What is your draft strategy?
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Posted on March 31, 2017, 9:14 p.m. by Epidilius
I've heard of BREAD, Quadrants, and Archetype drafting styles. I was wondering if there are other strategies when picking cards from a pack.
jandrobard says... #5
Instapick anything with Rebecca Guay or Phil Foglio art
April 1, 2017 11:55 p.m.
Honestly, BREAD is more of a thing of the past, and quadrant theory is more a way to evaluate an individual card than an overall draft strategy. BREAD worked fine when they printed Doom Blade at common, but any more, common removal is either 4-5 CMC or temporary enchantmement based (Revoke Privileges/Thopter Arrest), or much more conditional (Reave Soul). Meanwhile, the creatures have gotten better, making it more effective to pick quality/efficient creatures than anything but the premium removal (Fatal Push).
Any effective strategy is going to shift from set to set. If you sat down to draft Magic Origins or 3x Zendikar with the same methodology you use in Aether Revolt/Kaladesh, you are gonna have a bad time (and vice versa). Having said that, the basic strategy is to find the open path, and go down it. It is almost always ideal to have the uncontested version of a deck than to split it with someone else. So my personal strategy is to spend the first few picks based on individual card quality, slanting towards stuff that keeps me open (things that don't only work in only in a color pair/archetype), and find what isn't being picked. AER/AER/KLD is more synergy driven, so I usually have a pretty clear picture by about 1/2 way through pack 1.
April 4, 2017 4 p.m.
Hardhitta7 says... #7
Dracoson props for actually giving op useful information.
April 4, 2017 4:03 p.m.
I was thinking I was going to have to go Rakdos Storm with all these artistic 5CMC cards, thanks Dracoson for saving me from that hell.
naynay666 says... #2
Force Rakdos Aggro.
April 1, 2017 9:17 a.m.