Magic The Gathering Sealed Deck
A Popular Tournament Format for Magic Players
Sealed Deck Tournaments are a way for Magic players to test their deck construction and play skills with a very limited card pool.
Magic the Gathering has been around since the early 1990s. It may not be as popular as it once was, but it is still the most popular collectible card game in the world. A few people manage to make their living as professional Magic players. It may not be quite as exciting as a poker game, but Magic tournaments have also been shown on ESPN.
Getting Started: Putting Your Sealed Deck Tournament Deck Together
The majority of Magic players just view the game as a way to relax and chat with friends, but many players also find engaging in the occasional Magic tournament to be an enjoyable experience. Sealed Deck is a tournament format where a player is given the cards he will make his deck out of upon registration. Once the player has been registered, a deck of 75 random cards and two booster packs will be distributed to all players.. The entry fee for a sealed deck tournament is higher because players purchase the cards they must play with in the tournament.
Sealed Deck Deck Construction Rules
Once the packs and tournament decks are distributed a player will sit down and construct his decs. A sealed deck tournament deck must be made up of at least 40 cards. This differs from the constructed tournaments where tournament decks must be made up of at least 60 cards. A trading session where the player is allowed to trade with other the players with the cards he pulled may or may not be allowed. A sealed deck participant may not trade cards that he had in his collection prior to coming to the tournament. All other rules for tournament Magic play remain the same.
Magic the Gathering Sealed Deck Strategy
The strategy in a sealed deck tournament will focus on putting together best play deck together with the cards you pulled an or managed to trade for. Unlike the normal tournaments where the players who have the largest collection of Magic cards have a distinct advantage, sealed deck tournaments have a much more limited card pool. Some cards that may otherwise be considered worthless will find their way into sealed deck tournament decks only to be pulled apart later. In the early days of Magic, this type of tournament players would play for ante although this has since been removed by the Duelist Convocation International.
