How is each card's pick score calculated?

The score starts from your base power rating, then adds a bonus when the card matches your chosen colors and a smaller penalty when it does not. A modest curve bonus is added for cards that fill a mana value you are light on, so power is the main driver but fit breaks ties.

What power rating should I give a card?

Use a 0 to 5 bomb scale: 5 for a game-winning bomb, 4 for a premium removal spell or strong creature, 3 for a solid playable, 2 for filler, and 0 to 1 for cards you would rarely run. Consistency between cards matters more than the exact number.

Why does color commitment matter in draft?

Booster draft rewards staying open early then committing to two colors. Once you commit, on-color cards are far more likely to make your 40-card deck, so a slightly weaker on-color card often out-values a stronger off-color one you may never cast.

How does the curve bonus work?

The tool tracks how many cards you have at each mana value. When a card fills a slot you are short on (often two and three drops), it gets a small bonus, nudging you toward a playable curve rather than a pile of expensive bombs.

Does this replace reading signals?

No. The tool ranks the cards in front of you, but it cannot see what is being passed. Use it to compare picks within a pack, then adjust based on open colors and what your neighbors seem to be taking.

MTG Draft Pick Evaluation Tool

In Magic booster draft, every pick is a trade-off between raw power, staying in your colors, and building a usable mana curve. This tool turns those three factors into a single score for each card in the pack and ranks them, so you can quickly compare close picks.

How it works

Each card’s score combines three weighted components:

score = power
      + colorBonus   (on-color: +1.5, splash/colorless: 0, off-color: −1.5)
      + curveBonus   (+0.5 if the card fills a mana value you are light on)

Power (0–5) dominates so a true bomb is almost always the top pick. The color term reflects how likely you are to actually play the card once you commit, and the curve term gently rewards filling out your two- and three-drop slots instead of hoarding expensive cards. Cards are then sorted highest score first.

Example and tips

Suppose you are leaning blue-white. A power-4 blue removal spell scores 4 + 1.5 = 5.5, beating a power-4.5 green bomb that scores 4.5 − 1.5 = 3.0 once the off-color penalty lands — because the green card may never make your deck. Early in pack 1, trust raw power and stay open; by pack 2 the color bonus should dominate your decisions. Treat the curve bonus as a tiebreaker, not a reason to take weak cards.