All You Need Is Love – Why Hate Drafting Is Bad, mmmkay?
Booster draft is about sending good signals. If you start hate drafting in booster draft, you will wind up confusing the person next to you and they could take a card in your color. This can be rough for you as they will generally be passing to you in a future pack. Matters aren’t as clear in Booster Draft as they are in Rochester, so make sure you keep your head on. Things move faster, and there is more room for misinterpretation. One early hate-draft could dismantle your entire plan.
Unlike in Rochester, there is an exception here…
About Ken Krouner: T8 Pro Tour: Barcelona. 63rd PTNY (Academy). 0-7 at some Japanese PT. Killed Randy Beuhler with his own creature in the first Multiplayer Invitational. Roughly ten money (T32 or T16) GP money finishes. Took a couple of years off to work in Germany — came back, won a prerelease and then found out it was actually a PTQ.