Classic, Blind, Chaos or Wild?
Four modes, four different decisions. Which one to play tonight and why every board is separate.
4 min read · updated Sep 9, 2026
All four modes share the seed, the rosters and the season. Each round four of the five players show up, each with one hero, all chosen by the seed, so a roster can look different on a different day. What changes between modes is what you know when you steal, and in Wild, what you are allowed to do about it. Every mode has its own board, because the same season points are harder to earn in some of them than in others.
Classic
Full numbers. You see every hero's thirteen spells and the grimoire projects your OVR range. It's a resource puzzle: the best spell on the card is often one you already hold, and buyback is the only way to reroll. Play this until you can read the groups without thinking.
Blind
Names, primary attribute and roles. No numbers until round thirteen. This is the mode for people who watch TI: you know that a certain hero's Initiation is enormous because you have seen the games. Blind rewards knowledge over arithmetic, and its board is where the interesting builds live.
Chaos
Every round only four untaken spells are open. You can't plan a group; you take the best of what's offered and adapt. Buybacks are worth more here because they reroll the open slots as well as the roster. Chaos runs score lower on average, which is why it has its own board.
Wild
Classic numbers plus three powers, one use each for the whole draft. Smoke calls in the fifth player, the one the round left out, so you get a fifth card to steal from. Bounty adds 5 to a single steal, capped at 99. The sealed steal takes a spell you do not get to choose, and if it lands at 90 or higher the season pays 30 bonus points. Spending all three well is worth more than any single lucky card, and holding one to round thirteen usually means you wasted it.
Rarity is per mode
Rarity compares your choices with everyone else's on the same seed and mode. A pick that is obvious in Classic can be rare in Blind. If you want rarity points, play Blind and trust your read.