The Draft Lab Podcast

May 28 2023 64
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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.

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Episode 84: Reviewing $2000 Arena Open Winning Draft

May 28 2023 33 mins  
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

Episode 83: Playing Around Things

May 16 2023 17 mins  
Josh and Chris sit down to talk about playing around everything from sweepers to counter spells.

Episode 82: Red Aggro in MOM with Dafore

May 08 2023 20 mins  
Josh bring on Draft Lab member Dafore to discuss his success with playing aggressive red decks in March of the Machine limited.

Episode 81: Navigating MOM Drafts

Apr 29 2023 45 mins  
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: https://www.17lands.com/draft/7be191e3d5704632987bac7e298c3191

Episode 80: March of the Machine First Impressions

Apr 21 2023 32 mins  
Josh finally corralled Chris into recording an episode. We sit down to talk about how MOM has been playing out for us so far.

Episode 78: Taking Your Medicine to Draft Better

Mar 15 2023 32 mins  
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.

Episode 77: Winning with Dimir in ONE with Dafore

Mar 04 2023 34 mins  
Josh brings on Dafore to discuss his recent streak of burning out his opponents with Dimir in ONE drafts. Yeah, I said burning.

Episode 76: ONE cards that the data lies about

Feb 28 2023 31 mins  
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.

Episode 75: Talking about ONE

Feb 20 2023 40 mins  
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.

Episode 73: Phyrexia All Will be One Mechanics

Jan 22 2023 21 mins  
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.