Release card

Release cards are cards given away for paying to play at release events.

Starting with Eighth Edition these cards were known as Launch Party promo cards. From Avacyn Restored onwards the name of "Launch Party" was phased out and the cards were then given away at the first Friday Night Magic after release day. Release cards are stamped or otherwise marked to identify them as the release card, are foil, and bear the card's expansion symbol or logo as a watermark. From Amonkhet onwards they were given away at the Draft Weekend, the weekend following release day. From Core Set 2020 onward, the release card was replaced by a card from the WPN promo pack, distributed at the discretion of the stores.

List

The following table is a list of release event cards:

Card	Set	Date	Comment
Rukh Egg	Eighth Edition	July 26, 2003	Global Celebration Tournament
Ass Whuppin'	Unhinged	November 20, 2004	Parody of the card Vindicate (Apocalypse)
Budoka Pupil	Betrayers of Kamigawa	January 28, 2005	Highlights Flip cards
Ghost-Lit Raider	Saviors of Kamigawa	June 3, 2005	Highlights Channel.
Force of Nature	Ninth Edition	August 29, 2005	available everywhere except Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus
Шиванский дракон (Shivan Dragon)	Ninth Edition	September 24, 2005	Available in Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus only
Dimir Guildmage	Ravnica: City of Guilds	October 7, 2005	Highlights Hybrid mana
Gruul Guildmage	Guildpact	February 3, 2006
Azorius Guildmage	Dissension	May 5, 2006
Marit Lage token	Coldsnap	July 21, 2006
Sudden Shock	Time Spiral	October 7, 2006	Highlights Split second mechanic
Hedge Troll	Planar Chaos	February 2, 2007.	Highlights Planeshifted cards
Storm Entity	Future Sight	May 4, 2007	Highlights Futurshifted cards
生けるものの洞窟 (Zoetic Cavern)	Future Sight	May 4, 2007	Japanese release card
Reya Dawnbringer	Tenth Edition	July 14, 2007	Worldwide Game Day
樹上の村 (Treetop Village)	Tenth Edition	July 14, 2007	Japanese release card
Shriekmaw	Lorwyn	October 12, 2007	Highlights Evoke.
Earwig Squad	Morningtide	February 1, 2008	Highlights Prowl mechanic
Vexing Shusher	Shadowmoor	May 2, 2008	Highlights return of Hybrid mana
Figure of Destiny	Eventide	July 25, 2008
Ajani Vengeant	Shards of Alara	October 3, 2008	Also used as prerelease card with the same stamped date. Available in six languages.
Obelisk of Alara	Conflux	February 6, 2009
Knight of New Alara	Alara Reborn	April 30, 2009	Highlights Multicolored
Ant Queen	Magic 2010	July 17, 2009
Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle	Zendikar	October 2, 2009
Joraga Warcaller	Worldwake	February 5, 2010	Highlights Multikicker.
Lord of Shatterskull Pass	Rise of the Eldrazi	April 23, 2010	Highlights Level up.
Plots that Span Centuries	Archenemy	June 18, 2010	Highlights Schemes
Ancient Hellkite	Magic 2011	July 16, 2010
Steel Hellkite	Scars of Mirrodin	October 1, 2010
Thopter Assembly	Mirrodin Besieged	February 4, 2011
Phyrexian Metamorph	New Phyrexia	May 13, 2011	Highlights Phyrexian mana
Garruk's Horde	Magic 2012	July 16, 2011
Ludevic's Test Subject / Ludevic's Abomination	Innistrad	October 1, 2011	Highlights Transform mechanic
Mondronen Shaman / Tovolar's Magehunter	Dark Ascension	February 4, 2012
Restoration Angel	Avacyn Restored	May 4, 2012
Stairs to Infinity	Planechase 2012	June 1, 2012	Highlights Plane cards
Staff of Nin	Magic 2013	July 13, 2012
Deadbridge Goliath	Return to Ravnica	October 5, 2012	Highlights Scavenge mechanic
Skarrg Goliath	Gatecrash	February 1, 2013	Highlights Bloodrush mechanic
Breaking // Entering	Dragon's Maze	May 3, 2013	Highlights split cards with Fuse
Colossal Whale	Magic 2014	July 19, 2013
Bident of Thassa	Theros	September 27, 2013	Highlights Enchantment artifacts
Tromokratis	Born of the Gods	Feb 7, 2014
Dictate of the Twin Gods	Journey into Nyx	May 2, 2014
In Garruk's Wake	Magic 2015	July 18, 2014
Dragon Throne of Tarkir	Khans of Tarkir	September 26, 2014
Sandsteppe Mastodon	Fate Reforged	January 23, 2015	Highlights Bolster keyword action
Deathbringer Regent	Dragons of Tarkir	March 27, 2015
Mizzium Meddler	Magic Origins	July 17, 2015
Blight Herder	Battle for Zendikar	October 2, 2015	Highlights Processors
Endbringer	Oath of the Gatewatch	January 22, 2016	Highlights Colorless mana
Angel of Deliverance	Shadows over Innistrad	April 8, 2016	Highlights Delirium Ability word
Identity Thief	Eldritch Moon	July 22, 2016
Saheeli's Artistry	Kaladesh	September 30, 2016
Quicksmith Rebel	Aether Revolt	January 20, 2017
Oracle's Vault	Amonkhet	April 28, 2017	Highlights Brick counters
Ramunap Excavator	Hour of Devastation	July 15–16, 2017	Highlights Graveyard theme
Bishop of Rebirth	Ixalan	September 31 / October 1, 2017	Highlights white Vampires
Earl of Squirrel	Unstable	December 9–11, 2017	Highlights Squirrels
Brass's Bounty	Rivals of Ixalan	January 20–21, 2018	Highlights Treasure
Zahid, Djinn of the Lamp	Dominaria	April 28–29, 2018	Highlights Legendary creatures
Desecrated Tomb	Core Set 2019	July 14–15, 2018
Firemind's Research	Guilds of Ravnica	October 6–7, 2018	Highlights guild-affiliated cards.
Simic Ascendancy	Ravnica Allegiance	January 26–27, 2019	Highlights guild-affiliated cards.
Bolas's Citadel	War of the Spark	May 4–5, 2019	Highlights planeswalker theme.

See also

• Prerelease card
• Buy-a-Box

External links

• Release Events Promos at Magic Librarities
• Release Events Promos Japanese at Magic Librarities