Keep in mind that you're not allowed to look at your cards during the drafting process and after everyone is done drafting the first pack, there is a 90 second review period where you get to look at all the cards you've drafted.
You, along with everyone else at the table, open one pack each and select—"draft"—one card from that pack. Then you pass the rest of the cards to the player on your left. The packs get passed around the table until all the cards are gone. You repeat this process for the second pack, passing to the right.
Rules. Winston Draft is primarily a two-player format and is best with two players but can be played by up to four. Each player must bring three boosters (or 45 cards per player).
Booster Draft rules allow you to add as much basic land (only plains, island, swamp, mountain and forest) as you want to your deck and require that the deck be at least 40 cards. The standard number of lands in a draft deck is 17–18.
After being seated around a table, each player simultaneously opens one booster pack, selects a single card, and then passes the rest to the next player over. After all players have drafted fifteen cards, they each open their second pack, and drafting continues (sometimes in reverse order during the second pack).
A booster draft is traditionally played in 8-player groups called “pods.” Each player receives three booster packs, usually from the same set. You open the first pack, pick a card, and then pass the pack to the next player. Take the pack from the player passing one to you, pick a card, and do it again.
Each deck should have at least 40 cards and should last an average length for a game (about 20 minutes). How to draft: First, 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.
For Three Players For each pack, the first player takes a row or column, then refill it with three new, random cards. The second player then picks a set of three without refilling. The third player picks, which may be only two cards, and the rest of the cards are discarded before laying out a new pack.
I did a three player draft with two of my friends once. Each player occupied two seats and made two decks, which required 18 boosters. We had more information about what others drafted this way, but there was plenty of fun to be had with each deck made!