Magic Numbers #144: Testing Heuristics in Limited @Sierkovitz
Magic Numbers #144: Testing Heuristics in Limited  @Sierkovitz
Uploaded January 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
We hear the wisdom from experienced players: Always play your two drops, Spend all your mana, and many more. But how do the numbers back those old truths? Do they stand scrutiny of testing them through data? Are they universal? Or are there corner cases? I test several Limited heuristics and hopefully you get to level up your game play through it!

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