# Mint Phase Users pay an entry fee to mint a scorecard prior to the first game of the contest. During this period, they will receive an NFT representing entry into that particular contest and not know their teams (pre-reveal). Each ticket will later receive a **randomized combination of sports teams.** Once the first game starts or at a pre-defined time shared prior to the minting phase, minting will cease and SquareUp Labs will modify the metadata of each token minted based on the VRF selected teams assigned to each, thus swapping images for each token. The new metadata will reveal which teams were randomly assigned to each token - called the “team reveal.” The team reveal’s purpose is to ensure users are randomly assigned teams using Chainlink's VRF. Thus, attackers cannot exploit our smart contract into determining which tokens will receive what teams. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.squareuplabs.com/squareup-the-product/contests/mint-phase.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.