Introduction:
I
have been mulling over what I wanted to talk about for my first post of the New
Year. I’ve had suggestions to just keep sticking with talking about picks in
draft, and K. suggested to discuss decision making, and though processes when
it comes to the mulligan, and the issues we run into as human’s when it comes
to making these decisions. I think that is a great idea, but before I can
discuss that I think I need to discuss my approach when it comes to improving,
and decision making in general.
How to improve in Magic:
Last
week Limited Resources (lrcast.com) devoted their weekly podcast to answering
email, and I really think Brian (@brian_LR) and Marhsall (@Marshall_LR) hit the
nail on the head when it comes to the three important steps in improving.
Paraphrasing them, the steps are experience, reflection, and studying.
Experience is playing the games, drafting, and generally just putting the time
in to play MtG. Reflection is taking a look at your play, your decisions, and
evaluating them to improve. Studying is consuming other MtG content, whether it
is draft videos, podcasts, blogs, or articles. I try and do all three of these
things, and I don’t try and have a specific breakdown of how much I do each of
these, but I try and do them each week.
