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== Draft Packs == | == Draft Packs == | ||
The [[Fellowship Draft Pack]] was a pack of 29 cards which was intended to be used with | The [[Fellowship Draft Pack]] was a pack of 29 cards which was intended to be used with a new [[Booster Draft]] game mode. In such a draft, players would each open an oversized draft pack and select one card to include in their deck, after which the pack would be passed to other players, everyone drafting in a circle. The cards selected would be combined with a skeleton of cards provided by the player (sites, Frodo, and the One Ring), and supplemented with [[Booster Packs]]. | ||
Draft Packs were broken down as follows<ref>DECIPHER ANNOUNCES BOOSTER DRAFT PACK FOR | |||
THE LORD OF THE RINGS™ TRADING CARD GAME, Wayback: http://web.archive.org/web/20030404062025/http://www2.decipher.com:80/newsflash/2002/1104draftpacks.html</ref>: | THE LORD OF THE RINGS™ TRADING CARD GAME, Wayback: http://web.archive.org/web/20030404062025/http://www2.decipher.com:80/newsflash/2002/1104draftpacks.html</ref>: | ||
* 1 [[Rare]] card from [[The Fellowship of the Ring]] | * 1 [[Rare]] card from [[The Fellowship of the Ring]] | ||
* | * 2 [[Premium]] cards, either {{Card|Aragorn, King in Exile}} or {{Card|Gandalf, The Grey Wizard}} | ||
* 26 other semi-random cards | * 26 other semi-random cards | ||
What was meant by "semi-random" is that unlike booster packs which were designed to be randomized, draft packs would include "runs" of cards from the same culture which could conceivably work together in a deck. | What was meant by "semi-random" is that unlike booster packs which were designed to be randomized, draft packs would include "runs" of cards from the same culture which could conceivably work together in a deck. If the booster pack contents were meat, the draft pack contents were thus potatoes, filling yet not necessarily exciting, spiced with the single Rare. | ||
The Fellowship Draft Pack wasn't released until October 2002, almost a year after the release of The Fellowship of the Ring and just before the release of [[The Two Towers]], and thus it is speculated that, new game mode aside, at least part of the intention was to dump FOTR overstock right before it became obsolete. | |||
Individual draft packs retailed for $4.50. The Fellowship Draft Pack Display Box came with 12 packs, and would retail for $54 (i.e. exactly 12 times as much as a single pack). | Individual draft packs retailed for $4.50. The Fellowship Draft Pack Display Box came with 12 packs, and would retail for $54 (i.e. exactly 12 times as much as a single pack). | ||
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