Magic Numbers
By Sierkovitz
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Episodes: 163
Description
Magic Numbers is a podcast about Limited format in Magic: the Gathering. The idea is to use data to try to crack current format, or try to answer longstanding questions in Magic and by answering the questions making the listeners better at drafting, deckbuilding and general strategy. The target audience is intermediate to advanced players, but rest assured, determined beginners will also find useful information that will allow them to level up. The podcast is an audio version of my Twitch seminars, so if some parts are confusing, it was designed to be watched on YouTube or live on Twitch.
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#183: Early 17Lands draft data for Secrets of Strixhaven
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Apr 26, 2026 |
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#182: Draft deck skeletons for Secrets of Strixhaven with the Skeleton Crew
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Apr 21, 2026 |
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#181: Winning against your worst opponent, your own brain
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Apr 01, 2026 |
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#180: The secret sauce of Pizza decks in TMT draft
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Mar 23, 2026 |
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#179: Right cards for the right decks, TMT Edition
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Mar 16, 2026 |
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#178: Early draft data for TMT
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Mar 08, 2026 |
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#177: Draft deck skeletons for TMT with the Skeleton Crew
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Mar 03, 2026 |
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#176: Right Cards for Right Decks, ECL Edition
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Feb 11, 2026 |
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#175: Early 17Lands Draft Data for Lorwyn Eclipsed
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Jan 25, 2026 |
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#174: Lorwyn Eclipsed Draft skeletons with the Skeleton Crew
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Jan 20, 2026 |
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#173: Arena Power Cube Data
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Jan 13, 2026 |
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#172: Best draft cards of 2025
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Jan 05, 2026 |
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#171: 16Lands Data
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Dec 24, 2025 |
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#170: How I Stopped Worrying And Learned to Love the Draft
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Dec 11, 2025 |
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#169: Drafting Right Cards for the Right Decks in Avatar: The Last Airbender
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Nov 30, 2025 |
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#168: Early 17Lands Draft data for Avatar: the Last Airbender
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Nov 23, 2025 |
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#167: Avatar: the Last Airbender draft deck skeletons with the Skeleton Crew
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Nov 11, 2025 |
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#166: Draft signals in pick 2 draft
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Nov 04, 2025 |
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#165: Early 17Lands Draft Data for Through the Omenpaths
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Sep 30, 2025 |
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#164: Spider-Man draft deck skeletons with the Skeleton Crew
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Sep 16, 2025 |
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#163: Learning card evaluation from the extremes
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Sep 10, 2025 |
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#162: Breaking the format with Sam Pratt
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Aug 26, 2025 |
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#161: Right homes for right cards in EOE draft (based on 17Lands data)
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Aug 12, 2025 |
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#160: Early 17Lands draft data for Edge of Eternities
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Aug 05, 2025 |
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#159: Edge of Eternities draft deck skeletons with the Skeleton Crew
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Jul 23, 2025 |
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#158: Data stories: Openness and negative space win rates
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Jul 18, 2025 |
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#157: Data goes to Pro Tour; Limited meeting for Team Cosmos
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Jun 23, 2025 |
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#156: Early 17Lands.com draft data for Final Fantasy
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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155: Final Fantasy Draft Skeletons
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Jun 07, 2025 |
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#154: Card evaluation
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Jun 01, 2025 |
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#153: Acing the open
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May 17, 2025 |
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#152: Right cards for the right draft decks, TDM edition
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Apr 28, 2025 |
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#151: Tarkir: Dragonstorm Early draft data from 17Lands.com
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Apr 14, 2025 |
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#150: How to navigate 17Lands data in the early format?
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Apr 08, 2025 |
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#149: Tarkir: Dragonstorm Draft Skeletons with the Skeleton Crew
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Apr 01, 2025 |
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#148: Luck and Skill in draft
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Mar 16, 2025 |
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#147: Right homes for Aetherdrift cards in draft
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Mar 01, 2025 |
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#146: Aetherdrift: Early 17Lands.com draft data
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Feb 16, 2025 |
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#145: Aetherdrift Draft Skeletons with the Skeleton Crew
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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#144: Testing Heuristics in Limited
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Jan 26, 2025 |
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#143: Birthday Q & A
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Jan 03, 2025 |
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#142: Early 17Lands.com draft data for Pioneer Masters
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Dec 16, 2024 |
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#141: Draft Good Cards
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Dec 06, 2024 |
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#140: Finding right homes for cards in FDN draft
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Nov 25, 2024 |
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#139: Early 17Lands.com draft data for Foundations
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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#138: DSK Set Re-review with Chord_O_Calls
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Nov 11, 2024 |
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#137 - Advanced DSK drafting
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Nov 05, 2024 |
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#136 - What does 17Lands data tell us about successful draft strategy?
