Howdy folks, and welcome to HowWL. Today I’d like to talk about one of the most influential moment of drafting: the first pick. This choice is the most impactful for determining the deck you end up with, and is worth taking some time to examine in detail. I’ll be assuming standard Draft set up, 4 people 4 packs, Simplified Sealed rules, so if your draft uses old limited rules or has different numbers things may change slightly. I invite you to take some time looking at each pack before reading my thought process, as developing your own compass is the ultimate goal here. My opinion serves my playstyle, which is pretty flexible, so if you skew aggro or controlly then different cards may be more important for you than me, which is perfectly OK.

All 12 of the following packs are real, all from the same box, and I chose those I felt were the most interesting. With that all said, let’s dive into some packs!