Uploaded May 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
This episode focuses on what are draft signals and how to find the best way to read them. You will hear a lot of content creators talking about "strong signals" or "signal X is open" during draft, but what exactly are signals? I try to define exactly that and go even several steps further. I look at SNC draft data and try to figure out what is a meaningful signal during the draft. On my quest to do so, I find plenty of things that are NOT a strong signal when you look at thousands of drafts, and some of them are quite surprising (to me at least). But don't worry, eventually I get there and find a pretty good way to predict color openness during draft.
I also look at how much should we worry about sending signals (spoiler: not much). Apart from that I lay out my views on why do I strongly think SNC is a 3-color format and tell you how many Gathering Throngs should you gather to maximise you Magic: the Gathering wins.
This episode focuses on what are draft signals and how to find the best way to read them. You will hear a lot of content creators talking about "strong signals" or "signal X is open" during draft, but what exactly are signals? I try to define exactly that and go even several steps further. I look at SNC draft data and try to figure out what is a meaningful signal during the draft. On my quest to do so, I find plenty of things that are NOT a strong signal when you look at thousands of drafts, and some of them are quite surprising (to me at least). But don't worry, eventually I get there and find a pretty good way to predict color openness during draft.
I also look at how much should we worry about sending signals (spoiler: not much). Apart from that I lay out my views on why do I strongly think SNC is a 3-color format and tell you how many Gathering Throngs should you gather to maximise you Magic: the Gathering wins.
