Best Dimir Podcasts (2024)

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Episode 84: Reviewing $2000 Arena Open Winning Draft 33:28

1y ago33:28

33:28

Josh and Chris sit down to go over the draft that won Chris $2000 during the last Arena Open. You can follow along at: https://www.17lands.com/draft/0cf4a965cbeb474fb1a07f7825898bcdBy Josh Phillips

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Episode 83: Playing Around Things 17:55

1y ago17:55

17:55

Josh and Chris sit down to talk about playing around everything from sweepers to counter spells.By Josh Phillips

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Episode 82: Red Aggro in MOM with Dafore 20:51

1y ago20:51

20:51

Josh bring on Draft Lab member Dafore to discuss his success with playing aggressive red decks in March of the Machine limited.By Josh Phillips

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Episode 81: Navigating MOM Drafts 45:39

1+ y ago45:39

45:39

Josh and Chris got together earlier this week to do some March of the Machine drafts. You can follow along with the first draft at: https://www.17lands.com/draft/b6b97c00a1134241a1eb710792965d50 You can follow along with the second draft at: https://www.17lands.com/draft/7be191e3d5704632987bac7e298c3191…

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Episode 80: March of the Machine First Impressions 32:33

1+ y ago32:33

32:33

Josh finally corralled Chris into recording an episode. We sit down to talk about how MOM has been playing out for us so far.By Josh Phillips

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Episode 78: Taking Your Medicine to Draft Better 32:17

1+ y ago32:17

32:17

Josh managed to convince Chris to sit down to discuss taking your medicine in limited. Basically it's when you play a format you may not enjoy (Hmm...One anyone?) to learn different lessons that you may not have found in formats you are more comfortable in. Also BeersSC did all the real work for this episode so if you hate it, complain to him.…

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Episode 77: Winning with Dimir in ONE with Dafore 34:06

1+ y ago34:06

34:06

Josh brings on Dafore to discuss his recent streak of burning out his opponents with Dimir in ONE drafts. Yeah, I said burning.By Josh Phillips

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Episode 76: ONE cards that the data lies about 31:44

1+ y ago31:44

31:44

Chris returns from his many adventures to sit down with Josh to talk about cards that have been performing differently for them than the stats are saying. They try to figure out the truth of the situation.By Josh Phillips

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Episode 75: Talking about ONE 40:45

1+ y ago40:45

40:45

Sorry for the delays everyone, real life has been insane for the last few weeks. This was actually recorded last week with Tajoordan coming on to talk about how Phyrexia: All Will Be One has been treating us.By Josh Phillips

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Episode 73: Phyrexia All Will be One Mechanics 21:39

1+ y ago21:39

21:39

Josh and Chris sit down to talk about the mechanics of Phyrexia: All Will Be One. Josh also traumatizes Chris by showing him some of the rares from the upcoming set.By Josh Phillips

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Episode 72: Returning to Kaldheim with BeersSC 37:49

1+ y ago37:49

37:49

Josh brings BeersSC on to discuss Kaldheim limited before the upcoming premier drafts and Arena open. Chris was not able to talk long enough to join so he sat this one out.By Josh Phillips

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Episode 71: Post Holiday Mailbag 26:47

1+ y ago26:47

26:47

Josh and Chris stumble out of their holiday stupors to answer some of the questions that you all sent in. Hopefully we'll be back on a regular schedule now that the holidays are finally over.By Josh Phillips

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Episode 69: The Anatomy of a Draft 38:13

1+ y ago38:13

38:13

It's a Christmas miracle as Chris actually did something by writing an episode breaking down the anatomy of a draft. Of course Josh is there too(and awesome per usual), but this is Chris's opportunity to shine.By Josh Phillips

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Episode 68: Winning By Just Enough with JoeJohn 24:58

1+ y ago24:58

24:58

Josh brings on friend of the lab JoeJohn to discuss winning by just enough. You're probably wondering what gator related shenanigan Chris got into this time, but you're just going to have to listen to find out.By Josh Phillips

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Episode 67: Re-Evaluating Data with Sierkovitz 53:49

1+ y ago53:49

53:49

Josh and Chris bring data enthusiast Sierkovitz on to discuss the current place of data in limited. This would have been up earlier in the week, but as you will find out there was a conspiracy to make this episode difficult to edit. Thanks guys...By Josh Phillips

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Episode 66: The Brothers' War First Impressions 35:05

1+ y ago35:05

35:05

Josh and Chris sit down to discuss their first impressions of the Brother's War. This was actually recorded near the end of last week, but real life has been crazy so it didn't get edited until now. We'll be back to a more normal schedule next week.By Josh Phillips

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Episode 64: Brothers War Mechanics and First Looks 21:38

2y ago21:38

21:38

Josh and Chris fit a bunch of stuff into a short episode. They review the DMU predictions to see if they were geniuses or idiots before going over the mechanics of Brothers War. They then discuss some individual BRO cards that have caught their eye. Plus we make more Bro jokes than we'd care to admit.…

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Episode 63: Incremental Improvement with SmallSam27 30:18

