There are two likely reasons why beginners put more bad cards in their decks. One is evaluation issues. The other is draft navigation problems. You can imagine a player not being able to find a good draft lane and because of that being forced to pick and play weaker cards.
Each player must bring three boosters (or 45 cards per player). To begin a Winston Draft, players open their boosters without looking at the contents and combine all of the cards together (forming a card pool of 90 cards in a two-player draft).
A Winston Draft is a different way to play Limited with your friends (and enemies), invented by Richard Garfield himself. It's a much easier and more accessible way to draft, and it's a great teaching tool for newcomers on how to draft.
Gameplay follows standard draft rules: Players sit around a table in a semi-circle. Each player then opens a booster pack and picks a single card without showing the other players. Each player then passes the remaining cards to the left, and continues drafting from the new cards they get from the player on their right.
Just like a Booster Draft, in a Winston Draft your deck only needs to include 40 cards, and you can use any number of copies that you drafted. You can also include any number of basic lands, which you don't have to draft, so ask whoever organized the game to provide you with however many you need.
Shuffle all 90 cards together in one big deck without looking at them. Choose someone to draft first, then put the top three cards from the deck face down next to it as three new small piles of one card each. The first player looks at the first small pile. He may choose to draft that pile or not.
Shuffle all 90 cards together in one big deck without looking at them. Choose someone to draft first, then put the top three cards from the deck face down next to it as three new small piles of one card each. The first player looks at the first small pile. He may choose to draft that pile or not.
To have a Booster Draft, you need three things: 3 Booster packs per player from the current draft format. 8 total players (It's possible to draft with fewer than 8, but 8 is the number needed for sanctioned Magic drafts) A healthy supply of basic lands.
Step One: Measure your rows and columns. Step Two: Start taping your lines! ... Step Three: Once you have finished taping the board you can begin to write in the draft rounds in the far left column. Step Four: Finish the board off with the league title and team names!
To have a Booster Draft, you need three things: 3 Booster packs per player from the current draft format. 8 total players (It's possible to draft with fewer than 8, but 8 is the number needed for sanctioned Magic drafts) A healthy supply of basic lands.