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Most people are shit at draft. Here is an attempt to fix that a little.

Tips!

MOST CREATURES WITH TAUNT SUCK.

Goldshire footman, frostwolf Grunt, Shieldbearer, Mogu'shan warlord are all unplayable garbage. Fen Creeper, ironfur grizzly, Lord of the Arena and Booty Bay body guard are all mediocre but can be played if nothing else is there to pick. Sen'jin shieldmasta is one of the best cards in the game. Sunwalker and Abomination are alright.

This is probably the most important tip I can give. So many people pick these cards and I cannot understand why. In what universe is a 1/2 with taunt ever useful? Creatures in this game at worst have to trade for one of your opponents creatures and at best trade with more. 1/2 with Taunt does not do this. 1/7's do not do this. 3/5's generally do. The arguement that a Taunt guy is just buying you time until you play important cards is a bad one. Putting yourself down on cards deliberately is generally not a good strategy (unless ur Druid, innervate and Wild Growth are boss cards)

DON'T OVERRATE SPELL POWER.

Spell power is a neat effect but you can't ensure it's going to be relevant. Azure Drake is almost always playable though, even without spells.

TWILIGHT DRAKE IS PRETTY COOL

But don't be afraid to run out other cards before you play it. There's a lot of ways to deal with a Twilight Drake and you don't want to fall too behind on board if it gets quickly answered. Even a 5/5 Drake is reasonable.

MAGES ALWAYS HAVE FLAMESTRIKE.

Don't overcommit to the board! generally having 2 creatures out with them on none is where you want to be vs mage. Also not within Pyroblast range helps.

NOT VERY MANY PEOPLE PLAY AGGRO

Generally you can't play a real aggro deck, so it's fine to have more expensive spells then you'd normally like. This isnt' to say you don't want AoE spells or good taunt creatures, just that you generally don't have to worry about it as much.

MOST DECKS WIN THROUGH SOLID CURVE AND GOOD CARD EFFICIENCY.

This is probably the other most important tip. A solid curve is (approximately) 13 0-3 spells, 12 4-6 spells, 5 7+ spells. If your druid and you have + mana spells you can even go a little higher then that!

When picking cards, you generally want to pick first based on how good of a card it is and how it fits into your overall strategy, and secondly on curve. Don't pick Core Hounds or something just because "we need 7's! iaguz said so!". Generally a solid mix of good creatures, card draw, removal and AoE can easily 7-x a draft.

Sometimes it's very hard to evaluate cards properly. When I'm playing Druid I really like Ironbark protector but in constructed it's terrible. I also tend to snatch up a few Big Game Hunters if I can as there's generally very good targets for them. This is a really hard skill to grow since we generally have a lot of biases about what makes a card good or not. Just play a good few games, try to get a feel of how the game flows and also note which creatures you and your opponents use, what they're achieving and if it's above or below your expectation.

WEAPONS ARE AWESOME

Trading health for creatures is fine, especially since it's both mana and card efficient to do so.

ROGUES ****** OP

Rogue, Druid and shaman have been my groups top Arena heroes to draft. But I'm not sure if this really is correct.

DON'T DRAFT MURLOCS

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IF YOU LOSE, WAIT A MINUTE BEFORE HITTING PLAY AGAIN

To avoid hitting the same player twice. Unless you think you can take them this time!



Well, that oughta do it!