2y ago30:18

30:18

Josh and Chris bring on SmallSam27 to discuss incremental improvement in limited. It turns into an open conversation about methods to analyze your own decks and play skill. We also do all our normal stuff too.By Josh Phillips

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Episode 62: Innovating Archetypes with BeersSC 43:32

2y ago43:32

43:32

Josh and Chris bring in BeersSC to talk about the process of innovating draft archetypes. They discuss ways to do it from the beginning of a format and even how to evolve existing ones to stay ahead of the meta.By Josh Phillips

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Episode 61: Reviewing $2000 Arena Open Drafts with Dafore 49:12

2y ago49:12

49:12

Josh brings Dafore on to talk through both of his day two drafts from the Arena Open where he won $2000. You can follow along at: Draft 1 https://www.17lands.com/draft/173ddeb68a85484189903c8efdeab959 Draft 2 https://www.17lands.com/draft/22a0dae4fd654c448b703ce18e69a11c No episode next week as Josh is taking a mini vacation with some friends, but …

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Episode 60: Hidden Gems of Dominaria United Limited 20:26

2y ago20:26

20:26

Josh and Chris sit down to chat about some of the hidden gems of Dominaria United Limited. Sorry about the short episode, but Josh is in the middle of a hurricane.By Josh Phillips

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Episode 59: So You Want to Splash? with JJohn 44:02

2y ago44:02

44:02

Josh brings on JJohn to discuss the intricacies of splashing in your draft deck. While the focus is on Dominaria United, the concepts discussed are applicable in many limited settings.By Josh Phillips

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Episode 58: Navigating a Dominaria United Draft 25:19

2y ago25:19

25:19

Josh catches Chris in the middle of packing for yet another vacation, but manages to convince him to at least sit down to walk you all through a draft of Dominaria United.By Josh Phillips

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Episode 57: Dominaria United Draft First Impressions 34:44

2y ago34:44

34:44

Josh and Chris sit down to talk over their first impressions of Dominaria United Draft. We also do our usual pack 1 pick 1, Bounty, Cool Play of the Week, and Chris's Bad Beat.By Josh Phillips

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Episode 56 Dominaria United Predictions with Sierkovitz and Tajoordan 32:27

2y ago32:27

32:27

Chris went cruising so Josh brings in Sierkovitz and Tajoordan to talk about how they think Dominaria United is going to play out. This episode was actually recorded last Sunday, but our editor (aka me) was crazy busy.By Josh Phillips

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Episode 55: Dominaria United Mechanics and First Look 22:36

2y ago22:36

22:36

Josh and Chris take their first look at some of the cards from Dominaria United. They discuss the mechanics and some cards that caught their eye.By Josh Phillips

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Episode 54: The winners and losers of the Baldur's Gate Rebalance 41:52

2y ago41:52

41:52

Josh and Chris sit down to discuss the winners and losers of the HBG rebalance which includes plenty of cards that weren't actually rebalanced. We also do all of our other normal shenanigans.By Josh Phillips

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Episode 53: Underappreciated Archetypes of HBG 28:41

2y ago28:41

28:41

Josh and Chris talk through some of the underappreciated archetypes in HBG and why they like to get a little cray cray.By Josh Phillips

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Episode 52: Bo1 vs B03 Debate with NCAA 51:00

2y ago51:00

51:00

Josh and Chris welcome NCAA onto the podcast to discuss which is better Bo1 or Bo3. Who was declared the winner after a knockdown, drag out, battle royale? You'll have to tune in to find out. Oh and I'm sure Josh makes a bunch of snarky comments too, but he also said the wrong number for the episode so he doesn't have much ground to stand on, now d…

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Episode 51: HBG Over and Underperformers 33:25

2y ago33:25

33:25

Josh and Chris sit down to talk about which cards are performing better than they predicted as well as which ones aren't quite living up to expectations. We also do all our usual stuff like a pack 1 pick 1, cool play of the week, and Chris's Bad Beat.By Josh Phillips

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Episode 50: Emptying the Mail Bag Anniversary Show 30:29

2y ago30:29

30:29

Josh and Chris answer the listeners crazy questions while celebrating 50 episodes of shenanigans. It ranges from legitimate magic strategy to things that Chris shouldn't answer on the air.By Josh Phillips

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Episode 49: Baldur's Gate First Impressions with Ekil 54:10

2y ago54:10

54:10

Josh and Chris welcome founding Draft Lab member to the podcast for the first time to discuss all of their first impressions of the Alchemy Horizons Baldur's Gate limited format.By Josh Phillips

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Episode 48: HBG Hypotheses 24:52

2y ago24:52

24:52

Josh and Tajoordan go over their hypotheses (or predictions) for Alchemy Horizons Baldur's Gate limited. Chris is on a much deserved vacation, but should be returning next week.By Josh Phillips

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Episode 47: Alchemy Horizons Baldurs Gate Mechanics and first look 24:42

2y ago24:42

24:42

Josh brings back Tajoordan to sub in for Chris who assured me his absence was not related to Gators this time. They look over the mechanics of Alchemy Horizons Baldur's Gate and discuss some of the cards that were spoiled at the time of recording.By Josh Phillips

