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Start with Basics if you are new to drafting. If you have drafted before, read What wins in The Hobbit, then a deck's lessons.

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Basics

  1. How a draft works 7 min
  2. Reading signals to find open colors 6 min
  3. Building your 40-card deck 7 min
  4. Legendary cards and the legend rule 9 min
  5. Removal and what to save it for 8 min
  6. Black and red cards to know 8 min
  7. White, blue and green cards to know 8 min
  8. Traps and the Smaug cards 6 min
  9. Two-color decks by win rate 6 min

How Magic works

Start here if you are new to Magic or back after years away. If you know the rules, skip this part.

  1. Game basics 10 min
  2. Turn structure 10 min
  3. The stack and priority 10 min
  4. Triggered and activated abilities 10 min
  5. Combat: attacking and blocking 9 min
  6. Combat: first strike, deathtouch and trample 10 min
  7. Talking like a player 10 min
  8. Edge cases: leaving and coming back 10 min
  9. Edge cases: state-based actions and copies 10 min

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