The Shape of a Format | A Data-Driven Retrospective of Dominaria United

Dominaria United was an outlier of contemporary Magic design. How can running the numbers on draft logs help illustrate its many charming anomalies? BASILISK Esports: https://basilisk.gg/ 🎥 Support: Become a Patron: http://www.patreon.com/rhysticstudies Buy merch at Coalesce (use code STUDIES for 10% off): https://www.coalesceapparel.shop/collections/rhystic-studies Buy cards at Card Kingdom: https://www.cardkingdom.com/studies 📎 Connect: Visit my website: https://www.rhysticstudies.com Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/rhysticstudies Linktree: https://linktr.ee/rhysticstudies 🦉 Guests: Sierkovitz https://linktr.ee/sierkovitz 🎵 Music: Palms Down - Blue Dot Sessions https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/0a04abf4-66d2-404c-812c-38ea756030ed Página Blanca - Gustav Lundgren Trio https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/DQ9gi0Si36/ Långholmen - Gustav Lundgren Trio https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/0R6uOhkaEZ/ It's All For Love - Wendy Marcini https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/KzcIA8tIDF/ Can - Hara Noda https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/g3fLTLH7Jw/ 📘 Chapters: 0:00 Card Kingdom 0:30 BASILISK 1:16 Skeletons and Line Drawings 3:12 A Run of Moguls 7:39 Here's the Kicker 10:35 Man Your Battlecruisers 13:41 The Five Stages of a Format 16:41 Outlier to the Outliers 22:23 Three New Heuristics 25:45 If This Isn't Nice... 28:42 Yotia Meteorite et. all 📓 Sources: https://mtgazone.com/data-based-heuristics-for-mtg-arena-drafts/ - Data-Driven Heuristics for MTG Arena Drafts https://bigthink.com/high-culture/vonnegut-shapes/ - Shapes of Stories by Kurt Vonnegut https://capnmariam.tumblr.com/post/76564658108/kurt-vonnegut-library-adventures-newish-exhibits - Vonnegut Graphs https://draftsim.com/mtg-dmu-defender-deck/ - DMU Defender Deck Primer - Sam Black https://www.reddit.com/r/MagicArena/comments/xyyisw/dominaria_united_draft_archetypes_iceburg/ - DMU Limited Iceberg https://open.spotify.com/episode/2RBmOayufhWbxO7J4ASL0I?si=eb16ca1e41804d6c Lords of Limited - 50 DMU Takes in 50 Minutes https://open.spotify.com/episode/32iaYM1aqC0DfYjcR8OzLz?si=25cb07ed4b924380 - Lords of Limited - Domin Are Ya Hyped https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oP3c1h8v2ZQ - Kurt Vonnegut on the Shapes of Stories https://youtu.be/1G7z_-ZJnrI - LSV DMU Draft https://youtu.be/H-1Ot3-nczE - Magic Numbers 50 - DMU First 17 Lands Data https://youtu.be/iFtQb34VHUw - Magic Numbers 52 - Three New Draft Heuristics from DMU Data https://youtu.be/94KAFhYEXOM?si=hqwDZdnlg_KrFx2Z - Magic Numbers 53 - Why Are Top Players Top? https://youtu.be/RP8RV-k2DGw - Magic Numbers 54 - DMU Draft Data https://youtu.be/PgBOExMmzLY - Magic Numbers 86 - How do Draft Formats Evolve? https://twitter.com/lordtupperware/status/1566940550124691456/photo/1 - Ethan Saks 5c Legends https://twitter.com/lordtupperware/status/1572709910345035776/photo/1 - Ethan Saks RG Beats https://twitter.com/lordtupperware/status/1572221705963053059/photo/1 - Ethan Saks 4c Legends (?) https://twitter.com/lordtupperware/status/1571896064663494656/photo/1 - Ethan Saks Micromancer for Runic Shot https://twitter.com/lsv/status/1570238504998965249/photo/1 - LSV easy 7-0 https://twitter.com/lsv/status/1576577838576111616/photo/2 - LSV turn 5, 4x Terrors https://twitter.com/Marshall_LR/status/1565611273814822912/photo/1 - Marshall, 4x Ragers https://twitter.com/mistermetronome/status/1566978530872856579/photo/1 - Metronome - UR Spells https://twitter.com/mistermetronome/status/1565531422315741190/photo/1 - Metronome - UB cost reduction https://twitter.com/mistermetronome/status/1575308196687843328/photo/1 - Metronome - BW The Truth https://twitter.com/mistermetronome/status/1581683690224365568/photo/1 - Metronome - “This deck was illegal. Maybe the best deck I’ve drafted all format?” https://twitter.com/mistermetronome/status/1582876849570390016/photo/1 - Metronome - Jodah #mtg #magicthegathering