You can put them here, sure. Sounds fun!
Still playing Microsealed a few times a year, and it's now my favorite format of all-time. The deckbuilding and gameplay decisions are just so much richer and denser than any other format. The only thing I miss about other formats is drafting. So, I was brainstorming an idea for a format obviously titled "Microdrafting". And I'm looking for input on how to make drafting work within the Microsealed parameters.
My initial idea is for 4-8 players to draft 45 cards (non-land) and play three rounds of swiss, preparing a new deck for each match. Cards used in each match, including sideboarded cards, would be removed from the player's pool for building their next deck.
Problems:
Any proposed solutions or other ideas for the format are welcome. Thanks in advance.
- No sense of metagame deckbuilding. One neat feature of Microsealed is that decks are built in response to previous winning decks, allowing for the type of rock-paper-scissors metagaming that occurs in constructed formats.
- Weak drafting signals. With the need to build three separate decks, almost any card is viable, making signaling very difficult. This leads into the third problem.
- Goodstuff. Given the weak signaling and need for three decks, does everyone just draft the best card in every pack and make actual deck choices later?