Are players legally allowed to open and look at their Rock of Ages or Faith of Our Fathers cards in Booster Draft before their table starts drafting? I found no proof that they can in the tournament guide. At nationals the past two years with the release of the new tin expansions, it was necessary to let players look at the cards because most players did not know all of the cards yet. I realize that a host may allow newer players to do so if they have never seen their pack before, but is that allowed?
I always assumed you could look through them before the draft, but I guess I am incorrect. If I look at them before the draft, I would assume they go face down in the draft pile much like the cards I draft and I cannot look at them again, correct?
2. Booster Draft (Multi-Player only)
Booster Draft is played in place of Closed Deck Multi-Player. Starter decks are
NOT used in this type of play. Players build their decks from six expansion packs of
cards. Each player is given one of each type of booster from six of the following
expansions as determined by the host.
Players sit at their first-round multi-player table.
- Each player is responsible for bringing 8 regular lost soul cards (no special
abilities) to the table. You will need 7 lost soul cards if you play a 50 to 56 card
deck. You will need 8 lost soul cards if you play over a 56 card deck. If you pull
a lost soul card from a pack then you can substitute it for one that you brought to
the table. This is the only way you will be able to play a lost soul card that has a
special ability.
- Each player opens the Original pack at the same time, selects one card to put in
his deck, and passes the rest of the cards to the player on his left. Then each
player looks at the cards he was just handed and places one of those cards in his
deck, and passes again. When all the cards from the Original packs have been
added to decks, everyone opens their Prophet packs, and you repeat the process,
this time passing to the right. Continue this process until all the packs are
drafted. Players do not pass cards from Faith of Our Fathers or Rock of Ages.
- There is a 3-seconds-per card time limit when choosing a card. Each player is
given 3 seconds for every card in the stack they are drafting from (30 seconds
for a new pack of 10 cards, 15 seconds for 5 cards, etc...).
- Drafted cards are to be placed face down in a single stack. Players may not look
through the cards they have chosen until the draft is complete (looking slows
things down).
- Players may use all of the cards they choose from packs. Identical cards of any
type may be added into a deck although the rules regarding doubles in play still
applies.
- Players look at the cards they drafted and have 10 minutes to assemble a deck.
Each player will have 54 cards and are allowed to remove up to four cards if
they wish. Each player adds the appropriate number of lost soul cards to their
deck to make it legal. When players finish building their decks (or when deckbuilding
time has expired), play begins.
- Players must play a minimum of fifty cards in their decks./
Kirk
