to the earlier Kickstarter rollout, and the Retail Pre-Release Kit sold at the October 30 prerelease weekend covered here.
The two aren't interchangeable. The Beta version reflects earlier print runs and promo cards from the Kickstarter timeline, while the retail kit is what general prerelease weekend attendees at stores like Face to Face Games will actually be opening.
Prerelease-only promo cards in other established TCGs have a long track record of outperforming same-set booster commons in long-term secondary-market value, purely because their print run is capped to one weekend rather than an ongoing booster pool.
There's no price history yet for Cyberpunk TCG's specific promo, but that general pattern across the hobby is a reasonable baseline expectation for anyone deciding whether a prerelease kit is worth the trip over waiting for general retail.
Approximately $34.99.
Six booster packs, three random Legend cards, one exclusive promo card, and a full six-die set.
Sealed deck, built from whatever you pull that same day within a set time limit.
Face to Face Games in Toronto is running one on November 1, 2026.
A prerelease weekend only happens once per store, so whatever you pull that day deserves real protection on the way home. Keep a 9-pocket zip-up binder in your bag before you even sit down to build.
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