5 mistakes during drafting, part 3

3. You play first if your deck is aggressive. You draw first if you have a control build. 
It is more complicated, though. For instance, letting your opponent start in sideboarded games, where two aggro decks are involved, is usually smart move. One extra card in fast environment makes a difference. In these games players are trading their resources early and often until the battle of attrition ends in a topdeck. Here goes another example. Assuming, your deck has some advantage spells, similar to Divination or Read the Bones you should play first. So, decision to play or draw should be based on the specifics of your deck and it is not a black-and-white issue. 

4. Take risk to end up with 3-0
 Don't risk your tournament on poor drafting. Remain logical, regardless of opened or passed to you cards. You cannot win every tournament. 

5. Don't draft the same colors as adjacent players do. 
Players next to each other tend to avoid being in overlapping color. Indeed, reading signals is very important, but you cannot stay away from the colors of adjacent players. There is a myth that if you draft the same color(s) as the player to your right that you will both finish the draft with poor decks. This detrimental conflict can be the case if you overlap with the person passing to you in packs one and three, however if you overlap with the person on your right exclusively in pack two it will likely be beneficial.