My play group is like that most of the time. We had one guy (who we dont play with anymore) who would draft rares he liked to play normally even if he had no intention on playing them. We always re draft rares at the end in my kitchen table group. He played black a lot, if you passed him something good in black he was taking it no matter what. Really annoying.
Has everyone been able to get their hands on enough product given the drought?
Our local shop is having trouble keeping cards in, and it's hurting attendance. Last FNM was the smallest I have seen in months and I attribute most of it to simply not having cards in stock the last week. The owners really fumbled the ball with Khans, ordering only as much as they did Theros rather than the max allotment. Combine that with both of them deciding to be out of town on the same weekend, plus GP Orlando, and it was a ghost town at ~18 players.
No, the payout is 40 packs. It's like a 12 9 7 4 2 2 2 2 prize pool or something ridiculous.
That sounds off. It sounds break even at best and I'd be surprised if they didn't take a small loss at those numbers. If we assume they get packs at $2 cost that leaves $5 profit for 4th-8th after payout and product. $2 is about right IIRC I think it might be as low as $1.80 a pack depending but I don't think it's lower. That would be absolutely insane payout unless it's some special event. If it's a store that does a business via food and drinks and shit I could see it but they would have to be next to a military base with a ton of magic playing baby military who throw money around like Saudi Princes (which is depressingly likely).
Ah I love some backdraft, even when you win it all with a deck with only 8 creatures 2 of which are walls.
