Hi, Kaos, welcome! It would help if we knew what you were drafting and where. Are you going to your local game store to draft Born of the Gods and Theros?
Edit: I just saw that you sent this two hours ago, so I'll go ahead and assume you are drafting Born of the Gods/Theros/Theros and give you the quickest tips I can.
If you like blue, the good news is there are two very good blue based decks in this draft format, Blue-White and Blue-Green.
If you are drafting them you want to be looking for and drafting these commons for blue-green in Born of the Gods (the first pack):
that's a lot more help than i was hoping for thank you so much and i'm playing at my local card shop i normally just play causally this will be my first tournament.
Welcome. That was very helpful Cricket. A couple other pieces of general draft advice:
You will build a 40 card deck. Don't include more that 40 cards. You'll want 17 lands and 23 non-lands. You can deviate from this a little (18 lands if your deck has a lot of high casting costs, 16 if it doesn't have anything above say 4 mana), but if you just stick to 17 and 23 you'll be in the right ballpark.
You are going to want to play around 15 creatures. More is fine, going to 14 is all right. Less than that is probably a bad idea.
You may have already read/learned all about how drafting works, but just in case, here are some basics:
Rules
You'll draft three packs in total. The first pack you open will be Born of the Gods; you'll take one card and pass the rest to your left. That will continue until all the cards are gone. Pack 2 will be Theros (pass the opposite direction, to the right), and pack 3 will also be Theros (pass to your left, like pack 1).
You can use all the cards you picked plus as much basic land as you want (the store will have some you can borrow) to build your deck.
The only other deckbuilding restriction is that your deck has to have at least 40 cards.
What to Bring
Dice and some way to keep track of life totals are very good to have with you.
If you like playing with sleeves and/or playmats, remember to bring them, but they're totally optional.
Basic Strategy Tips
Try to build a 2-color deck that's exactly 40 cards. 17 lands and 23 non-lands is normal.
You want most of your spells to be creatures and removal (Voyage's End, Divine Verdict, Lightning Strike, etc.) in most sets. For Theros block, auras and combat tricks (like Battlewise Valor) are also very good to have in most deck, especially if you have Heroic creatures like Wingsteed Rider.
Make sure to have plenty of cheap spells/creatures; you don't want to get stuck not doing anything until turn 4 or 5.
Most Importantly
Have fun, and don't get too caught up in your win/loss record. My first time drafting, I lost hard and repeatedly, and I think that's normal. But I had a relaxed attitude about it, and at the end of the night, I'd got some new cards, had a new experience, started learning how to draft, and met a bunch of new people, several of whom became friends outside of the local game store too. I didn't hate getting better and winning more, which happened eventually, but it was important to remember to relax and have fun.
I think drafting is the absolute best way to play Magic, and I hope you have a great time.
(Which rares to pick should be obvious just by reading their text.)
The other archtypes to draft:
Red/white aggro. (Same white list for UW, but replace anything that costs 3 or less in red for the blue stuff.)
blue/black. (Mostly the same blue stuff as listed. Look for grey merchant and monoblack gorgons, flyers and removal for black.)
black/green. (I'm no expert of this archetype and it's harder to draft and play well since it aims to get value from graveyard.)
black/white. (Stall, gain/steal life. Last week there was an article on www.wizards.com by Marshall Sutcliffe about how to draft it.)
We should really have a stickied draft primer to refer to at times like this. Format-specific would be great, but even the general "40 cards, 17 lands, ~15 creatures, mostly creatures and removal" kind of stuff would be nice.
Welcome. That was very helpful Cricket. A couple other pieces of general draft advice:
You will build a 40 card deck. Don't include more that 40 cards. You'll want 17 lands and 23 non-lands. You can deviate from this a little (18 lands if your deck has a lot of high casting costs, 16 if it doesn't have anything above say 4 mana), but if you just stick to 17 and 23 you'll be in the right ballpark.
