<p>From the Magic: The Gathering Tournament Rules (found at <a href="https://WPN.Wizards.com/en/resources/rules-documents" rel="noreferrer">https://WPN.Wizards.com/en/resources/rules-documents</a>), section 7.7 &quot;Booster Draft Procedures&quot;:</p>
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<p>Players open their first booster
pack and count the cards face down, removing token cards, rules cards, and any other non-game cards.</p>
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<p>Players are not permitted to reveal hidden information of any kind to other participants in the draft regarding their own picks or what they want others to pick. (Exception: This does not apply to double-faced cards, both faces of which may be revealed at any time during a draft.)</p>
</blockquote>

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<p>I’ve just played my very first draft at my LGS and was surprised about the following two “rules”:</p>
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<li>We got to announce our double-faced cards right after opening each of the boosters. As far as I remember, according to official rules players can announce their DFC but they are not required to do so.</li>
<li>We passed our basic lands (both foil and non-foil ones) around the table, with only tokens and AD cards being removed from boosters. I wonder if there is an official rule regarding this moment.</li>
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Drafting Double-Faced Cards and Basic Lands
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# Drafting Double-Faced Cards and Basic Lands

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-09-25)

I’ve just played my very first draft at my LGS and was surprised about the following two “rules”:

1. We got to announce our double-faced cards right after opening each of the boosters. As far as I remember, according to official rules players can announce their DFC but they are not required to do so.
2. We passed our basic lands (both foil and non-foil ones) around the table, with only tokens and AD cards being removed from boosters. I wonder if there is an official rule regarding this moment.

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2021-09-25. Score: 6 | Accepted answer

From the Magic: The Gathering Tournament Rules (found at <https://WPN.Wizards.com/en/resources/rules-documents>), section 7.7 "Booster Draft Procedures":

> Players open their first booster
> pack and count the cards face down, removing token cards, rules cards, and any other non-game cards.

> Players are not permitted to reveal hidden information of any kind to other participants in the draft regarding their own picks or what they want others to pick. (Exception: This does not apply to double-faced cards, both faces of which may be revealed at any time during a draft.)


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