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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 se ...
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A weekly podcast dedicated to improving your play at Magic: The Gathering with an emphasis on Limited play.
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Hosts Ben and Tyler are MTG limited Spikes masquerading as Timmys... or maybe vice versa. If you've ever picked up chaff after a draft, you're already a Chafficionado! Whether winning or losing, draft 1 or draft 1,000, Prerelease or Vintage Cube, bomb rare or… draft chaff, there is always something to learn and enjoy about our favorite formats. Here at the Draft Chaff Podcast, our goal is to create a community of Magic players who love everything about limited.
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Limited Resources 756 - MH3 Early Metagame Shifts with Sierkovitz
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This week on Limited Resources Marshall welcomes Sierkovitz back on the show to talk about early MH3 metagame shifts, how top tier players draft differently than average players, and what archetypes you should look out for as the metagame continues to evolve! You can find Sierko on Twitter/X here: https://x.com/Sierkovitz Sierko's YouTube: https://…
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Chrysis averted! MH3 is on the way out, and Bloomburrow is just around the corner. Time to wish our favorite MH3 cards (not you, Chrys) goodbye with our Format Farewell. Want to win a copy of The One Ring, mailed right to your doorstep? All you need to do to enter is join the Discord and tell us your favorite Magic card! Easy! Join our free Discord…
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Limited Resources 759 - Modern Horizons 3 Sunset Show (And an Incredible Vintage Cube Event!)
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This week on Limited Resources Marshall and Luis do the Sunset Show for MH3, which felt like it came up too fast. A controversial (but very good) set, the guys go deep on perhaps the most broken common in modern draft history as well as a format that showed it could adjust to the best archetypes. Enjoy this look back at MH3! The guys also talk abou…
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Limited Resources 758 - Stronghold and Exodus with TBS!
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This week on Limited Resources Marshall and Luis welcome TBS back on the show to look back at both Stronghold and Exodus from the Tempest block! These were both released in 1998, when Magic was barely 5 years old. Time have changed a LOT and you'll find out how in this episode of LR! The guys also go over 5 Bloomburrow preview cards! TBS's Twitter:…
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(FIXED) #125 - How to optimize lands in MH3 draft decks
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MH3 has the most complicated land system in ages. A whooping 1/8th of all the cards you see during draft will be lands and that means they play an important role in the deck building process. Today I talk about how to make sure you have the right number of landscapes and what is the best way of sneaking Modal Double-Faced Cards (spells with land at…
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Draft Chaff 206 - We Won 4 Boxes of MH3, and You Can, Too!
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If we can do it, you can too! Join us for a deep dive on Ben's winning decklists, and get ready to (hopefully) win some boxes yourself this weekend on Arena! There's a big giveaway in this episode you don't wanna miss! Be sure you join Discord using the link below to enter... Join our free Discord server here: https://discord.gg/P4wQqGdYou can supp…
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Limited Resources 757 - PT Recap with Luis, Black in MH3, Tribute to a GOAT, and New Cube Cards
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This week on Limited Resources Marshall and Luis recap Luis's PT experience in Amsterdam, talk about black in MH3 and why you should draft it, give tribute to one of Magic's true GOATs, and talk about the MH3 cards that have made it into Vintage cube and decide if they should be there or not! Kai Budde Player of the Year Trophy Announcement: https:…
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We're so back! And I do mean we. Join Ben in welcoming Tyler to the show, and enjoy a super sweet live draft of MH3! Join our free Discord server here: https://discord.gg/P4wQqGd You can support Tyler and Ben on Patreon here: https://patreon.com/draftchaffpod Follow us on Twitter: https://x.com/draftchaffpod Check out the Draft Chaff Cube: https://…
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#124 - Learning to draft according to your level
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In all areas of life we know that learning process is a progression. You start with simpler tasks and as you get better, take on more complicated ones building on your growing skillset. But Magic often has universal advice to all players without taking the individual level characteristics into account. Todays episode will try to at least identify s…
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#123 - Early dive into Modern Horizons 3 Draft Data
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If you like a story with a good villain, MH3 delivers. Writhing Chrysalis is the best common we have seen by win rate and keep in mind - it all happens in a high power set. It will define the format - no doubt about it. Question is - what will you, the player do. Will you embrace it? Find a way to beat it? Or get angry with the format? If it is the…
