Siege 1 And Sealed

My buddy Jason came down last weekend and we went through two boxes, playing nothing but sealed over two days.

Our conclusion: Turbo Sealed is an anemic format for experienced players. It works but it doesn't show off how great the game is. For new players, however, the format is helpful because the complexity is low enough that new people won't be overwhelmed. If you're an experienced player though, it feels as though you don't have enough choices to make the games engaging.

Here's how we think you should play Sealed in Siege 1: Each player gets 3 packs and builds the best 25 star character team they can. Ignore the star value of your battle cards. You're playing with all of them.

You can effectively ignore the star value on your cards for two reasons: first, some of them, such as Ultra Magnus' armor, are difficult to play to begin with, due to restrictions of who it can be on, and the number in your deck, almost certainly just one. Which leads to the second reason:

Second; sealed inherently has issues with power levels and people occasionally get busted packs. We accept this as just part of the game: if Jason opens a General Optimus Prime and I open two Sargent Skrapnel, (which I did) you can probably guess how the game is going to go.

But that isn't certain: it's just really good for him. If we buy into that, then why bicker over the star count in sealed, which has players doing the best they can with random elements?

So don't: the games will feel more robust and sure, there will still be dead cards, but the improvement in gameplay will make up for it.