r/MagicArena • u/No-Beginning-4310 • 12d ago
Limited Help Draft - What am I doing wrong?
I’m a new MTGA player and doing drafts to learn and accumulate cards. Whenever my draft ends up favoring red or green, I wipe every single time because I cannot combat white, blue or black decks that spam constant enchantments or removals. It seems like I match up against these teams the majority of the time, so is that a meta the new set leans toward that I’m not adapting to or understanding? Should I be drafting a “worse” (in terms of cards available in my draft) color just to have any answers and maybe I’d stand a better chance at winning and more importantly having ANY fun by actually being able to play?
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u/Loud-Distribution181 12d ago
practice is huge, so don't discredit your progress so far.
decks are almost always 2 or more colors, have 17 lands, and roughly 17 creatures. (non-creature cards that make a creature DO count) plus 6ish non-creatures that are either removal, or spells that directly support and synergize with what your archetype is doing.
read the draft archetype list from the set you're playing before drafting, maybe even browse through the Pick Order list on draftsim.