Written by Ryan Hrbacek.

It is our pleasure to announce that Manual Pairings and Late Registration have been added to the "Drafting" phase of Booster Draft events. When running a draft, tournament organizers will now be able to add a player as a late registration on the "Registration" screen while the "Drafting" phase is active. In addition, they will now see the following changes to the "Drafting" phase screen:

Simply select "Edit Draft Pods" to make edits to the pods as they currently exist.

From here, selecting "Move" for your chosen player allows you to take the following actions:

• Move the player into a new pod.
• Note: In order to save pod assignments, the final pods will each need to contain between 6 and 11 players.
• Move the player to another existing pod.
• Move the player to another seat in their current pod.

In addition, we’ve deployed an update to our Rounds logic for events that feature a “Cut to Playoff” to bring EventLink in line with Magic Tournament Rules (MTR). Events should now follow the round allotment outlined in Appendix E of the MTR.

That's all for this Wizards EventLink update—we hope you enjoy using Manual Pairings and Late Registration in your Booster Draft events, and the team will continue working on further improvements to the tool. We welcome any feedback you have about Wizards EventLink or the Magic: The Gathering Companion App. Share your thoughts with us using the "Submit Feedback" link found on Wizards EventLink and the Companion App anytime.