Booster Draft is a limited format where players open booster packs and pick a card before passing the rest of the booster to the player to their left. Cards are drafted this way one after another until players end up with a card-pool out of which they have to build the most balanced deck. Booster Draft is a fun and challenging way to experience Altered. The format requires players to make strategic choices in order to build the most synergistic deck out of the cards available in each pack.

As a limited format, Booster Draft doesn’t require you to build a deck beforehand.

Altered Booster Draft Rules

• Booster Drafts are played 1v1, the recommended number of players is 8.
• Each player receives 4 Altered booster packs.
• Players each open their first booster pack, and remove the token/foiler card. Each player secretly selects 1 card from the pack, then passes the remaining contents to the person to their left.
• Players then secretly select another card from the pack they were passed, and continue to do so until all cards have been selected.
• Players do the same with their second booster pack, passing to the right instead of the left.
• Finally, players do the same with the third booster pack (passing to the left) and the fourth booster pack (passing to the right).
• Sealed decks must be at least 30 cards following the deck building instructions below.

Booster Draft Deck Construction Rules

After the draft portion, players should have a card-pool constituted from the 4 booster packs that were drafted per player. Each player must construct a deck of at least 30 cards based only on the cards that have been drafted, which may include a Hero card. Limited decks in Altered must adopt the following guidelines:

• A deck must contain a minimum of 30 cards.
• Token cards do not count towards the deck minimum. If you have token cards to go with your deck, they start outside of your deck.
• You may play cards from up to three different factions.
• A deck can include a Hero card. If so, it counts toward the 30 cards minimum.
• Your Hero must be from one of the factions in your deck.
• You may choose to not play a Hero card.
• There are no restrictions on the number of cards with the same name that you can play in your deck.
• There are no restrictions on the number or rare or unique cards you can play in your deck.

Players will receive 2 additional packs for participating. 

Additional prizing may be available based on attendance.