What is the correct start of game procedure for 1v1 Riftbound in Best of 1 and Best of 3 formats, and does the first player draw a card?
Ruling: For both Best of 1 and Best of 3, players reveal legends and champion units, then select/determine battlefield, then decide who goes first, then draw 4 cards and mulligan. The first player does draw a card on their first turn in 1v1 (but not in 3+ player games).
Sequence:
- Each player reveals legends and champion units
- Battlefield is determined (randomly in Best of 1, chosen by players in Best of 3)
- Decide who goes first
- Draw 4 cards and proceed to mulligan
- First player draws a card on their first turn
Nuances:
- In Best of 1, locations are chosen randomly from the location deck
- In Best of 3, players pick a location after seeing all legends and champion combinations, and each location can only be used once across the three games
- The battlefield is revealed before draw and mulligan
- The method of random battlefield selection can be anything as long as it's random
- First player only draws in 1v1; in 3-player and 4-player games they do not draw