Has this been done yet: Faux Sealed/Draft
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Posted on Jan. 5, 2016, 9:18 p.m. by GearNoir
So I'm about to (I hope) attend my first sealed pre-release event as Oath of the Gatewatch comes out. As a relatively new and super casual MTG player, I'm really excited to see what happens!
The thought dawned on me - could there be a way for casual, kitchen table, and other players to recreate the excitement and fun of these kind of events for the right price - $0?
I think there might be, as I'd be willing to bet that a good chunk of even casual and kitchen players have a number of extra cards laying around outside their regular decks - trade binders, cool singles, cards they eventually want to do something with, and cards that they've forgotten about. What if groups took those piles, shuffled em up (sans lands) and randomly dealt out 90 (or as close to it as possible; 45 for draft) cards to each participant for a Faux Sealed/Draft tournament?
For Faux Sealed, players make the deck out of the 90 cards they've been dealt. For the Faux Draft, players keep the cards face down, separate the the 45 into stacks of 15, then go through the normal draft process of passing the stacks around. I think there is bound to be at least some synergy since these cards have already been picked over by their owners for certain reasons.
Do you think this would work as a fun play style?
NoPantsParade says... #3
What about getting your cards back?
Edit: cubes are cool too.
January 5, 2016 9:20 p.m. Edited.
Epochalyptik says... #4
Some groups already do things like this. Many low-budget casual cubes are built by taking scraps from old packs and bulk binders.
January 5, 2016 9:20 p.m.
Epochalyptik says... #5
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January 5, 2016 9:21 p.m.
Cool, hadn't heard of cubes yet!
And sorry for posting in the wrong forum ;
January 5, 2016 9:25 p.m.
Gidgetimer says... #7
There are actually many theories on how to make the "packs" for cubes. Completely random is the easiest to set up but is usually the least satisfying. My personal preferred way to make the packs is to deal out the cards to the packs trying to keep a good balance or colors and rarities in each one. Remove 3 cards from each pack at random, shuffle those cards together and redistribute them to add a small variance to color balance withing packs. It is a lot more work than true random or fully regulated but it is the closest mimic of how packs come from WotC that I know of.
Arvail says... #2
Look up cubes.
January 5, 2016 9:20 p.m.