So literally just tried the Strixhaven draft, paid my 1500. And had the experience absolutely ruined by from what im learning of the community everyone's favorite color. Im somewhat new to the game I started playing for mainly the avatar set, but wanted to see what everyone else was kinda doing. Now I know Avatar isnt an in universe thing so its very hard trying to word this but due to its association to the elements I never really paid attention to the I guess scale of the effects.
So my first question: in draft what exactly do I prioritize? It felt REALLY wonky trying scramble together a deck where I want a specific theme and half the cards I draft aren't even my color, let alone going with a theme
Second question: As a newer person to magic I'm curious to know the state of the game from others because I dont know whether its just always like this regarding blue? I just found it odd that not one person tried a different color in the draft, so it new set comes out do the draft and go blue for consistency, unless a particularly strong game archetype comes out? But like actual non biased answers.
Last question: is there a counter to that style of play? WITHOUT adding 15 counterspells to my decks? I understand everyone has their own version of "fun" but I dont find even the idea of adding that kind of stuff to my decks, I feel like that why yugioh is in the state its in now the old "add counters so you can counter their counters, so half your deck is generic splashable counters now you get to play now". If not I'll just stick to having a good time in brawl.
Thx All