The Draft Lab Podcast

Welcome back to episode 84 of the Draft Lab Podcast where Josh managed to get Chris out of his Scrooge McDuck bin to discuss how he won all of that sweet money during the last Arena Open. We do a…

Welcome back to episode 83 of the Draft Lab Podcast where Josh finally tricked Chris into recording an episode. Maybe he would have gotten out of it if he applied some of the strategies that we discuss here. One of…

Welcome back to episode 82 of the Draft Lab Podcast where Josh couldn’t track down Chris when he was on another of his “expeditions”. Instead he brought on draft lab member Dafore to talk about drafting red decks in MOM.…

Welcome back to episode 81 of the Draft Lab Podcast where Josh managed to get Chris to sit down to do a couple of drafts together. We start out with our weekly update and bounty before we jump right into…

Welcome back to episode 78 of the Draft Lab Podcast where Josh dragged Chris back on to the show to discuss how the start of March of the Machine draft has been treating them. We start out with our weekly…

Welcome back to episode 78 of the Draft Lab Podcast where Josh dragged Chris back on to the show to discuss improving by playing a format you many not enjoy. We start out with our weekly update and bounty before…

Welcome back to episode 77 of the Draft Lab Podcast where Josh convinced Dafore to come on to talk about his recent success with drafting Dimir in ONE. We start out with our weekly update and bounty before jumping into…

Welcome back to episode 76 of the Draft Lab Podcast where Josh finally convinced Chris to come back from his multitude of vacations to talk about ONE. We sat down to talk about cards that the data lies about. We…

Welcome back to episode 75 of the Draft Lab Podcast where Josh brings on Benjy aka TaJoordan to talk about how ONE drafts have been going. This was actually recorded last week, but real life has been crazy so it…

Welcome back to episode 73 of the Draft Lab Podcast where Josh and Chris meet up to discuss the mechanics of the upcoming set Phyrexia: All Will Be One. We start out with our weekly update and bounty before skipping…

Welcome back to episode 72 of the Draft Lab Podcast where Josh is once again abandoned by Chris (or he wasn’t feeling well) so he has to bring BeersSC on to discuss Kaldheim before it returns for the Arena Open.…

Welcome back to episode 71 of the Draft Lab Podcast where Josh and Chris stumble out of their holiday stupor to answer a bunch of the questions all our wonderful listeners sent in. We start out with our weekly update…

Welcome back to episode 69 of the Draft Lab Podcast where Chris surprises Josh by coming up with an episode on his own. We break down the anatomy of a draft for you. We recorded this on Tuesday, but our…

Welcome back to episode 68 of the Draft Lab Podcast where Josh brings on JoeJohn to discuss winning by just enough in draft. Chris had a last minute commitment so he’ll be back next week. We start out with our…

Welcome back to episode 67 of the Draft Lab Podcast where Josh and Chris bring Sierkovitz on to discuss the current place of data in limited Magic. We start out with our weekly update and bounty, but we skip a…

Welcome back to episode 64 of the Draft Lab Podcast where Josh and Chris sit down to discuss the upcoming Brothers War set. We start out with our weekly update before we go over our DMU predictions to see how…

Welcome back to episode 63 of the Draft Lab Podcast where Josh and Chris bring on SmallSam27 to discuss the process of improving in draft. We start out with our weekly update and update our bounties before Josh allows the…

Welcome back to episode 62 of the Draft Lab Podcast where Josh and Chris bring on BeersSC to discuss the process of innovating archetypes in draft. We start out with our weekly update and update our bounties before Josh allows…

Welcome back to episode 61 of the Draft Lab Podcast where Josh brings on Dafore to discuss his drafts from day two of the Arena Open. We start out with our weekly update and update our bounties before Josh skips…

Welcome back to episode 60 of the Draft Lab Podcast where Josh is still bringing you content despite being in the middle of Hurricane Ian. This week we’re talking about the hidden gems of DMU. We start out with our…

Welcome back to episode 59 of the Draft Lab Podcast where Josh brings in a temporary replacement for Chris because he’s still in trouble with the law for the gator butter incident. That means lab assistant JJohn comes on to…

Welcome back to episode 58 of the Draft Lab Podcast where Josh manages to catch Chris before he ran out the door to sit down to do a draft and to go over how things our going in Dominaria United…

Welcome back to episode 57 of the Draft Lab Podcast where Josh gets Chris back in the studio (and by that I mean our living rooms) to go over how things our going in Dominaria United land. We start out…

Welcome back to episode 56 of the Draft Lab Podcast where Josh brings in Sierkovitz and TaJoordan to go over some predictions of Dominaria United. We start out with our weekly update and our weekly bounty before Josh does a…

Welcome back to episode 55 of the Draft Lab Podcast where Josh and Chris go over the mechanics of Dominaria United. They also talk about some of the cards that caught their eye. We start out with our weekly update…

Welcome back to episode 54 of the Draft Lab Podcast where Josh and Chris go over the winners and losers of the HBG rebalance. Check out these accompanying articles regarding this topic also: We start out with our weekly update…

Welcome back to episode 53 of the Draft Lab Podcast where Josh and Chris go over some of the HBG archetypes that have been flying under the radar. We start out with our weekly update before Josh acquiesces to Chris’s…

Welcome back to episode 52 of the Draft Lab Podcast where Josh says the wrong episode number… Oh and Chris is here with NCAA to debate over Bo1 vs Bo3. We start out with our weekly update before Josh acquiesces…

Welcome back to episode 51 of the Draft Lab Podcast where Josh and Chris discuss which cards have been performing above their initial expectations as well as the disappointments. We start out with our weekly update before Josh acquiesces to…

Welcome back to episode 50 of the Draft Lab Podcast where Josh and Chris discuss how confused they are that you are all still listening. In all seriousness, we really appreciate you all so we answer all of your questions,…

Welcome back to episode 49 of the Draft Lab Podcast where Josh and Chris FINALLY drag Ekil on the show to talk about their first impressions for the Alchemy Horizons limited format. Pull up a seat and listen in as…

Welcome back to episode 76 of the Draft Lab Podcast where Josh and Tajoordan talk about their hypotheses for the Alchemy Horizons limited format. They range from mild to scorching hot if you’re looking to live dangerously. We start out…

Welcome back to episode 76 of the Draft Lab Podcast where Josh and Tajoordan talk about the mechanics in the upcoming Arena exclusive set. We recorded before the full spoiler dropped so we also talk about a few of the…

Welcome back to episode 46 of the Draft Lab Podcast where Josh and Chris talk their way through what they think makes a draft format good or bad. Let’s be honest you don’t want to hear about SNC anymore and…

Welcome back to episode 45 of the Draft Lab Podcast where Josh and Chris walk you through their thought process in a Streets of New Capenna Bo3 Draft. What happens when two players with over an 80% win rate debate…

Welcome back to episode 43 of the Draft Lab Podcast where Josh brings on Icky to discuss his recent success on the Pro Tour. Chris was unfortunately not able to make it due to his proclivity for croc and gator…

Welcome back to episode 42 of the Draft Lab Podcast where Josh and Chris bring back their lab assistant (totally a legit thing and definitely not a fancy title for an unpaid intern) JJohn to talk about the current state…

Welcome back to episode 41 of the Draft Lab Podcast where Chris triumphantly returns one thousand dollars richer courtesy of the Arena Open. While I already put out an article on the over and underperformers, this is a whole new…

Welcome back to episode 40 of the Draft Lab Podcast where Josh is wondering what REALLY happened to Chris this week. Instead he brings on recent SNC Grand Prix winner Dafore to talk about what is working for him as…