Endor Draft
Endor Draft is a booster draft format in which each player drafts from six Endor packs and builds a 40-card deck. Decipher published it in the June 1999 Endor Rules Supplement as "an exciting new tournament format" that "can be run as a Decipher sanctioned sealed deck tournament". The Players Committee's Alternate Format Tournament Guide (revised September 2015) reprints the rules.[1][2][3]
- Type: booster draft
- Defined by: Decipher (1999); reprinted by the Players Committee (2015)
- Card pool: six unopened Endor packs per player; 40-card decks
- In use: 1999 – listed in 2015
- Also called: Endor Draft Tournament (Decipher)[2]
- GEMP: none
Card pool
Decipher's rules, reprinted unchanged in the Players Committee guide:[1][2][3]
- "The standalone nature of the Endor expansion allows players to take part in an exciting new tournament format." It needs a sanctioned tournament director and at least 8 players.
- "An Endor Draft tournament is run using standard Decipher sealed deck rules, but with one major difference: instead of trading cards with one opponent as in standard sealed deck tournaments, players choose cards from a much larger pool when constructing their 40-card decks."
- An even number of players is preferred; otherwise the tournament director drafts in place of a player but does not play. Each player (and the director, if drafting) provides 6 unopened Endor packs. Sides are assigned at random with equal numbers of Light and Dark.
- Players sit in groups of 6 where possible, otherwise 4 (never more than two groups of 4), with Light and Dark players alternating around the table.
- Each player opens a pack and has 45 seconds to pick the first card, then 30 seconds for each later pick. A player takes a card of their own side, except that "a foil card may be selected regardless of allegiance." A player passed a pack with no card of their side passes it on without picking.
- Packs pass right in the first round, left in the second, alternating until all six packs are drafted.
- "After all of the players have completed the draft, the tournament reverts to the standard Decipher sealed deck format, with two exceptions": deck building lasts 15 minutes, and a player with fewer than 40 cards of their side plays with as close to 40 as possible. Results are submitted by the standard sealed deck method.
History
Decipher's Endor Rules Supplement page with these rules was online by September 1999.[1]
In 2000 Decipher's Death Star II Booster Draft drafted 3 Endor and 3 Death Star II boosters instead.[4] DecipherCon 2002 scheduled a "Death Star II/Endor Draft" sealed event on 1 November 2002.[5]
The Players Committee guide of 2015 prints the Endor Draft rules under the heading "from Decipher's Rules Supplement for the Endor Expansion" and lists the Death Star II Booster Draft, with three Endor and three Death Star II packs, among its own formats.[3]
Tournaments
4 tournaments on List of SWCCG tournaments used this format, newest first.
| Tag | Event | Dates | Site | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999-09 | September 1999 Mankato tournament | 5 September 1999 | Mankato, Minnesota (Double Play Comics) | Dave Kelsey |
| 1999-09 | 1999 GenCon UK Endor Draft | 4 September 1999 | Loughborough University, Loughborough, England | |
| 1999-08 | 1999 GenCon Endor Draft | 5 August 1999 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | |
| 2001-06 | June 2001 Billings tournament (Endor draft) | 24 June 2001 | Billings, Montana | Preston |
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Star Wars CCG – Endor Rules Supplement, Decipher. Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Endor Rules Supplement (endorrules.pdf), Decipher (June 1999), "Endor Draft Tournament Rules". Preserved copy: Internet Archive. Transcription: Endor Rulesheet.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Star Wars CCG Alternate Format Tournament Guide (revised 09/2015), Players Committee. Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
- ↑ Death Star II Closed Environment Tournaments Rules, Decipher. Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
- ↑ Event schedule: Star Wars, Young Jedi, Jedi Knights, DecipherCon 2002, Decipher. Preserved copy: Internet Archive.