Lords of Limited

The 12 Ways of Fix-Mas | Episode 457

Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. This week, we’re doing a grab-bag of sorts as Ethan is fresh off of his day 1 run from the Arena Qualifier and poised for a great run on day 2 based on his pool. He and Ben talk about some key moments from day 1 before diving into a draft log review. Then it’s time to discuss the myriad of ways to fix your mana in this format for the soup-y decks that exist and fina...

World Championship 31 Draft Recap | Episode 456

Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. This week, we’re looking at the featured drafts from this weekend’s broadcast the 31st MTG World Championship featuring Javier Dominguez on Day 1 and Derrick Davis on Day 2! Join us as we dissect the decisions these pros made on magic’s biggest stage, what it looks like to draft TLA in an absolutely stacked pod, and the p1p1 heard around the world!

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:
-Two Draft Review...

(Tolls of) War, What Is It Good For? | Episode 455

Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. This week, we’re kicking things off by talking about Tolls of War and BW: has Ethan done a full 180 on this card and archetype? Then we’re recapping our week of drafts and what we’ve learned from winning (and losing) in this format. Finally, we grab a couple draft logs, both of which we’d have navigated differently in hindsight!

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:
-Tolls of W...

TLA Lessons Learned | Episode 454

Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. This week, we’ve got our limited info dump after a week full of jamming Avatar Drafts. What are the rules of engagement of this extremely tempo oriented set, why is 2/1 such an abysmal statline for creatures, what makes this a Jeskai format, how to not let weak packs define your draft, and much, much more!

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:
-Format Rules of Engagement
-Creature Sizing Deep-Dive
-Weak Packs Wil...

Bending Over Backwards | Episode 453

Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. This week, we’re back from the Early Access trenches with our updated takes on Avatar before the set goes live tomorrow! This means updated ‘bending power rankings, in-depth discussion on how drafts and games played out, and tons of individual cards to discuss now that we’ve had a chance to see them in action!

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:
-Bending Power Rankings
-Updated Format Truths
-Movers Up and Movers Do...

TLA Crash Course | Episode 452

Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. This week, we’ve got our crash course episode packed to the brim with all the info you need for your pre-release event. We’re giving our biggest, boldest predictions on what the Avatar set will be about, how the colors will interact, what cards to be on the lookout for overperforming, and much more!

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:
-5 Format Truths
-Color Identities
-Top Commons, Uncommons, Sleepers
And mor...

Ethan's flying solo today with a bonus podcast to help those out there who are cube curious get a little more acquainted with Power Cube on MTG Arena. If you've been struggling or downright intimidated, this bonus podcast will run through tons of cards, combos, and archetypes to clarify how you should be approaching the draft and gameplay in these high powered limited environments!

Yip Yip! Avatar Preview Time | Episode 451

Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. This week, we’re back to new set season with a first look at the previews for Avatar the Last Airbender! We go over the new and returning mechanics as well as the 10 archetypes and their signposts.  Then it’s time to cover as many commons and uncommons as we can before everyone’s favorite preview segment: Great or Garbage?

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:
-Avatar the Last Airbender Mechanics
...

Power Cube Comes to Arena | Episode 450

Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. This week, we got not one but TWO incredible announcements for the limited world. The first is about the 2027 Limited Championship and all the ways to qualify for it in 2026. The second and more immediate: we’re getting Vintage Cube on Arena tomorrow! We break down everything you need to know about both of these huge upgrades to our limited lives!

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:
Limited Championship Announcement Info
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Great Day for a Q&A | Episode 449

Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. This week, we’re gathering up a ton of listener questions and going deep on lots of magic (and some non-magic) related topics!

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:
-What are the characteristics of good limited formats?
-If we were legendary creatures, what would we be?
-What does “going deep on a format” mean?
And more!

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Winning at New Cubes with Lucky Paper Radio | Episode 448

Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. Cubecon is this week and we’re joined by two of the very best in the cube-content business, the hosts of Lucky Paper Radio Andy Mangold and Anthony Mattox. We dive deep on how to approach new cubes, what to look for in the card list on Cube Cobra, and how to wrap your head around radical rules-shifted cubes!

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:
-The Spiky Side of C...

PT EOE Draft Review | Episode 447

Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. This week, we’re heading back to Edge of Eternities to review the two featured drafts from coverage of PT EOE: Ken Yukuhiro on day 1 and Shuhei Nakamura on day 2. Join us as we get in the armchair captain's seat and ENGAGE with the picks that we liked (and really didn’t like) from each of these pros!

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:
-State of MTG for the podcast
-EOE PT Dra...

Your Friendly Neighborhood Omenpath | Episode 446

Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. This week, Ben’s in Atlanta at the Magic Con, so Ethan is joined by Sam Pratt from the “Rough Drafts” podcast to talk about their week 1 impression of Through the Omenpaths/Spiderman. “Are you enjoying this set?” kicks off the conversation as we dive into Pick 2 and one of the most divisive magic sets ever made. We review a couple draft logs and talk about something that we think will come up a lot more often...

Bring Me Big Picture Updates Of Spiderman! | Episode 445

Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. This week, we’ve got a LOT to say about Pick 2 Draft after getting our hands on the set during Early Access and Pre-Release. We thought this draft format would teach people how to force, and we were dead wrong. Reading signals is KEY to Pick-2 Draft and we get into it on this episode as well as a draft log review, a discussion of top commons, and some individual movers up an...

SPM Crash Course | Episode 444

Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. This week, we’re giving you our big picture overview of the upcoming Marvel: Spiderman Set! We’ve got our format truth predictions, color identities, top uncommons, notable commons, sleeper cards, and big picture takeaways!