You are going to want to play around 15 creatures. More is fine, going to 14 is all right. Less than that is probably a bad idea.
I agree with all of this, and with another comment about using 2 colors.
Regarding what color to pair with blue (if you decide to choose blue), I do not think that there are any bad color combinations especially for someone who doesn't play a huge number of drafts, it really depends upon the card choices you have when you are handed the next pack to draft from.
Edit: I just saw that you sent this two hours ago, so I'll go ahead and assume you are drafting Born of the Gods/Theros/Theros and give you the quickest tips I can.
If you like blue, the good news is there are two very good blue based decks in this draft format, Blue-White and Blue-Green.
If you are drafting them you want to be looking for and drafting these commons for blue-green in Born of the Gods (the first pack):
and these cards in Theros (the second and third pack):
and these for blue-white in pack 1:
and these cards in pack 2 & 3.
Try to build a two color deck with 17 lands and as many of these cards as you can possible manage.
You will build a 40 card deck. Don't include more that 40 cards. You'll want 17 lands and 23 non-lands. You can deviate from this a little (18 lands if your deck has a lot of high casting costs, 16 if it doesn't have anything above say 4 mana), but if you just stick to 17 and 23 you'll be in the right ballpark.
You are going to want to play around 15 creatures. More is fine, going to 14 is all right. Less than that is probably a bad idea.
Rules
You'll draft three packs in total. The first pack you open will be Born of the Gods; you'll take one card and pass the rest to your left. That will continue until all the cards are gone. Pack 2 will be Theros (pass the opposite direction, to the right), and pack 3 will also be Theros (pass to your left, like pack 1).
You can use all the cards you picked plus as much basic land as you want (the store will have some you can borrow) to build your deck.
The only other deckbuilding restriction is that your deck has to have at least 40 cards.
What to Bring
Dice and some way to keep track of life totals are very good to have with you.
If you like playing with sleeves and/or playmats, remember to bring them, but they're totally optional.
Basic Strategy Tips
Try to build a 2-color deck that's exactly 40 cards. 17 lands and 23 non-lands is normal.
You want most of your spells to be creatures and removal (Voyage's End, Divine Verdict, Lightning Strike, etc.) in most sets. For Theros block, auras and combat tricks (like Battlewise Valor) are also very good to have in most deck, especially if you have Heroic creatures like Wingsteed Rider.
Make sure to have plenty of cheap spells/creatures; you don't want to get stuck not doing anything until turn 4 or 5.
Most Importantly
Have fun, and don't get too caught up in your win/loss record. My first time drafting, I lost hard and repeatedly, and I think that's normal. But I had a relaxed attitude about it, and at the end of the night, I'd got some new cards, had a new experience, started learning how to draft, and met a bunch of new people, several of whom became friends outside of the local game store too. I didn't hate getting better and winning more, which happened eventually, but it was important to remember to relax and have fun.
I think drafting is the absolute best way to play Magic, and I hope you have a great time.
(Which rares to pick should be obvious just by reading their text.)
The other archtypes to draft:
Red/white aggro. (Same white list for UW, but replace anything that costs 3 or less in red for the blue stuff.)
blue/black. (Mostly the same blue stuff as listed. Look for grey merchant and monoblack gorgons, flyers and removal for black.)
black/green. (I'm no expert of this archetype and it's harder to draft and play well since it aims to get value from graveyard.)
black/white. (Stall, gain/steal life. Last week there was an article on www.wizards.com by Marshall Sutcliffe about how to draft it.)
I agree with all of this, and with another comment about using 2 colors.
Regarding what color to pair with blue (if you decide to choose blue), I do not think that there are any bad color combinations especially for someone who doesn't play a huge number of drafts, it really depends upon the card choices you have when you are handed the next pack to draft from.
Wow, that's great for your first time. Congrats. Glad you had fun!
That is an absolutely great record, especially for a first tournament. Congratulations!