Omniscience Draft
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| Type | Limited |
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Omniscience Draft is a Magic Arena-specific limited format for Magic: The Gathering.[1]
Description
In this format, featured in Magic: The Gathering Arena events, each player drafts a 40-card deck and begins the game with an Omniscience emblem that has the following abilities:
- You may cast spells from your hand without paying their mana costs.
: Add WUBRG. Activate this ability only once each turn.
Additionally, each player's starting hand size is three (instead of seven). Other than that, the usual rules for Booster Draft apply:
- Minimum of 40 cards in the main deck (there is no maximum size for main decks)
- All cards from your Limited pool that are not in your main deck are considered part of your sideboard
- A Limited deck may contain as many duplicates of a card as were included with the draft
Due to the odd nature of the draft, the games are played best-of-one, and the drafts are done with bots (i.e. Quick Draft layout; payout and cost follows as the same). The bots do not change their pick orders from normal drafts, making it easier to draft under the new rules.
References
- ↑ Wizards of the Coast (October 18, 2019). "MTG Arena Formats". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.