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Nov 05, 2024 |
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#135 - Duskmourn Draft: Putting right cards in right decks
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Nov 05, 2024 |
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#134 - Early 17Lands draft data for Duskmourn
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Oct 01, 2024 |
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#133 - Duskmourn draft deck skeletons with the Skeleton Crew
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Sep 19, 2024 |
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#132 - BLB set re-review with Chord_o_Calls
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Sep 14, 2024 |
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#131 - Personal data with Ekil
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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#130 - Causal Magic with Shivam Bhatt
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Aug 22, 2024 |
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#129 - Why top Limited players win more? Bloomburrow Edition
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Aug 13, 2024 |
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#128 - Early Bloomburrow Draft Data
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Aug 06, 2024 |
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#127 - Draft archetype analysis for Bloomburrow with the Skeleton Crew
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Jul 25, 2024 |
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#126 - MH3 set re-review with Chord_o_Calls
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Jul 25, 2024 |
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#125 - How to optimize lands in MH3 draft decks
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Jul 10, 2024 |
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#124 - Learning to draft according to your level
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Jun 28, 2024 |
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#123 - Early dive into Modern Horizons 3 Draft Data
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Jun 28, 2024 |
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#122 - Personal Data with Paul Cheon
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Jun 17, 2024 |
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#121 - Modern Horizon Draft Archetype Skeletons
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Jun 16, 2024 |
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#120 - OTJ set re-review with Chord_o_Calls
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May 31, 2024 |
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#119 - Figuring game plans using data
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May 31, 2024 |
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Bonus: How to Draft Ikoria on Arena
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May 21, 2024 |
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#118 - Drafting OTJ
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May 17, 2024 |
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#117 - Learning to draft OTJ from top players
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May 08, 2024 |
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#116 - Early Dive into OTJ data
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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#115 - Outlaws of Thunder Junction Draft Skeletons Stream with the Skeleton Crew
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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#114 - Q&A
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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#113 - Playing multicolor in MKM draft
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Mar 26, 2024 |
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#112 - Revisiting MKM set review witch Chord_o_Calls
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Mar 19, 2024 |
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#111 - How to train a Pro Player in draft with Eduardo Sajgalik
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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#110 - The Secrets of ALSA (and MKM draft data)
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Mar 08, 2024 |
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#109 - Learning to draft MKM from the top players through data
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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#108 - Early Dive into MKM Draft Data
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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#107 - Cooking Limited Decks at Karlov Manor
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Feb 11, 2024 |
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#106 - Murders at Karlov Manor Draft Skeletrons
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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#105 - LSV^3: Talking Arena Cube with Luis Scott-Vargas
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Jan 23, 2024 |
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#104 - Prince or Pauper
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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#103 - Revisiting LCI set review with Chord_O_Calls
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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#102 - 2023 Limited Awards with Uncle Cardboard
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Jan 05, 2024 |
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#101 - How to find game plans using data in Limited?
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Dec 22, 2023 |
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#100 - Khans of Tarkir with Ben Seck
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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#99 - Drafting the Right Way
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Dec 07, 2023 |
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#98 - Early Draft Data for Lost Caverns of Ixalan
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Nov 21, 2023 |
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#97 - Draft Primer for Lost Caverns of Ixalan
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Nov 14, 2023 |
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#96 - Lost Caverns of Ixalan draft deck skeletons with guests
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Nov 09, 2023 |
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#95 - WOE set re-review with Trumpetman
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Nov 06, 2023 |
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#94 - Personal Data of Pasta Pirate
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Oct 26, 2023 |
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#93 - Navigating WOE drafts
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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#92 - Exploring new 17Lands.com features with the site creator
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Oct 14, 2023 |
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#91 - Learning to draft from Top players, WOE edition
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Oct 09, 2023 |
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#90 - First look at Wilds of Eldraine Draft
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Sep 12, 2023 |
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#89 - Wilds of Eldraine Draft Primer
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Sep 12, 2023 |
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#87 - LTR Set Re-review with Trumpetman
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Aug 30, 2023 |
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#86.5 - Arena Cube with Jean-Emmanuel Depraz
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Aug 21, 2023 |
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#86 - Evolution of the Format
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Aug 17, 2023 |
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#85 - Figuring out draft game plans using data
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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#84 - Reading Signals in Draft
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Jul 20, 2023 |
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#83 - Learning to Draft Lord of the Rings from Top Players
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Jul 05, 2023 |
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#82 - Early dive into LTR draft data
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Jun 27, 2023 |
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#80 - MOM set review with Trumpetman revisited
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Jun 18, 2023 |
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#79 - How to improve your draft using 17Lands data?
