How long do mtgo drafts take

Learn more. How long will an MTG draft take with varying number of players approximately? Ask Question. Asked 9 years, 11 months ago. Active 7 years, 6 months ago. Viewed 19k times. About how long will the drafting itself take? Does this time vary much with number of players? We will have enough rounds so that everyone can play each other once: 4 players: 3 rounds 5 players: 5 rounds everyone sits out 1 round 6 players: 5 rounds 7 players: 7 rounds everyone sits out 1 round 8 players: 7 rounds.

Improve this question. Gordon Gustafson Gordon Gustafson That's a lot of rounds for 8 players. Still takes from 7 pm to ish to do all the stuff. It looks like you're planning on doing a round-robin cycle, which will result in a lot more rounds than either swiss or single-elimination. Also, the time will be substantially changed if you do best-of-three matches vs individual games.

Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. It depends on whether you use the official rules or house rules. In appendix B of the MTG official tournament rules not the same thing as the comprehensive rules it gives recommended time limits for sanctioned tournaments: Each pick has an associated time limit, which starts at 40 seconds and drops by 5 seconds roughly every two cards. You must have a MTGO account to use these cards. These are not physical cards!

The total time allocated to picks for a single pack is seconds. Deck construction gets 30 minutes. Each round gets 50 minutes. Card games. Does MTG arena have all cards? What is the difference between Magic Online and Magic arena? Is Paper Magic dying? Draft—25 minutes for deck registration and construction Team Sealed Deck—20 minutes for deck registration and 60 minutes for deck construction.

For Team-format sealed deck events that take place on the weekend of a new set release, 15 additional minutes for deck construction is recommended. Team Draft—40 minutes for deck construction and registration Two-Headed Giant Sealed Deck—20 minutes for deck registration and 60 minutes for deck construction. For Two-headed Giant sealed deck events that take place on the weekend of a new set release, 15 additional minutes for deck construction is recommended.

Two-Headed Giant Draft—40 minutes for deck construction and registration The Head Judge of the tournament is the final authority on time limits for a tournament. Cards remaining in pack. Time allotted.