Magic Data Science @mtgds.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Breaking my long silence to report that +2 Mace now appears on Gatherer. 2352
Magic Data Science @mtgds.bsky.social · 30/04/2026This is so cool. I think maybe all (?) of the art is from sketches/drafts of illustrations that have appeared on Magic cards. Seems fun, easy to learn, charming. Way to stick with it, @maro254.bsky.social 2100
Magic Data Science @mtgds.bsky.social · 22/02/2026In second place, with 457.91 points, was Inflamed (who came in 3rd for TLA!), closely followed by @veserius.bsky.social at 457.87 -- and then several others close behind! Here is how the rest of the competitors finished out: 440
Magic Data Science @mtgds.bsky.social · 22/02/2026📯I am pleased to announce the winner of the Lorwyn Eclipsed #P0P1 Challenge: 🎇 @formersquid 🎆 Going deep on BG, and hitting on the second-best Eclipsed creature (Kithkin), proved to be the keys to victory! 280
Magic Data Science @mtgds.bsky.social · 10/02/2026~ ≠ ≈ I'm open to using the ~ if you're texting or in a hurry, but on an earnings report, I'd probably take the time to figure out how to write the ≈. Also, some wild keming choices here 4121
Magic Data Science @mtgds.bsky.social · 10/02/2026Here is where ECL lands on the #PrinceVPauper ternary plot: decidedly _not_ Pauper. The rares and uncommons are relatively stronger than the commons, to a greater extent than pretty much any recent set. At common, look for good removal, friendly creature types, and... good luck! 1154
Magic Data Science @mtgds.bsky.social · 06/02/20265) The least Open cards -- the ones that are most narrowly drafted/played -- are mostly finely-targeted Typal synergy cards, many of which explicitly say the name of a creature type. This is very Bloomburresque. 150
Magic Data Science @mtgds.bsky.social · 06/02/20264) The most "Open" mono-color cards are, as usual, the strong removal cards, which are (a) desirable and (b) not usually synergy-reliant 150
Magic Data Science @mtgds.bsky.social · 06/02/20263) Contrast those with the Typal hybrid "signposts", which are drafted and played much more like gold cards than hybrid. In the graph ^^^^, you can see the distinction between these two groups of hybrid commons -- the gluey Changelings are way at the top of the distribution. 360
Magic Data Science @mtgds.bsky.social · 06/02/20262) The gluey hybrid Changelings are, as you might expect, pretty high-Openness. The "theoretical maximum" for these cards is a 7, which would be the 7 color-touching pairs playing the card equally frequently, and several of these are close, at 6+ 140
Magic Data Science @mtgds.bsky.social · 06/02/2026...as the graph shows, it also has the wide/low distribution characteristic of a fairly on-rails format. Here are some observations. 1) The most Open cards are, as usual, the colorless lands and artifacts, although even within these cards there are some archetype leanings. 150
Magic Data Science @mtgds.bsky.social · 06/02/2026Some time ago, I came up with a method of measuring the "openness" of a card in Limited, which can summarize up to describing a particular format. One of the more interesting things I found was how relatively "on-rails" Bloomburrow was, with its 10 typal archetypes. You can... 3345
Magic Data Science @mtgds.bsky.social · 02/02/2026@cubecobra.com Excited about the 1.5 update! Especially Scryfall drag'n'drop. Does this update mean that the job that calculates Cube Elo will run regularly? Also, at the moment, it seems like Playtest Data is missing? 130
Magic Data Science @mtgds.bsky.social · 28/01/2026Here is a plot of GIHWR by rank within color, for commons and uncommons in ECL, per @17lands.bsky.social Among commons, it's G and then everyone else, although R and B have a higher top-end before falling off, while U and W are a little flatter. Among uncommons, ... 3112
Magic Data Science @mtgds.bsky.social · 28/01/2026I'm one of these, @maro254.bsky.social Watched 20 years, 20 lessons Listened to the DtW podcast episodes expanding on that Listened to every DtW at least once Had a million ideas for models to build Spent a year working on those intermittently Started MTGDS. 090
Magic Data Science @mtgds.bsky.social · 24/01/2026... the creatures were in FIN. FIN > MOM > EMN > IKO are the four sets with the highest mean P+T.) 040
Magic Data Science @mtgds.bsky.social · 24/01/2026This holds up if you look at all cards, not just commons & uncommons. I just thought this was interesting, and a little counterintuitive. Especially after you add all of the -1/-1 counters, ECL is surprisingly low-toughness! (It's also interesting to see just how big... 130
Magic Data Science @mtgds.bsky.social · 24/01/2026...all but 7 of these sets has higher average toughness than power, but the biggest toughness outliers are all old sets: Alpha, Alliances, & Antiquities. But even in the last year, Final Fantasy and The Last Airbender are substantially more tough-leaning than Lorwyn Eclipsed. 130
Magic Data Science @mtgds.bsky.social · 24/01/2026With all of the Treefolk and -1/-1 counters running around ECL, folks have been talking about how high-toughness the creatures in this set are. But, are they? 🤔 I went to make this graph, expecting ECL to be an obvious outlier, and it's... just not! As you can see... 👇 2113
Magic Data Science @mtgds.bsky.social · 23/01/2026What does it say about a format if this is the highest GIHWR blue common? 6111
Magic Data Science @mtgds.bsky.social · 22/01/2026@alanpep.bsky.social has been collecting these Archetype Guides from booster boxes since they started doing them, and was kind enough to share two with me: Unfinity and Dominaria Remastered. Thanks so much! 250
Magic Data Science @mtgds.bsky.social · 22/01/2026Several folks on @maro254.bsky.social's Blogatog reported that players at prerelease were confused by the official 5-pair archetype guide, hesitating to explore the other five pairs, despite some support for them. So I made an unofficial guide to those secondary archetypes! 3304
Magic Data Science @mtgds.bsky.social · 21/01/2026I love that Magic is so far from being "solved." Here are your day-one top GIHWR commons. 3173
Magic Data Science @mtgds.bsky.social · 21/01/2026Some Danner Wilds; the inspiration for this thread 140
Magic Data Science @mtgds.bsky.social · 21/01/2026Another four seasons, which I should have put earlier in the thread 110
Magic Data Science @mtgds.bsky.social · 21/01/2026I wasn't aware of this set, although I suspect many of you were. Non-consecutive collector numbers? 220
Magic Data Science @mtgds.bsky.social · 21/01/2026Ransom note was part of the Markov Manor ARG, wasn't it? 120
Magic Data Science @mtgds.bsky.social · 21/01/2026Several through-the-seasons variants, which I do find charming 120
Magic Data Science @mtgds.bsky.social · 21/01/2026I'll put a couple of Un-ones here -- some of the more interesting examples 150
