PTCGO PTCGO New Mode Idea

Otaku

The wise fool?
Member
What is a draft?

Glad you asked. This is why I like to make sure people know about the Play! Pokémon Rules & Resources page over at Pokémon.com. There, you'll find
Play! Pokémon Trading Card Game Tournament Rules and Formats document available as a .pdf, which explains the following:

11.2. Limited
In a Limited event, players construct their decks using only cards provided by the Organizer at the event. Each player’s deck must contain exactly 40 cards. Unlike Constructed, a Limited deck may contain more than 4 copies of a single card, as defined by the card’s English title, with the exception of cards that are limited to one per deck by card text. An Organizer must announce whether they are providing players with basic Energy cards before the date of the event, as well as at the event before it begins. Matches are played for 4 Prize cards.

and later

11.2.2. Booster Draft
In a Booster Draft event, players receive booster packs from the Organizer at the beginning of the event (recommended are four to six boosters per player). Players split into equal-sized groups, which should not exceed 8 players per group, and are seated in a circle.

At a signal from the Organizer, each player opens one booster pack without revealing its contents to the other players. Each player then selects one card from their booster pack and lays it face down in front of them. Once a card has been placed in a player’s stack, it is considered selected and cannot be returned to the pack in exchange for another card. Players then pass the remaining cards, face down, to the person on their left. The cards selected by each player should remain private knowledge during the drafting process. Each player continues to select one card from among the cards handed to them until all the cards have been selected.

This process repeats for each remaining booster pack, with the passing pattern alternating from left to right as each new pack is opened. After all the booster packs have been opened and all the cards have been selected, each player constructs a 40-card deck, using only the cards they selected and any basic Energy cards provided by the Organizer. Players have 30 minutes to construct their decks.

Players may not trade the cards they selected in the draft with other players until the tournament ends. The Organizer may require players to fill out deck lists, including the cards in their decks and any cards not being used. Once the first round of the tournament begins, players may not alter the contents of their decks.

Booster packs used for a Booster Draft tournament should come from the same expansion to preserve Evolution chains that may not exist outside of that expansion.
 

Ecko9i6

Aspiring Trainer
Member
I see that someone made the point about pre-releases being paid events IRL. I think having pre-release tournaments as a draft mode would be a great idea. You would simply have to pay with coins to enter the tournament. This way, people can still get the pre-release cards and there is no issue in regards to paid events IRL. They could even make the cards you get with your initial kit trade locked and then provide boosters for placing in the tournament that are not trade locked.
 
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