The Icrontic Draft League will be a series of events that will take place at official Icrontic Events throughout the year. All participants in the game would have an opportunity to play on the same basic level as their competitors in a friendly environment where money was no hindrance. The 2011 season will stretch from our New Years celebration (ICNY) until Oktoberfest (ICOK).
To enter the League, each player will purchase five booster packs of the current set (approximately $21.25). Three of those boosters, designated ahead of time and opened at the first event, would be your starter packs. These packs would lay the groundwork for your deck. The remaining two packs would be drafted similar to a regular M:TG draft.
Per Event: At each event beyond the first, participants would draft two additional packs with all attendees. These drafted cards may be pooled with your original deck to create the deck/s you are playing with.
Cost To Play: At each event players will chip in $1 towards a prize for top player (or two) depending on attendance. The prize will never be cash and will always, unless otherwise discussed, be one booster pack of the current drafted set to add to their pool (not drafted amongst players). Depending on popularity there may be a larger event at EPIC which will have greater rewards.
The Competition: Players participating in events will also receive a score upon completion of an individual event which will place them on a player ladder. (1 Point for participation, points scale based on performance).
The Ladder: At the end of the year the highest scoring player will receive bragging rights, a pat on the back and be permitted to use one additional pack of the current set the following year (the responsibility is still theirs to acquire it).
The Goal: The reason that prizes are so limited is to discourage any sort of less than noble behavior from participants. Making the prize structure very limited will hopefully deter cheating and keep the competition friendly not cut throat.
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