8 Limited Formats

8.1 Sealed Deck Format

In the Sealed Deck format, each player opens 6 booster packs.

A player’s card pool includes every card and token they’ve opened from their packs. No additional cards may be added to the player’s card pool.

The sealed deck format ignores the core requirement to play core cards. Core cards can be played regardless of whether the player has the corresponding orbital links.

The sealed deck format ignores card tier restrictions. Players may include any number of copies of each unique card in their card-pool.

Players may include token lands in their starting decks.

Each player’s deck must contain exactly 30 cards at the start of the game.

Players may make changes to their deck in between rounds using cards from their card pool.

If card-pool registration is required: Players must register their card-pool before constructing their deck.

8.1.1 Sealed Deck Registration Procedure

If card-pool registration is required, players must complete their registration before starting deck construction. The recommended registration process is as follows:

Step 1: Open and Observe (Approx. 5 minutes)

Players are seated randomly or alphabetically, with half designated as Side A and the other half as Side B. A Judge may sit in place of a missing player if there’s an odd number of participants.

Each player receives their sealed product but does not open it immediately. Players complete the “player using pool” section of their registration sheet.

Players on Side A open their booster packs one at a time, counting the cards face-up while Side B observes. Once all packs on Side A are opened, those cards are stacked into a single pile.

Repeat this process with Side B opening their packs while Side A observes.

Step 2: Swap, Register, and Swap (Approx. 20 minutes)

Players exchange their card-pool and registration sheet with their opposite-side partner.

Each player completes the “player registering pool” section of the registration sheet.

Players sort the received card-pool by orbital, then by name (or optionally by set code). They then record every card in the pool on the registration sheet.

Once finished, players return the registered card-pool and registration sheet to its original owner.

Step 3: Validate (Approx. 5 minutes)

Each player verifies their sorted card-pool against their registration sheet. If a mistake is found, the player must call a Judge to review the error and approve any corrections.