Art by Josu HernaizVampires and Zombies and Werewolves, oh my!
Hoping for a fun draft experience with an actually-curated card pool combining key pieces from 2021 Innistrad's Midnight Hunt and Crimson Vow sets. (Glares at WOTC's "Double Feature" failed promises.)
When prepping for a draft, sort Rares+Mythics, Uncommons, and Commons into separate piles and shuffle each pile.
4+ PLAYER DRAFT
Create 3 packs per player with the following contents:
- x2 Rare or Mythic
- x4 Uncommon
- x9 Common
Draft is then conducted normally:
- Pick 1 card, pass pack to the left, repeat until no cards remain
- Pick 1 card, pass pack to the right, repeat until no cards remain
- Repeat step 1
2 PLAYER DRAFT
I discovered this particular form of 2-player draft over at LLRMTG's YouTube channel (See the video here)
Create 8 packs per player with the following contents:
- 1x Rare or Mythic
- 2x Uncommon
- 4x Common
- The first pick of each pack is chosen secretly (as normal)
- Pass the pack
- Place cards face up in front of you, count to 3, then both players pick 2 cards (face up) at the same time
- Repeat steps 2 and 3
- Discard the remaining 2 cards from the game
- Repeat steps 1 through 5 until all 8 packs have been drafted
Disturbed Spirits
Death isn't the end. Much of the time, you'd rather have your creatures die so you can cast them for their "Disturb" cost and get double the value.
Sacrifice
Tokens make great sacrifice fodder in this archetype. These colors find the best token generators (decaying zombies and 1/1 humans) and have fantastic sac payoffs. There's also a smaller lifegain sub-theme.
Exploitable Zombies
Just zombies doing zombie things. Remember, though, decaying zombies can't block.
Human Coven
Humans are stronger when they come together in community. Use the "Training" mechanic to ensure you always meet the "Coven" requirements of having at least 3 creatures with different power.
Werewolves
Werewolves love the Night. Do what you can to take advantage of and own the Night.
Self-Mill/Flashback
Your graveyard is an extension of your hand.
Vampires
- Removing cards that are just too hard to cast (too expensive or too many pips).
- Replacing Graf Reaver (not enough planeswalkers to warrant it) with a Blood Token payoff in Dying to Serve.