

One mixed blessing is that Quick Draft is ranked, so as you get wins you will rank up and the caliber of your opponents will increase. As with all best of one games on MTG Arena, there is a hand smoother at work, which means you are more likely to get functional opening hands and play a relatively straightforward game of Magic. The gameplay is best of one, so each round you face a new opponent and get to see all of your cards in a variety of situations.

Quick Draft is also great if you have friends who you can ask about tricky picks, since you can wait as long as you want to make the pick and are facing no time pressure.

This immediately removes some of the worry associated with Draft (that you will have to panic pick because you run out of time), and because signals are often difficult to read as a newer player, it will not matter as much that you are facing bots. The best feature of Quick Draft is that there is no time limit for your picks, so you have time to read and understand every card. The bots are also generally worse drafters than players, so you will more frequently end up with a solid deck (though keep in mind that your opponents will as well). There is no time constraint for your picks and you do not need to worry about the complexities of sideboarding and post-board games. In a sentence, Quick Draft is a draft against bots followed by best of one gameplay. This is why Quick Draft is often a great starting point. There are new cards to read, challenging signals to interpret, and a host of other things which can make it feel overwhelming. When you are first learning to Draft there is a ton of information being thrown your way. The focus will not be on the EV of the events (I'm not an Arena economy expert), but rather on which event might be the best fit for your skill level and some adjustments you can make to maximize your odds of success in each event. To make things even harder, MTG Arena has several offerings for Draft (Quick, Premier, and Traditional) which means that even when you've decided to Draft, you still have to choose which one to play! In this article I am going to discuss what makes each offering unique, and how you can adjust your strategy and approach for each mode. Draft is a complex format, which often makes it intimidating for newer players.
