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.
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 analysing that, we can not only find cards that have low win rate but have a good home, but also figure out which plans work better than others. Alas, in order to do this - we need to see the whole spoiler so apologies for 4h episode. What needs to be done - needs to be done.
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196 (https://youtu.be/Tb2dzdCVbsw)
6 Oct 2026
#195: Early 17Lands.com data for Reality Fracture
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 will have that baseline knowledge. And the true format discovery process can begin!
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Ping me for coaching. Join the Discord (https://discord.gg/pDwQZ3KNGU), sign up for Patreon (https://patreon.com/sierkovitz ), and use this Linktree (https://linktr.ee/sierkovitz) for everything else!
Watch this episode on YT:
195 (https://youtu.be/W32TboJw7dY)
27 Sept 2026
#194: Reality Fracture draft deck skeletons with the Skeleton Crew
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 Rosemary Tea - check her awesome streams here. She is one of the most interesting drafters on the market, heavily invested in BO3 - as Garfield intended:
https://www.twitch.tv/therosemarytea
And Springbok. He is helping a community that organises old drafts online. XMage Draft Historical Society even has software to help playing the games. Miss drafting Tempest? Never tried Conflux? Check them out here:
https://discord.gg/tpdSfgdAMc
I started offering coaching on Metafy (metafy.gg/ @Sierkovitz)! Go to my profile to see what's on offer!
Ping me for coaching. Join the Discord (https://discord.gg/pDwQZ3KNGU), sign up for Patreon (https://patreon.com/sierkovitz ), and use this Linktree (https://linktr.ee/sierkovitz) for everything else!
Watch this episode on YT:
194 (https://youtu.be/N99E4pfp0_w)
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