Best Dsk Podcasts (2025)

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#147: Right homes for Aetherdrift cards in draft 1:49:12

7h ago1:49:12

1:49:12

Some cards are just great. They have it all - they fit like a glove to any deck you drafted. But some are amazing in one place, but a detriment elsewhere. The generic Win Rate metsrics for those cards can be misleading because they will be impacted by the cards bad performance in some decks so you won't see it is actually good in a more niche home.…

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#146: Aetherdrift: Early 17Lands.com draft data 2:14:16

10d ago2:14:16

2:14:16

New set and this time the rules of engagement changed. And early data tells that story very well. Avoid the traps and start winning by being ahead of the curve. Might come in handy - either on Arena, your LGS or, dare I say, upcoming PT. I go through all the colors, color pairs, highlighting key cards and adding some context and describing the game…

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#145: Aetherdrift Draft Skeletons with the Skeleton Crew 2:48:03

19d ago2:48:03

2:48:03

The Skeleton Crew is back!!! Me, Jason Ye, Zach Kagan and Jake Browne look at Aetherdrift and try to figure out what are the key themes / synergies and cards in the new set. This is our unique take on a set review where more attention is put on within-set synergies rather than individual card power. We go through all the colorpairs and try to see h…

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#144: Testing Heuristics in Limited 1:14:57

1M ago1:14:57

1:14:57

We hear the wisdom from experienced players: Always play your two drops, Spend all your mana, and many more. But how do the numbers back those old truths? Do they stand scrutiny of testing them through data? Are they universal? Or are there corner cases? I test several Limited heuristics and hopefully you get to level up your game play through it! …

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#143: Birthday Q & A 1:21:36

2M ago1:21:36

1:21:36

In this episode, I answer a variety of question about Magic, life, cooking and stuff. Mainly MAgic though, so don't worry - you can still get something useful out of it, I am not turning into a lifestyle content creator. Ping me for coaching. Join the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, sign up for ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠…

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#142: Early 17Lands.com draft data for Pioneer Masters 1:39:52

3M ago1:39:52

1:39:52

New set is with us and with it the usual struggles. What to play, which cards overperform, which do badly, what color pairs to prioritise. Fear not - I have most of the basics covered and hopefully you will leave with a solid understanding of the key features of the Pioneer set. Ping me for coaching. Join the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Disco…

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#141: Draft Good Cards 1:05:50

3M ago1:05:50

1:05:50

"Draft the good cards" is one of the basic pieces of advice you will get when starting to play limited. But just how effective is that advice? I dived deep in 17Lands.com data from BO1 Foundations drafts to measure just that. Turns out that this advice is solid. Over the course of the episode I will try to make you understand how and why does it wo…

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#140: Finding right homes for cards in FDN draft 1:20:03

3M ago1:20:03

1:20:03

There are some cards that are just great in Limited. You can jam them into any deck and be happy about it. Filling your whole deck with those must be nice. In reality, to find 23 playables we need to compromise a bit. Some cards will be below par. But with some knowledge you can make the most of that.Some cards can be great in one of the color pair…

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#139: Early 17Lands.com draft data for Foundations 1:29:19

3M ago1:29:19

1:29:19

New set, new data. How to position yourself well in a new format? Get the best available card evaluations as early as possible. And that is the aim of this episode. I will look at each color pair through the lens of the key card - surprising hits, reliable performars and shocking duds. Plenty of cards in each category will be discussed throughout t…

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#138: DSK Set Re-review with Chord_O_Calls 1:20:34

4M ago1:20:34

1:20:34

Set reviews are fun but what exasctly do they bring to the table? We grade cards, we speculate wildly and life moves on. This set review is different. We graded the cards before the set was released, and are coming back to our initial grading after the dust has settled. Me, and Alex, AKA Chord_o_Calls use this re-review to learn - what typpes of ca…

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#137 - Advanced DSK drafting 1:04:33

4M ago1:04:33

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So, you have your Boros aggro and UW Eerie decks nailed to a fine detail? But perhaps recently the wins are not coming as easy as they did early season? Don't worry - I got you covered there. We will loook at the data of top 17Lands.com users and try to figure out what do they do differently to sustain a solid win rate throughout the format. And wh…

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#136 - What does 17Lands data tell us about successful draft strategy? 1:04:56

4M ago1:04:56

1:04:56

Forcing, drafting the hard way, drafting with preferences are all different approaches to the draft part of Limited. What do the numbers tell us about those? Can you optimise your approach to draft through this and how? All in this weeks episode. Ping me for coaching. Join the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, sig…

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#135 - Duskmourn Draft: Putting right cards in right decks 1:56:54

4M ago1:56:54

1:56:54

One of the traps of looking at card win rates is simplifying a complex problem. Yes, a card can have a decent win rate but this may meaan many things. It can be universally good, but it can also be very good in some decks and not so in others. 17Lands.com users often will intuit it, play that card in good decks and skew the data towards a hight win…

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#134 - Early 17Lands draft data for Duskmourn 2:00:25

5M ago2:00:25

2:00:25

New format, new learning curve, new possibilities. Today I look at the early data for DSK to try to figure out which cards are surprisingly good or worse than anticipated to give you that small edge in the new format. We go through some color pair data, looking at best commons, uncommons, cards that are sneakily good and cards that trap players int…

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Art of draft 18 - DSK meta predictions 1:12:23

5M ago1:12:23

1:12:23

We got high hopes for DSK, just from the limited experience so far. What are our predictions for the speed of the format? How will Survival play out? Rooms? How good will removal be? Hear that and more in today's episode! Let's see how many things we get right. Support the podcast on Patreon: https://patreon.com/ArtofDraft Discord: https://discord.…

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#133 - Duskmourn draft deck skeletons with the Skeleton Crew 3:00:44

5M ago3:00:44

3:00:44

Draft decks, not cards, they say. Why do we review cards before the set release then? Our unique take on reviewing a new sets is to talk about the big picture and based on those thoughts and discussions, we just build decks. Sometimes to show what designers want us to do, sometimes to show we can defy their goals and build something more off-piste.…

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#132 - BLB set re-review with Chord_o_Calls 1:22:28

6M ago1:22:28

1:22:28

We say goodbye to BLB with revisiting our set review. This is an excercise in card evaluation and a farewell to all the critters in BLB. We look at what we got wrong before the set was released. Individual cards, color biases, what did we not get based on pure card evaluations. Chord_o_Calls is a limited streamer, coach, podcaster. You can find mor…

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#131 - Personal data with Ekil 1:58:23

6M ago1:58:23

1:58:23

This week we are going to look at BLB draft through the lens of Ekil, a prolific limited streamer specialising in BO3 drafts. What does he do differently that the rest to win 73% of his games and all that while playing exclusively on stream? We go through his draft habits, look at color preferences and try to figure out what makes him successful. Y…

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#130 - Causal Magic with Shivam Bhatt 1:19:23

6M ago1:19:23

1:19:23

Today, a different episode. I started offering coaching, and to give you the insight into my method, I invited a Commander legend, Shivam. He told me he was struggling a bit with BLB draft (aren't we all) and wanted a second pair of eyes on his drafting. We go through his draft and try to identify where the potential problems lay. As it is Shivam, …

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#129 - Why top Limited players win more? Bloomburrow Edition 1:49:13

7M ago1:49:13

1:49:13

Some players win more consistently. Surely there is more to that than pure luck? I look at the data of the top 17Lands.com users from Bloomburrow BO1 draft to try to see - what cards do they prioritise and what cards do they win more with. And try to speculate why that might be so. But wait, there's more! Some cards are generically good and will ma…

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#128 - Early Bloomburrow Draft Data 1:40:39

7M ago1:40:39

1:40:39

Early data for every format is a bit of a minefield. On one hand it provides valuable information, on the other, can be misleading as it is largely based on the decks where players were still finding their footing in the new format. Join me in trying to decipher the data and find some cards that are obviously good or bad and some that may still be …

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#127 - Draft archetype analysis for Bloomburrow with the Skeleton Crew 2:39:13

7M ago2:39:13

2:39:13

My traditional set review. Which is also a star-studded panel discussion. But instead of looking at individual cards, we look at the decks. How do we see decks in the upcoming format, what cards are we hopeful and what synergies excited about. My guests are: Jason Ye, a Pro Tour star and one of the brains behind the Slogurk decks. But we all know t…

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#126 - MH3 set re-review with Chord_o_Calls 1:32:12

7M ago1:32:12

1:32:12

As with every set, at the end of the format me and Chord_o_Calls come back to the grades we gave each card in the format and see how far off were the grades from the card's actual performance. Did we nail our pre-release predictions? If not - where were the most mistakes? Were there any trends in colors, rarity? And with that information we try to …

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#125 - How to optimize lands in MH3 draft decks 1:05:46

8M ago1:05:46

1:05:46

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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#124 - Learning to draft according to your level 1:39:11

8M ago1:39:11

1:39:11

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 1:31:49

8M ago1:31:49

1:31:49

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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#122 - Personal Data with Paul Cheon 1:59:10

9M ago1:59:10

1:59:10

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 3:07:32

9M ago3:07:32

3:07:32

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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#120 - OTJ set re-review with Chord_o_Calls 1:14:57

9M ago1:14:57

1:14:57

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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#119 - Figuring game plans using data 1:21:05

9M ago1:21:05

1:21:05

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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Bonus: How to Draft Ikoria on Arena 1:35:51

10M ago1:35:51

1:35:51

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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#118 - Drafting OTJ 1:39:28

10M ago1:39:28

1:39:28

This episode we look at the pack composition of OTJ play boosters. How many rares are there acually? What is the common frequency and how often do you get the cards from each of the many bonus sheets? On top of that - How should we approach pack one? Is sticking to one color a sustainable strategy? Should you diversify? And we look at the most attr…

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#117 - Learning to draft OTJ from top players 1:52:22

10M ago1:52:22

1:52:22

Some strategies in draft are easier to reproduce at any skill level than others. In this episode I look at the cards, color pairs and strategies that top 17Lands.com users mastered but the general population still struggles with. What are the secrets of the best players? How do they build the decks others struggle with?Join the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord…

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Art of draft 17 - OTJ is a breath of fresh air 1:05:43

10M ago1:05:43

1:05:43

Hear our early thoughts on OTJ! Why do we think it's such a different the draft experience compared to recent years? What about deserts? Go griiindy or go aggro? Support the podcast on Patreon: https://patreon.com/ArtofDraft Discord: https://discord.gg/BGewNDry74 Justlolaman: https://www.twitch.tv/justlolaman TheHamTV: https://www.twitch.tv/thehamt…

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#116 - Early Dive into OTJ data 2:08:44

10M ago2:08:44

2:08:44

Early data from a draft format should be treated with caution, but also gives us some essential information on how to approach the format. I am talking about color power rankings, color pairs in the set to give you a general impression of the power level of each of them. But the real fun begins as I dive into each color pair and give you the best c…

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#115 - Outlaws of Thunder Junction Draft Skeletons Stream with the Skeleton Crew 2:53:29

11M ago2:53:29

2:53:29

It is that time of the Magic calendar again. I meet with Jason Ye, Adam (DDAVP) and Zach Kagan to talk about our vision for the upcoming set. Which cards are spiking our interest? Which cards are confusing us? Why do we think some archetypes are going to be great and some are going to be rubbish? We discuss our impressions of the new set, and after…

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#114 - Q&A 1:44:52

11M ago1:44:52

1:44:52

This week I answered dozens of questions about data, how to analyse it, me, my pets, philosophy of analysing Magic, and more. Here are all the answers. Join the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, sign up for ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and use this ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Linktree⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for everything else! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠This podc…

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#113 - Playing multicolor in MKM draft 2:00:18

11M ago2:00:18

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In the late stages of the season it is nice to keep things fresh. And drafting a unique multicolor pile of cards might be the new lookout on the format you need to rejuvenate your interest in MKM. But 5 color decks on average have one significant problem. They tend to win less. Today's episode will look at how to make sure your multicolor deck is g…

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#112 - Revisiting MKM set review witch Chord_o_Calls 1:39:11

12M ago1:39:11

1:39:11

This week we look back at the... BUT WAIT, WHO IS IT behind me with the steel chair!!!! Yes, Alex Nikolic AKA Chord_o_Calls came to visit me all the way from Canada and we used that time to record our set rereview. Set reviews are fun - you can speculate about which cards and colors are good, gives you the opportunity to think about the upcoming fo…

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#111 - How to train a Pro Player in draft with Eduardo Sajgalik 2:19:29

