With each new booster pack, alternate which direction you pass your cards for that round of drafting: first to the player to your left so the cards travel clockwise, then the player to your right so they go anti-clockwise, and so on
For the mana, I think I've been hoping some of the indirect mana sources (blink or reanimate Lobelia Sackville-Baggins, steal mana rock with Yuffie, Materia Hunter, even out land advantage with Knight of the White Orchid, etc) would play out, but I definitely see what you mean
Your senses can identify most fakes
These include duplicating all pickups in the room, revealing the entire map for the floor, clearing all curses, destroying all items and granting a stat boost for each, and many more
Riptide Island, Dominaria The disaster of Riptide Island is mainly told through the flavor text of the escaped Slivers present in Onslaught block