NEW: CORE 5 — ANY FIVE. FREE TO ENTER, TWO CORE PACKS TO EACH WINNER

The loosest lineup in the game goes on the board this weekend, and it costs nothing to enter.

Why it exists. Measured against 400 simulated starter collections, every one of them can field a legal lineup here — against 93% for a standard Classic five and 9% for the All Defense board. If you opened your Starter pack and nothing else, this is a contest you can enter today.

What it pays. Twenty-five entries pays one winner two Core Packs. A hundred pays four winners, eight packs between them. Five hundred pays twenty winners and forty packs. Roughly the top four per cent take something at any size, and a small field still pays somebody.

The rules that still apply. Every card must be Core or better and must be on one of the 28 clubs playing this weekend — the contest page lists them all with their marks. A lineup carries at most one Superstar, as every Core contest does, no player appears twice, and no two defenses come from the same club.

A Core Pack is five cards: four Core and a hit slot with a one-in-two shot at a Rare. A pack you win costs nothing to open, and it does not count against anything you are given.