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Jun 12, 2023 |
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#77 - Playing 5C in MOM Draft
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Jun 06, 2023 |
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#77 - Battle of the Battles
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May 16, 2023 |
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#76 - Learning from the best?
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May 01, 2023 |
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#75 - First Look at MOM draft data
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Apr 21, 2023 |
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#74 - Theory crafting buildarounds
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Apr 21, 2023 |
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#73 - Personal Data with Numot the Nummy
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Apr 11, 2023 |
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#72 - Lords in Limited
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Apr 04, 2023 |
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#71 - Shadows over Innistrad Remastered Draft Data
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Mar 26, 2023 |
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#70 - Sideboarding in Draft
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Mar 23, 2023 |
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#69 - Archetypist, ONE Edition
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Mar 23, 2023 |
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#68 - Fast format, Furious players: Analysing the speed of ONE draft
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Mar 10, 2023 |
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#67 - Drafting with Bots
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Feb 28, 2023 |
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#66 - ONE with all... color pairs
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Feb 21, 2023 |
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#65 - Time to look at the very early ONE draft data from 17lands.com
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Feb 10, 2023 |
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Bonus Episode - Skeleton Crew, ONE Edition
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Feb 04, 2023 |
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#63 - ONE for all
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Feb 04, 2023 |
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#62 - Black Magic: Exploring the personal data of Sam Black
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Jan 28, 2023 |
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#61 - What makes sealed different; KHM case
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Jan 21, 2023 |
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#60 - Archetypist, BRO edition
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Jan 11, 2023 |
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#58 - Navigating new format data in limited
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Dec 03, 2022 |
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#57 - Draft Primer and First Look at the data
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Nov 22, 2022 |
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#56 - Magic: the Gatoring, Personal data of Florida Mun
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Nov 09, 2022 |
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#55 - Dominaria Sealed Open Primer
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Nov 04, 2022 |
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#54 - Data? Tada!
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Nov 03, 2022 |
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#53 - Why are top players top?
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Nov 02, 2022 |
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#52 - Three New Heuristics for Drafting
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Sep 30, 2022 |
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#51 - Multicolor Decks in DMU Draft
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Sep 16, 2022 |
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#50 - Dominaria Untied, First look at 17Lands draft data
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Sep 12, 2022 |
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#49 - Dominaria United Draft Primer
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Sep 01, 2022 |
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Bonus Episode: Skeleton Crew, Dominaria United Edition
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Sep 01, 2022 |
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#48 - Personal Data with Jamie Topples
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Aug 30, 2022 |
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#46 - Return to Kamigawa
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Aug 06, 2022 |
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#45 - Timing Your Picks
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Aug 06, 2022 |
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#44 - Up to Speed
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Jul 28, 2022 |
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#43 - First look at HBG draft data
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Jul 15, 2022 |
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#41 - Ducking Around with Carl Chase
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Jul 11, 2022 |
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#40 - Archetypist, SNC edition
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Jul 06, 2022 |
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#39 - Theros Beyond Death Resurrected
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Jun 21, 2022 |
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#38 - Best of Three
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Jun 20, 2022 |
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#37 - Secrets of 17Lands top users
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Jun 01, 2022 |
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#36 - Keeping up with the Brokers
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May 24, 2022 |
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#35 - Reading the Signals
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May 13, 2022 |
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#34 - Halo World
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May 08, 2022 |
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#32 - The Skeleton Crew
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Apr 22, 2022 |
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#31 - Why do we want to be on the play?
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Apr 15, 2022 |
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#30 - Drafting the Chord way with Alex Nikolic
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Apr 11, 2022 |
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#29 - I contain multitudes: Win rates and copy numbers
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Apr 07, 2022 |
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#28 - NEO Forms, or how to use the Archetypist tool
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Mar 30, 2022 |
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#27 - Marrying Your First Pick
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Mar 19, 2022 |
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#26 - Aggro, Midrange, Control
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Mar 10, 2022 |
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#25 - Breaking the Sealed
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Mar 05, 2022 |
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#24 - The Sagas Begin; First Dive in Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty Limited Data
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Feb 21, 2022 |
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#23 - Kamigawa Primer: From Neon Loneliness to Motorcycle Emptiness
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Feb 10, 2022 |
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#22 - Kamigawa Neon Dynasty Limited Archetype Skeletons
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Feb 10, 2022 |
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#21 - When Two Become One
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Feb 04, 2022 |
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#20 - VOW Takes a Bow
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Jan 26, 2022 |
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#19 - The Hand Smoother
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Jan 19, 2022 |
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#18 - The Art of Forcing
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Jan 10, 2022 |