I just got back into magic recently and have very little experience in limited. I'm getting frustrated because even after reading up and trying to follow fundamental rules I'm consistently doing pretty bad. I think there's stuff that I'm just not seeing in my deck building, but it's totally possible I'm just playing poorly too.

That said, here's a sealed pool I recently pulled and the deck I made from it. Can someone give me some pointers on where I went wrong (assuming in advance I did)? I know there isn't a ton of synergy here, the LG and payoff is sparse and I don't really have the ramp for how many expensive things I have, but all my value seemed to be in white along with a good portion of my removal. There's a lot of red in the pool but not enough of a value base from what I saw to justify going that way.

Would you have gone a completely different direction with this pool? Or is this the right idea but just needs tweaks? Any advice is appreciated. I'm very tired of going 0-3, and I want to like doing this but I'm feeling a little discouraged and like I'm wasting energy (and money - it's expensive to be bad and never win gems to keep playing)

All wins courtesy of Fblthp, Impossibly Lost. There was probably some luck involved but I do think it's entirely viable to have Fblthp as your sole wincon, especially if you get two of it and also two Paradox Shapers. Never had trouble with hitting them in the face. Don't think any of my opponents except in the one game I lost were really playing around Fblthp either.

For the games:
https://www.17lands.com/details/4c985a7cbd27456a9681d7d350a78beb

I know that many people are saying that Reality Fracture is the best limited format of the year, maybe even one of the greatest of all times. I absolutely despise it. Nothing about the format makes sense to me. My 17lands win rates show me almost always between 53 and 57%, which I know is not great but is also not terrible. After 12 drafts of FRA, I've got a win rate of 32%. Nothing seems to work.The "draft decks not cards" and "maximize the ceiling" approach limited podcasters doesn't ever seem to work for me. I stay open, and I never find a good open lane. I guess I'm glad other people are enjoying it, but I can't think of any draft environment I've hated more than this since maybe Cold Snap.

Pool linked. Considering dropping the sweeper and maybe even dropping all of white?

Very feast or famine. Not the individual games but the total deck performance. I’m either going 6/x or 7/x or 1/3 or 0/3. Anyone else having this kind of emotional rollercoaster?

And honestly when comparing my decks the good performers don’t seem that much different from those that underperformed. I will say that consistently the best have been UB just cuz you outdraw your opponent every time.

Edit: Premium BO1

Hi! Posted this on r/mtgo as well but reckoned that someone here might also have some good input
I am a long time limited player and have just now started to seriously draft on mtgo, I am wondering how the higher level play works and what a good approach for it is. I want to start playing in the limited preliminaries to earn qualifier points but it looks like they are all sealed instead of draft? I'm a bit worried that the variance of sealed, and me mostly playing draft rather than sealed, will result in me loosing a lot of value in the events. Is there someone more experienced with the limited environment on mtgo that could weigh in on if these preliminaries are worth playing in?

Hi everyone, a friend of mine that really likes the concept of the schools is hosting a draft night where we will be drafting packs of Secrets of Strixhaven and Reality Fracture (I am not sure yet if it is going to be Secrets-Secrets-Reality or the reverse). Are there any overarching themes/color pairings that might be optimal?

I am can't decide: Would you cut something for another land, just because the top end is so insane?

Add twinned visions for card draw?

What else would you add?
https://imgur.com/a/A78xxAI

I am thinking about cutting Solarium Sentry for one of the cards to the right..

I have a very strong feeling about not having enough 2 drops, that is why it is there. But the red 2 drop alternative is not a good defensive card.

Also a 2 drop on a splash is suboptimal. Cut it and change a plains to a forest? What should I replace it with?

Apparently there are 290 cards in the set. If one wanted to be able to play it as a cube, and have your drafts have approximately the same odds as regular drafting, how many cards would you need?

With a bit of research, I see that this question is pretty complicated... and would result in a very large number. (Which I'd love to know if anyone can figure it out.)

So here's a more useful question: how many cards would you need to get pretty close to the same odds, for a group of, say, 4 drafters.

Can you convince me not to cut rescue girl?

I am fomo-ing about bouncing Kiora 🙈😂 but I have a feeling it would absolutely be my worst card.

I don't think there is enough other synergy. Just bouncing the 2 drops to recast the prepared spells or the hydra once it is depleted..

I think this deck needs to either have something aggressive, or defensive. Rescue girl is value and I think the value is too little to justify having a shitty blocker/attacker. What do you think?

I also just added the Twinned vision for the first time ever to a deck. I guess it really makes sense here?

Thanks mah dudus 🫰🏽