Editing Draft Booster

[[File:4ED booster.jpg|250px|right|thumb|''[[Fourth Edition]]'' Booster Pack]]
'''Draft Booster''' is the modern name for the original [[booster pack]]. The re-branding started with ''[[Throne of Eldraine]]'', where the Draft Boosters which formed a line up with the newly introduced [[Theme Booster]]s and [[Collector Booster]]s.<ref name="Booster Fun">{{DailyRef|making-magic/project-booster-fun-2019-07-20|Project Booster Fun|[[Mark Rosewater]]|July 21, 2019}}</ref> A later addition in the line-up were the [[Set Booster]]s in 2020. In early 2024, Set Boosters and Draft Boosters were combined in [[Play Booster]]s.<ref name="Play Booster"/>

Draft Boosters have a fixed distribution based on [[rarity]]. A regular booster pack nowadays contains sixteen cards: fifteen playing cards and a [[marketing card]] / [[token]].<ref>{{EzTumblr|https://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/188135922378/a-long-time-ago-the-15th-card-slot-got-changed-to|title=A long time ago, the 15th card slot got changed to a basic land. Why did they do that?|October 04, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{EzTumblr|https://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/188155573088/if-a-booster-pack-can-only-fit-sixteen-cards|title=what made the packaging for Modern Horizons special to allow the seventeenth card (the art card)?|October 05, 2019}}</ref>

Of the fifteen playing cards, one is currently a basic land, ten are [[common]], three are [[uncommon]], and one is [[rare]] or [[mythic rare]]. This distribution was introduced with ''[[Shards of Alara]]'' and facilitates [[Limited]] play ([[Draft]] and [[Sealed]]). 

