Format guide · Pick Your Team (PYT)
Pick Your Team Breaks Explained
In a PYT break buyers choose their team — and when two want the same one, a fair pick order settles it. Here's how PYT works and how to randomize the order.
PYT & pick orderPick Your Team (PYT) is one of the most popular break formats because buyers get to choose the team they want. The fairness question isn't which team you get — it's who picks first. That's where a random pick order comes in.
How a pick-your-team break works
The breaker prices teams individually (stars cost more, rebuilding teams cost less). Buyers claim the teams they want. When several buyers want the same team, or you're running a full PYT draft, you need a random pick order to decide who chooses first, second, and so on.
Setting a fair pick order
Collect your buyers
List everyone in the draft. Multi-spot buyers get one entry per pick they own.
Run a live race
Open the race tool, drop in the names, and start. First across the line picks first.
Draft teams in finish order
Go down the finish order letting each buyer claim an available team.
Share the proof
Post the replay link so the pick order is verifiable and drama-free.
Why pick order is the whole game in PYT
In PYT, the pick order decides who lands the marquee teams. If buyers doubt how the order was set, you've got a problem. A live race that's provably fair removes the doubt — everyone watches it happen and can replay it later.
Draft your PYT break the fair way
Run a live pick-order race in seconds — free, no signup.
Open the free randomizer →FAQ
What does PYT mean in card breaks?
Pick Your Team — buyers choose their team rather than being randomly assigned one, with a random pick order deciding who picks first.
How do I randomize the pick order?
Run a live race with your buyer names; the finish order is the pick order. See how to randomize for a break.
Is PYT the same as a divvy break?
They're cousins — both use a random draft order, but divvy drafts pre-set groups while PYT drafts individual teams.
Related: What is a card break? · How to run a divvy break