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Episode 46: What makes a good draft format? 23:55

2y ago23:55

23:55

Josh and Chris talk about the different aspects of what makes a draft format good or bad. They also basically ignore SNC because no one wants to hear about that anymore.By Josh Phillips

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Episode 45: Navigating a SNC Draft 25:21

2y ago25:21

25:21

Josh and Chris talk you through their thought process as they do an SNC Bo3 draft. Will it devolve into a heated argument or will they find common ground on the way to victory? Spoiler alert: We got a trophy with the deck.By Josh Phillips

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Episode 43: Interview with the Icky 33:14

2y ago33:14

33:14

Josh brings Icky on to discuss his recent success on the Pro Tour. We talk about some of the new limited alchemy cards before getting into how a limited player transitions to a constructed pro tour including which parts transfer over and how to improve.By Josh Phillips

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Episode 42: Is removal bad?!? 39:05

2y ago39:05

39:05

Josh and Chris bring lab assistant JJohn back on the podcast to talk about whether or not removal is still good in limited. They also spend way too long on a pack one pick one and includes the usual Cool Play of the Week and Chris's Bad Beat.By Josh Phillips

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Episode 41: SNC Over and Underperformers 37:46

2y ago37:46

37:46

Josh and Chris discuss which cards have exceeded their expectations as well as which ones have been disappointing. Also contains the usual Pack 1 Pick 1, Cool Play of the Week, and Chris's Bad Beat.By Josh Phillips

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Episode 40: Talking SNC with Dafore 29:58

2y ago29:58

29:58

Josh brings on fellow Draft Lab member Dafore to discuss how he's been dominating the Bo1 queues and his recent SNC Grand Prix win. To answer your question, no we don't know what happened to Chris, but I'm sure he will show back up next week,By Josh Phillips

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Episode 39: SNC Archetypes and First Impressions 37:36

2+ y ago37:36

37:36

Josh and Chris discuss all of the archetypes of Streets of New Capenna draft as well as their first impressions of the format. Also includes weekly update, Pack 1 Pick 1, Cool Play of the Week, and Chris's Bad Beat.By Josh Phillips

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Episode 36: Streets of New Capenna 21:06

2+ y ago21:06

21:06

Josh and Chris discuss the upcoming set Streets of New Capenna. They go over the keyword abilities along with how they will play out in limited before discussing a few of the spoiled cards that stand out.By Josh Phillips

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Episode 35: Your Questions, Our Answers 30:31

2+ y ago30:31

30:31

Josh and Chris hold a Q&A session to answer some of the deep intellectual questions we received. We also do some Magic stuff...By Josh Phillips

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Episode 34: Navigating NEO Drafts 39:53

2+ y ago39:53

39:53

Josh and the returning Chris help navigate you through some Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty drafts. You can follow along at: Bo1 https://www.17lands.com/draft/618b917bf15d4a62b026c92dc7be6969 Bo3 https://www.17lands.com/draft/26607693b6d44b1daace46eb1bbb2ca2By Josh Phillips

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Episode 33: Seeing Red in NEO with TaJoordan 39:10

2+ y ago39:10

39:10

Josh welcomes TaJoordan to discuss the hottest Zoomer topic of playing mono red in Neon Dynasty to combat all the multicolor saga decks floating around. Also contains the usual Weekly Update, P1P1, Cool Play of the Week, & "Not" Chris's Bad Beat.By Josh Phillips

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Episode 32: Making the Leap from Good to Great 59:41

2+ y ago59:41

59:41

Josh and Chris bring on their buddy JoeJohn to discuss his journey from being an average Arena player to being an 80% win rate gamer. Also includes the usual Weekly Update, P1P1, Cool Play of the Week, and Chris's Bad Beat.By Josh Phillips

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Episode 31: Kamigawa Neon Dynasty Archetypes and First Impressions 42:26

2+ y ago42:26

42:26

Josh and Chris go over all of the archetypes in NEO including the current top performing commons in each one. They then discuss their first impressions of the format to offer up some choice tips and tricks.By Josh Phillips

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Episode 27: Discussing Data with Sierkovitz 1:09:15

2+ y ago1:09:15

1:09:15

Josh and Chris wanted to talk about the current state of data usage in Magic so they brought in the expert Sierkovitz from 17lands.com. Also contains the normal weekly update, Pack One Pick One, Cool Play of the Week, and Chris's Bad Beat.By Josh Phillips

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Episode 26: Forcing Drafts With Dafore 46:16

2+ y ago46:16

46:16

Josh and Chris invite special guest Dafore on to discuss forcing a particular strategy in drafts. Also includes the usual weekly update, Pack One Pick One, Question of the week, Cool Play of the Week, and Chris's Bad Beat. This was recorded back on the 11th, but our production team was out sick.By Josh Phillips

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Episode 25: Discussing the Roles of Engagement 32:57

2+ y ago32:57

32:57

Josh and Chris get together to discuss his recent article Roles of Engagement available at https://mtgazone.com/roles-of-engagement/ This is a great look at the different roles you play in the game and how aggressive you should be during them. Also contains the usual Cool Play of the Week and Chris's Bad Beat.…

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