Thanks both for your responses.
So @anuhya-y - are you saying that even though the offer shows up in the Decision Scope, it will actually not be considered during evaluation and not be displayed to the user?
Second question - will I have to deliberately reduce the number of Offers in the Placement settings as well? Meaning, if I have a total of 4 offers; and I add the same Collection Qualifier to all 4, in the Decision Scope all 4 Offers will display. Then, if I change 2 Offers to Draft mode (and keep the Collection Qualifiers unchanged), the Decision Scope will still show all 4 Offers. But in the Placement, will I have to change the Request Setting from 4 to 2 or can I remain as 4? Here's the screenshot for the setting I am talking about.
@rntrp for the first question: yes, that is the correct understanding
For the second question: no need to change the request offer count from placement.