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Limited Resources 755 - Modern Horizons 3 Format Overview
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This week on Limited Resources Marshall and Luis dive into the energy and eldrazi filled void that is MH3! The guys go over the two big heavy hitter archetypes that are dominating MH3 right now. They also discuss what has to be the most broken common in modern Limited history... You can support Limited Resources on the LR Patreon page here: https:/…
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#122 - Personal Data with Paul Cheon
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This week I have an immense pleasure of hosting a real legend and, if Magic were a country, a national treasure, Paul Cheon. We look through the data of Paul to try to figure out what was essential to Paul's incredible win rate in OTJ. But wait, there's more. Anecdotes, stories, general insights, some thoughts on the upcoming format and many more. …
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#121 - Modern Horizon Draft Archetype Skeletons
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New set preview time. Me, Jason Ye and a newcomer Springbok7 look at the MH3 and try to predict how each color combination would look like. Instead of traditional card review, we look at the set's fundamentals and build a skeleton of a deck using realistic assumptions (some rares, some uncommons, lots of commons) for each color pair. Plus many bonu…
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Limited Resources 754 - Modern Horizons 3 Set Review: Rare and Mythic Rare
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This week on Limited Resources Marshall and Luis cover every Rare and Mythic Rare in Modern Horizons 3! With sets like this they don't usually hold back, and they certainly didn't in this one. If you like big eldrazi or sweet build arounds, this is the place to be. Enjoy! You can support Limited Resources on the LR Patreon page here: https://www.pa…
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Limited Resources 753 - Modern Horizons 3 Set Review: Commons and Uncommons
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This week on Limited Resources Marshall and Luis dive deep into a very deep format, Modern Horizons 3! With over 40 mechanics and the designers of the set not holding back, we get a fully fledged Draft format that has a lot of promise! The guys go over every single common and uncommon in the set to help you get ready for your release events and sub…
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#120 - OTJ set re-review with Chord_o_Calls
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This week me and Alex, AKA Chord_o_Calls, come back to our prerelease predictions of the OTJ set. We evaluated every card then - but how did our predictions pan out? This review is not design to pat ourselves on the back - we focus on mistakes and try to figure out why we made them. Do we have one-off issue or is there some systematic bias in how w…
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Limited Resources 752 - Outlaws at Thunder Junction Sunset Show
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This week on Limited Resources Marshall and Luis do the Sunset Show for Outlaws at Thunder Junction! OTJ felt different than the last year or so of sets. It was a bit slower, but moreover it felt like a return to Limited basics. Removal was good, one-drops weren't, and it felt like you could draft a bunch of different archetypes and experience some…
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#119 - Figuring game plans using data
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Some draft archetypes are relatively straightforward. This will naturally mean that the data related to those archetypes will be of high quality as people are playing right cards in those decks. But some color pairs turn out to be more elusive for Arena users. And this means that a lot of the data related to those archetypes is based on badly built…
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Limited Resources 751 - Sierkovitz on OTJ (and Cube)
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This week on Limited Resources Marshall and Luis welcome master of data Sierkovitz back on the show to talk OTJ, Cube, and how to get the best out of a weak archetype! The guys talk about cube, do a crack-a-pack, talk about the format in general, and then Sierky does a deep dive into cards you may not be considering for UW and RW. Enjoy! Sierko on …
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Bonus: How to Draft Ikoria on Arena
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Ikoria is coming back to Arena for a week. It is my favourite draft format of all the ones I played. The definition and a gold standard of a high synergy format, fun, unique in so many ways - I would not be myself if I didn’t preach its merits. And there are so many. Hopefully after listening to this bonus episode you can try it and learn that it h…
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Limited Resources 750 - Vintage Cube Set Review: Green
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This week on Limited Resources Marshall and Luis go over every single green card in the Vintage Cube in their next installment of the Vintage Cube Set Review! Besides red, green has probably changed the most over the last few years, morphing from a bit of a one trick ramp pony to a monre aggressive color; but at a cost. Enjoy! You can support Limit…
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