The Draft Lab Podcast
A Magic: The Gathering podcast focused on improving at limited formats. Hosted by Josh Phillips and Chris Palmiotti. The members of the draft lab have all been ranked #1 mythic on MTG Arena. They also have combined to qualify for a variety of pro tours, nationals, worlds, mythic championships, and world cups.
Episodes
73 episodes
Episode 84: Reviewing $2000 Arena Open Winning Draft
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/0cf4a965cbeb474fb1a07f7825898bcd
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Episode 84
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33:28
Episode 83: Playing Around Things
Josh and Chris sit down to talk about playing around everything from sweepers to counter spells.
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Episode 83
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17:55
Episode 82: Red Aggro in MOM with Dafore
Josh bring on Draft Lab member Dafore to discuss his success with playing aggressive red decks in March of the Machine limited.
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Episode 82
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20:51
Episode 81: Navigating MOM Drafts
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/b6b97c00a1134241a1eb710792965d50You can follow along with the second draft at:...
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Episode 81
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45:39
Episode 80: March of the Machine First Impressions
Josh finally corralled Chris into recording an episode. We sit down to talk about how MOM has been playing out for us so far.
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Episode 80
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32:33
Episode 78: Taking Your Medicine to Draft Better
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 co...
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Episode 78
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32:17
Episode 77: Winning with Dimir in ONE with Dafore
Josh brings on Dafore to discuss his recent streak of burning out his opponents with Dimir in ONE drafts. Yeah, I said burning.
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Episode 77
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34:06
Episode 76: ONE cards that the data lies about
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.
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Episode 76
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31:44
Episode 75: Talking about ONE
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.
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Episode 75
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40:45
Episode 73: Phyrexia All Will be One Mechanics
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.
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Episode 73
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21:39
Episode 72: Returning to Kaldheim with BeersSC
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.
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Episode 72
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37:49
Episode 71: Post Holiday Mailbag
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.
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Episode 71
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26:47
Episode 69: The Anatomy of a Draft
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.
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Episode 69
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38:13
Episode 68: Winning By Just Enough with JoeJohn
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.
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Episode 68
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24:58
Episode 67: Re-Evaluating Data with Sierkovitz
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...
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Season 1
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Episode 67
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53:49
Episode 66: The Brothers' War First Impressions
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 s...
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Episode 66
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35:05
Episode 64: Brothers War Mechanics and First Looks
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...
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Episode 64
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21:38
Episode 63: Incremental Improvement with SmallSam27
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.
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Episode 63
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30:18
Episode 62: Innovating Archetypes with BeersSC
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.
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Episode 62
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43:32
Episode 61: Reviewing $2000 Arena Open Drafts with Dafore
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 1https://www.17lands.com/draft/173ddeb68a85484189903c8efdeab959Draft 2https://www.17...
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Season 1
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Episode 61
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49:12
Episode 60: Hidden Gems of Dominaria United Limited
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.
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Episode 60
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20:26
Episode 59: So You Want to Splash? with JJohn
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.
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Episode 59
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44:02
Episode 58: Navigating a Dominaria United Draft
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.
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Episode 58
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25:19
Episode 57: Dominaria United Draft First Impressions
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.
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Episode 57
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34:44
Episode 56 Dominaria United Predictions with Sierkovitz and Tajoordan
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.
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Episode 56
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32:27