Sealed Deck
From Legend of the Five Rings Rules
Samurai Edition Sealed Deck is a format in which each player starts with an unopened Samurai-legal starter deck (either from the base set or a legal expansion).
Players may also be given additional booster packs to build their deck, but if this happens, each player should receive the same number and selection of boosters.
Starter decks should be assigned randomly to players, but players may voluntarily trade starters among themselves before opening them (for example, if two players each prefer to play the Clan the other one got).
Deck minimum sizes should be announced by the tournament organizer before players open their product. Standard size is 40/40, but 30/30 is also acceptable, especially if no boosters are given.
Once all players have received their product, the tournament organizer starts deck construction, announcing a time limit for this stage (usually 15-30 minutes). Within that time, players must build a legal deck of the size required from the cards in their product. All normal rules on deck construction apply. Any strongholds in the starting cards may be used, not just the fixed strongholds in the starter.
Normal two-player game rules are observed in playing games with these decks. Players are not allowed to change cards in their deck between rounds.
Legacy Sealed Deck is a format using starters (and possibly boosters) from any legality arc, using the Legacy format rules. The rules above are followed with a few additional considerations:
- Shrine of the Spirits starter decks are not legal, due to their Stronghold not being legal in Legacy format.
- Players may use any Winds packaged in their starter decks, but can not bring in Winds (or any other cards) from outside their starting product.
- Players may include one Dynasty-backed Sensei in their deck if they can legally play it, but must play it as their starting Sensei before Strongholds are revealed. This is to ensure that playing the format does not require sleeving cards. Fate-backed Sensei cards are treated normally.
