Booster Draft - RulesOriginal idea by:
Scaredgirl | Developed by:
Scaredgirl | Art by:
Scaredgirl | Organized by:
Scaredgirl +
TStar
Teams pick their cards from 8 different Booster Packs and fight in a single-elimination tournament.
1. SIGNING UPYou need to be a
Jr. Member or above to join this event. Start by reading the rules very carefully, then sign up by posting on a separate sign up topic. If you cannot find a sign up topic, or if it is locked, this event is not currently active, and you will have to wait for it to restart.
Maximum amount of participants for this event is
32. If the event is full, you can still sign up as a reserve player, and will get a chance to join the event if any of the 32 players doesn't show up during the first round of card drafting.
2. FORMING TEAMS8 players with the
highest forum post count, will become
Team Leaders. If you do not want to be a Team Leader, you must mention this in your sign-up post, by saying something like: "I do not want to be a Team Leader". Organizers will then skip your name when choosing Team Leaders, and you will participate as a regular team member.
Team Leaders are given a list of 24 players (all the non-Team Leaders), arranged alphabetically. Team Leaders then list the players from most preferred to least preferred, and finally PM their list to the event organizer. Organizer will make the teams by first arranging the 8 lists in random order, then going through each list, one by one, picking the most preferred available player, until all players have been assigned to a team, and each team has a total of 4 players.
Teams will be given a link to their own
private chat room. That link should not be given to anyone outside the team. Teams will use the chat room for discussing about their drafting strategy, and later, their deckbuilding strategy.
Teams will have a letter from A to H, which will later be used when assigning Booster Packs. Team Leaders will be given moderator rights to Booster Draft forum section.
3. BOOSTER PACKSEvent organizer starts a new topic called "Booster Packs". This topic holds all the
8 Booster Packs that will be used in the event. It also has timers which indicate when a round of drafting is over and a new one begins.
This event uses a total card pool of
192 cards. These include all the cards in the game, except Pillars, Pendulums, Shards and Malignant Cell. There are also a total of 12 copies of Relics, which are special cards that will be explained later.
Cards are randomly divided into groups of 3 three. These are called
Stacks. We have a total of 24 Stacks, each with 3 different cards.
Stacks are then randomly divided into 8 Booster Packs, so that each Booster Pack holds 8 stacks, therefore 24 cards. Booster Packs are given a number from 1 to 8 which is used to assign starting Booster Packs to teams.
Example: Team A starts with Booster Pack 1, Team B starts with Booster Pack 2 etc.
Booster Pack 1Stack 1
  
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Stack 2
  
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Stack 3
  
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Stack 4
  
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Stack 5
  
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Stack 6
  
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Stack 7
  
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Stack 8
  
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4. DRAFTING CARDSThere will be
8 rounds of card drafting. First 7 rounds last for
24 hours each. Last round happens as soon as 7th round is over, because at that point each Booster Pack has only one stack left.
During those 24 hours, each team has to pick one Stack from the Booster Pack their are currently holding. Failure to do so, will lead to the next team picking the Stack for them.
Example: Team A fails to pick a stack during a round. Team B then gets the Booster Pack and picks Stacks for both teams. Team B will naturally want Team A to get weaker cards, so they give Team A the worst Stack they can find.
After a round, each team passes their Booster Pack to the next team, while getting a new Booster Pack from the previous team.
Example:
| Round | Team | Booster Pack |
| Round 1 | Team A
Team B | Booster Pack 1
Booster Pack 2 |
| Round 2 | Team A
Team B | Booster Pack 2
Booster Pack 3 |
| Round 3 | Team A
Team B | Booster Pack 3
Booster Pack 4 |
5. DECKBUILDINGAfter card drafting, teams will have up to 24 different cards depending on how many Relics they aquired. Teams can use any number of these cards in their decks, while other teams cannot use those cards at all. Marks, Pillars and Pendulums (from any element) are free to use without any limitations. For each Relic your team has, all your team members can use one upgraded card during duels.
6. BRACKETS- Single-elimination tournament.
- Event Organizer will post the brackets.
- Players are randomly seeded so that team members do not face each other.
7. BATTLES- Each round of battles lasts for 4 days.
- If the fight doesn't happen, we flip a coin, unless one player is clearly more active in trying to find a suitable time
- Battles are best-of-5. Player who first wins 3 duels, wins the battle
- You are allowed to switch decks and mark between rounds.
8. AFTER BATTLES- Both winner and loser must provide their decklist in the battle result topic. A short matchup review / play-by-play is recommended but not necessary.
- If you lose a battle, you are eliminated from the event, but are encouraged to help your team to win
- When all 4 players have lost, the whole team is eliminated from the event.
9. WINNERTeam that has the last player standing, is the winner, and gets their names to Hall of Fame. The Player who is the last player standing, will be rewarded an award icon. If 2 or more players from the same team are the only ones left, they have to fight each other until we have one winner
10. REWARDSThe winner of the event will receive the following forum award icon:
