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by Sierkovitz

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#196: Right cards for right decks

October 19, 2026 · 3 hr 51 min

Today I look at card win rates in each color pair. After week 1 we know much more about the format, so we can start exploring much more complicated questions. For example - which cards are universally good, which need a specific home. By…
#195: Early 17Lands.com data for Reality Fracture

October 6, 2026 · 1 hr 59 min

FRA is a banger. But a banger that is particularly hard to navigate. Cards can be contextually good, but there are some universal trends. Once you know them - the rest will become much easier. And hopefully by the end of this seminar you…
#194: Reality Fracture draft deck skeletons with the Skeleton Crew

September 27, 2026 · 3 hr 11 min

New set is out soon so why don't you learn the ins and outs of what we think is important in out eccentric, deck-centric set review. Instead of looking at cards, we build decks and show you how we think they might work. With me are The…
#193: How is Pick 2 draft different?

September 11, 2026 · 1 hr 12 min

This week I look into Pick Two draft. Since its introduction it has become a popular variant of Magic, both because of how fast it is, how little it costs and a relatively OK payout structure. So what does it change in drafting and what…
#192: Right cards for right decks in Hobbit

August 26, 2026 · 3 hr 5 min

The format has stabilised after 2 weeks of turmoil and now is the time to actually look for solutions. And to do it, you better know what cards make which types of decks and which cards fool you into playing them. I look at all the cards…

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#191: Early 17Lands draft data for The Hobbit

August 16, 2026 · 2 hr 2 min

New set, new rules of engagement. How to use the early draft data to understand the latest Magic expansion limited format? General set stats, color power, what makes each color pair tick and what are the traps to avoid. I started offering…
#190: The Hobbit draft deck Skeletons

August 11, 2026 · 2 hr 7 min

Welcome to my eccentric, deck-centric set review. I look at some general stats for the new set, and fed with that information, set out to build functional draft deck and theory craft how the set might look like in the future. Am I right?…
#189: Right Cards for the right draft decks, MSH Edition

July 9, 2026 · 2 hr 52 min

Format is now well developed and the pick orders stopped evolving - so it is time to start solving a static environment. And what better way to do it that re-evaluation of every card in the set? I look at each card and see how it performs…
#188: Early 17Lands draft data for Marvel Super Heroes

June 29, 2026 · 2 hr 5 min

New format, new opportunities. We can start discovering the secrets of the MSH set, but you've got to start somewhere - and where better than with the early 17Lands data? We look at set statistics, color power levels, best cards at each…
#187: Marvel Super Heroes Draft Deck Skeletons with the Skeleton Crew

June 21, 2026 · 3 hr 55 min

Few days before the new set releases on Arena - why not see our vision of draft format before starting to draft? Our eccentric, deck-centric set review is back. We look at format stats, design vision and then instead of grading individual…
#186: Journal Club (Mulligan and opening hand data)

June 15, 2026 · 1 hr 42 min

This week we are trying something new. A journal club. And the reason for it is very simple - there are not that many Magic-related scientific papers out there. But last week Jess Williams and Zev Goldhaber-Gordon released a very…
#185: Reimagining limited deck clustering

June 9, 2026 · 1 hr 48 min

This week we say goodbye to SOS and sending it off through testing some new deck clustering approach. This time it is capable of distinguishing sub-color pair builds. And this opens new possibilities of analysing limited data. What happens…

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About the show

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.