==History==
Over the years, regular booster packs have grown in size and cost:
*''[[Arabian Nights]]'' was sold in eight-card booster packs for US$1.45 per pack. Each pack contained:
**Six [[common]]s and two [[uncommon]]s (there were no [[rare]]s).
*''[[Antiquities]]'' was also sold in eight-card booster packs.
*''[[Legends]]'' booster packs contain fifteen cards.
*''[[The Dark]]'', ''[[Fallen Empires]]'', and ''[[Homelands]]'' boosters contain eight cards; At least for Homelands, each pack contains six commons, and has two slots that can be either uncommon or rare. This makes a double rare or no rare pack possible. The ratio for each slot is roughly 2:3 for an uncommon, 1:3 for a rare. 
*''[[Alliances]]'' and ''[[Chronicles]]'' booster packs contain twelve cards:
**Eight commons, three uncommons, and one rare.
*From ''[[Mirage]]'' until ''[[Coldsnap]]'', booster packs contain fifteen cards:
**Eleven commons, three uncommons, and one rare.
* ''[[Unglued]]'' boosters contain ten cards:
** One basic land, six commons, two uncommons, and one rare. 
*In [[core set]] booster packs from ''[[Seventh Edition]]'' to ''[[Ninth Edition]]'' one common was replaced with a [[basic land]] card. These boosters contain fifteen cards:
**One basic land, ten commons, three uncommons, and one rare.
*The price went up to US$3.29 starting with ''Ninth Edition''.
*The [[Time Spiral block]] has "[[timeshifted]]" cards and due to this, their rarities in booster packs are different, though each booster pack contains fifteen cards.
**''[[Time Spiral]]'' booster packs contain ten commons, three uncommons, one rare, and one purple-rarity [[timeshifted]] card.
**''[[Planar Chaos]]'' booster packs contain eight commons, two uncommons, one rare, three [[timeshifted]] commons, and one uncommon or rare timeshifted card.
**''[[Future Sight]]'' booster packs contain eleven commons, three uncommons, and one rare, any of which might be a timeshifted card.
*''[[Tenth Edition]]'' booster packs introduced an additional [[marketing card]] and thus contain sixteen cards:
**One marketing card, one basic land, ten commons, three uncommons, and one rare.
*From ''[[Lorwyn]]'' to ''[[Eventide]]'', booster packs contain sixteen cards:
**One marketing card, eleven commons, three uncommons, and one rare.
*From ''[[Shards of Alara]]'' on, both core set and expansion booster packs contain 16 cards:
**One marketing card, one basic land, ten commons (one possible [[premium card]] in any rarity), three uncommons, and one rare (occasionally, about one in eight packs, replaced by a [[mythic rare]]).<ref>{{DailyRef|making-magic/year-living-changerously-2008-06-02|The Year of Living Changerously|Mark Rosewater|Monday, June 2, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{DailyRef|news/changes-2008-06-02|Changes as of Shards of Alara|Wizards of the Coast|Monday, June 2, 2008}}</ref> However, some of the sets may contain different configurations on particular cards:
***Sets having [[double-faced card]]s (except ''[[Magic Origins]]''): The basic land slot contained one basic land as usual, or one checklist card, which appear in three out of four packs.
***''[[Innistrad]]'', ''[[Dark Ascension]]'': one common slot was replaced by a double-faced card (which can be anything from a common to a mythic rare).
***''[[Shadows over Innistrad]]'', ''[[Eldritch Moon]]'': one common slot was replaced by a common or uncommon double-faced card. And, occasionally, about one in eight packs, one additional common slot was replaced by a rare or mythic rare double-faced card.
***''[[Dragon's Maze]]'', ''[[Fate Reforged]]'' (excluding languages that had no [[intro pack]] or [[fat pack]]): The basic land slot contained only nonbasic lands.<ref>{{DailyRef|feature/fetching-look-fate-reforged-2014-12-24|A Fetching Look at Fate Reforged|[[Blake Rasmussen]]|December 24, 2014}}</ref> For ''Fate Reforged'', booster packs in languages that have no intro pack or fat pack, most of the cards in land slots are basic lands.
***''[[Dominaria]]'', ''[[War of the Spark]], [[Zendikar Rising]], [[Dominaria United]]:'' each booster pack contained a certain type of card, uncommon at lowest rarity; if rare or mythic, there were three uncommons. Dominaria and Dominaria United was a legendary, War of the Spark was a planeswalker, and Zendikar Rising was a modal double-faced land.
***''[[Guilds of Ravnica]]'' and ''[[Ravnica Allegiance]]'' used [[Gate]]s instead of basic lands.
***''[[Kaldheim]]'': a [[snow land]] replaces the regular basic land.
***''[[Strixhaven: School of Mages]]'': a ''[[Mystical Archive]]'' card replaces the basic land, and a [[Lesson]] card at either rare or common.
***''[[Innistrad: Midnight Hunt]], [[Innistrad: Crimson Vow]]'': A common double-faced card replaces a common, while another slot of the appropriate rarity is replaced with the uncommon or higher double-faced card.
***''[[Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty]]'': A common or uncommon double-faced Saga replaces a common, additionally, the rare slot may be replaced by a rare or mythic Saga.
***''[[The Brothers' War]]'': a ''[[Retro Artifacts|Retro Artifact]]'' card replaces a common.
***''[[March of the Machine]]'': a ''[[Multiverse Legends]]'' card replaces the basic land, a [[battle]] double-faced card replaced an uncommon or rare, and a double-faced Phyrexian of any rarity replaces a common.
***''[[Wilds of Eldraine]]'': an ''[[Enchanting Tales|Enchanting Tale]]'' card replaces a common.

In 2023, [[Mark Rosewater]] admitted that the existence of both [[Set Booster]]s and Draft Boosters had created a few issues and audience confusion was one of them.<ref>{{EzTumblr|https://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/728113529574588416|title=May I request that we get draft boosters with different artworks on the packaging again?|September 10, 2023}}</ref> It turned that Draft Boosters were outsold by [[Set Booster]]s to the point that they were on the road to extinction.<ref>{{EzTumblr|http://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/166084435723/mark-prowess-has-only-been-majorly-on-more-than|title=What data (besides profits) could convince the powers that be to reinstate the (draft) booster as it is today?|October 16, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{WebRef|url=https://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/731373928136720385|title=The Numbers That Killed Draft Boosters|author=Miles A.|date=October 17, 2023|publisher=Cardboardbythenumbers.com}}</ref> For ''[[Murders at Karlov Manor]]'' they were both replaced by [[Play Booster]]s.<ref name="Play Booster">{{DailyRef|making-magic/what-are-play-boosters|What are Play Boosters?|[[Mark Rosewater]]|October 18, 2023}}</ref>

The latest expansion set's Draft Boosters retailed for US$3.95.

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