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Magic Data Science
@mtgds.bsky.social
Doing math with Magic; doing Magic with math.

(Chromatic Lantern; Julie Dillon)
Ally in TLA
Dragon in CLB
Knight in ELD
Detective, famously, in MKM
Warrior in BBD
Elemental in LRW
Ally in BFZ
Dinosaur in RIX
Elemental in M20
Rogue in OTJ
Artificer in KLD
Wizard in INV
Soldier in BRO
Horror in EMN
Dinosaur in LCI
Robot in EOE
Samurai in NEO
Hero in SPM
etc.
November 25, 2025 at 7:40 PM
@sierkovitz.bsky.social has a nifty graph with a similar idea, but splitting cards by the two-color decks in which they appear. Another way to think about depth by color/archetype:
bsky.app/profile/sier...
November 25, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Among the uncommons, we do see a bit more separation. Blue, and especially white, stand out as having higher winrates. These will, of course, tend to push up the decks those cards appear in -- but also, stronger decks make for higher WR cards. It's a bit circular.
November 25, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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November 25, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Note that I use the term "high-quality"! The classic "potato camera" photo, maybe taken at an angle, maybe with a thumb over the P/T... not ideal. Helpfully, Scryfall offers a whole page describing best-practice Scanning Guidelines: scryfall.com/docs/scannin....

Get scanning, people!
November 25, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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November 25, 2025 at 2:56 PM
And then there's my ridiculous Twitter thread of cardnames that are anagrams of each other: x.com/mtg_ds/statu...
November 25, 2025 at 1:38 AM
There are also some cardname pairs that are palindromes of one-another
November 25, 2025 at 1:38 AM
But Polliwallop is *so close*!
November 25, 2025 at 1:38 AM
The boring answer is that X is the only actual palindrome.
November 25, 2025 at 1:38 AM