12M ago2:19:29

2:19:29

This week I have a guest - a Pro Player, caster, Magic theorist Eduardo Sajgalik, AKA Walaoumpa and we talk about his role as the Limited coach for the Pro Tour team Worldly Counsel. What differences and similarities are there in coaching the cream of the crop of Magic players? How can you use their strategies in self improvement - all in the conte…

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#110 - The Secrets of ALSA (and MKM draft data) 1:05:01

12M ago1:05:01

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ALSA is a term that gets thrown around a lot in data-adjacent content about Limited. But what exactly is ALSA? And what is the full meaning of the number that hides itself behind those four letters? I take a deeper dive on that metric, looking to answer what it really is. And the first 17Lands data is publicly available so it is time to dive into d…

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#109 - Learning to draft MKM from the top players through data 1:28:25

12M ago1:28:25

1:28:25

Limited is hard. You need to be at a decent level of playing, know what is going on in the format, be able to build a coherent deck. Starting to draft can be a scary process. You get so much advice that is unintuitive, conflicting, confusing. A part of that is: advice is usually targeted at a particular group of players, but that group is rarely sp…

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Art of draft 16 - Simic control shell in MKM 1:02:58

1y ago1:02:58

1:02:58

MKM is a hit. CONTROL IS BACK ON THE MENU! What did we get right and wrong in the 1st MKM episode? Why are we drafting so much green and what's so good about being in a simic base? Support the podcast on Patreon: https://patreon.com/ArtofDraft Discord: https://discord.gg/BGewNDry74 Justlolaman: https://www.twitch.tv/justlolaman TheHamTV: https://ww…

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#108 - Early Dive into MKM Draft Data 2:00:16

1y ago2:00:16

2:00:16

New format is pretty complicated and it may be tricky to find your footing in the first days. But fear not - the data is here to help us and I dive deep into card win rate to test what makes each color pair tick, which cards over-perform, and which are traps you should avoid. We look at the general picture of the format, speculate on what can the n…

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#107 - Cooking Limited Decks at Karlov Manor 1:12:52

1y ago1:12:52

1:12:52

Magic has surprisingly lot of similarities to cooking and today, we are moving to haute cuisine. Deck-building theory-crafting. While waiting for the new set to be released I spend an amount of time I can't really excuse thinking about build-arounds in this formats. All those thoughts can't go to waste so this week we are looking at how I imagine s…

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Art of draft 15 - Early MKM predictions! 1:15:30

1y ago1:15:30

1:15:30

How do we feeeeel that the MKM is gonna play out? Why is it so different than all the sets in the recent years? Why are we on another level of excitment for drafting this one? Hint: speed Lola has grinded out three prereleases and got some experience to share. Support the podcast on Patreon: https://patreon.com/ArtofDraft Discord: https://discord.g…

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#106 - Murders at Karlov Manor Draft Skeletrons 2:15:10

1y ago2:15:10

2:15:10

Me, JasonILTG, Tajoordan and DDAVP look at the upcoming set and try to figure out how would we want a deck in each color pair to look like. To do so we first explore the format synergies and the cards we like and later assemble them in simple limited deck with some reasonable limitations (1-2 rares, 6-8 uncommons and rest just commons). Check this …

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#105 - LSV^3: Talking Arena Cube with Luis Scott-Vargas 1:20:15

1y ago1:20:15

1:20:15

My guest this week needs no introduction (he still gets one, though), being one of the game's all-time greatest players. But apart from his pro player credentials, LSV is a cube fanatic, and I tap into his vast expertise to look through the latest edition of Arena Cube and see which cards and which strategies I, a cube rookie, should focus on over …

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#104 - Prince or Pauper 47:35

1y ago47:35

47:35

This episode I am looking into what does it mean for a set to be prince or pauper and how do recent sets align with different definitions of that term. Because there are plenty definitions. Some will focus more on the power of rare cards, some on the power (or lack thereof) of the commons and uncommons. A data exploration episode - most useful if y…

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#103 - Revisiting LCI set review with Chord_O_Calls 1:05:26

1y ago1:05:26

1:05:26

This week I am joined by Limited content behemoth, Chord_O_Calls AKA Alex Nikolic to talk about out set reviews for LCI from the perspective of an almost finished format. I was always thorn about set reviews. On the one hand, they are useful to get accustomed to cards before the format starts, but on the other, they are frequently based on wild spe…

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