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:
-Predictions on the Rules of Engagement for SPM
-Color Identities and Top Cards
Sleeper Commons and Big Picture Takeaways
And more!

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Spidey Sense is Tingling | Episode 443

Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. This week, we’re looking at the previews for the upcoming Spiderman Universes Beyond Crossover. We give you our thoughts on this smaller set, what our initial takes on 4-Person-Pick-2 drafts are, and then dive into the new and returning mechanics as well as a bunch of preview cards. And, of course, everyone’s favorite preview segment: “Great or Garbage?”

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:
-Pick 2 Draft Overview
-Archetype Signposts and P...

50 EOE Takes in 50 Minutes | Episode 442

Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. This week, we’re putting Edge of Eternities into a capsule and sending it off to space with 50 takes in 50 minutes! We’re not sure why this format got a bad rap in the community at large because for us there’s still a ton to like. Join us as we review what worked and didn’t, give tons of power rankings, and dole out awards for “The Golden Egg,” “Imperial Oath,” and much more!

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Hot or Cold: Introducing Blackjack Theory | Episode 441

Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. This week, we begin by outlining the Big Red decks in EOE, what makes them so strong and the package of commons that lets you ramp out a Nebula Dragon on turn 5! Then, we get into the main topic of a new way to evaluate deck strength that we’re calling Blackjack Theory. We outline this process and put it into practice for a few different decks. We also discuss some broader thoughts ab...

Welcome to an episode of our weekly bonus podcast of Lords Unlimited! This week we're joined by recent PTQ Winner and High Stakes Limited sicko Jared Mazzant aka JMazz. Jared is fresh off of his win at Magic Con Vegas, but he's no stranger to deep runs in big paper limited events. He's here to give us the low down on the structure of these events, how to make it to day 2, and what he does to prepare specifically for marathon paper tournaments. 

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Arena Set Tier List | Ranking all the Draft Formats on MTGA!!!

Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. This week, we’re ranking every single arena draft format in a MASSIVE Tier List! From Ixalan (one of our first podcast sets) all the way to Final Fantasy, we’ve got 6 years of draft sets to get through and place in categories from “GOATed” to “Fun but Flawed” and “No thanks!”

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:
-Draft Set Tier List
-Many Nostalgia Trips Down Memory Lane<...

Feeling Intrin-Sick | Deep Dive on Maximizing Power in Draft

Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. This week, we’re talking about the big 3: Galactic Wayfarer, Virus Beetle, and Cryogen Relic. These cards are prime examples of intrinsic power vs synergistic power and we go deep on these concepts and how they relate to grading, pick order, drafting philosophy, and Edge of Eternities specifically.

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:
-Deep Dive on Power in MtG
-Intrinsic Power vs Synergistic Power
-Individu...

Holy Ship! | First Week Info Dump for EOE

Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. This week, we’re looking at all things Edge of Eternities after 1 week of drafting in the books! We talk about what we’ve been winning with in EOE (hint: it’s not green), what the data tells us (both genpop and top players), what the lack of fixing means for the drafts, and the importance of proper card evaluation to your success in the format!

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episo...

Getting an EDGE | Early Access Updates on EOE

Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. This week, we’re taking what we learned during Early Access and Pre-release to update our thoughts on the good, the bad, and the spacecrafts of EOE. We dive deep on the new card type and how Station played out, plus some archetype and color power rankings, and tons of individual card updates!

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:
-Spacecraft Deep Dive
-Archetype Tiers and What Impressed during EA...

EOE Crash Course | Boldly Going Where No Content Has Gone Before!

Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. This week, we’re boldly going where no content has gone before and getting ready for Edge of Eternities! We’ve got our revamped Crash Course for you complete with Format Truths, Color Identities, Top Uncommons, Notable and Sleeper Commons, and summarized takeaways! Everything you need to crush your first drafts/sealed of this exciting new format!

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:
-Big, Bold Format Trut...

This week, we're dropping our Bonus episode of Lords Unlimited on the main feed to make sure we don't miss out on the opportunity to send Final Fantasy off with its very own 50 Takes in 50 Minutes! Join us as we say goodbye to this massive Universes Beyond set that took the summer by storm with a rapid-fire array of takeaways, key cards, superlatives, awards, and power rankings. Let's get 50 minutes on the clock!

0:00 Intro
4:09 Takes 1-10
20:04 Takes 11-20
32:38 Takes 21-30
44:23 Takes 31-40
57:27 Takes 41-50

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On The Edge of a New Format | Edge of Eternities Previews are Here!

Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. 3-2-1 Blast Off, we’re going to space with the newest set Edge of Eternities. We’re going over the extremely hard-to-evaluate new mechanics, the signposts we’ve seen so far, and as many commons and uncommons as we can get through before everyone’s favorite preview segment, “Great or Garbage?”

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:
-EOE Mechanics Deep Dive
-Card Evaluation Pr...

Rakdos Intolerant | Decision Trees in Tricky Drafts!!

Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. This week, we’re talking about our love for Rakdos in FIN limited, why it’s underrated, and outline the steal’n’sac synergies that the color pair provides. Then we’re looking at three tricky drafts, the decision trees they present, and what your selections mean for how you want to navigate your seat in this format!

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:
-More love for Rakdos in FIN
-Three co...

Our Final Fantasies | Archetype Guides For Our Favorite Decks to Draft

Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. This week, we’re digesting all we learned at MC Las Vegas and coming to you with our updated takes on individual cards and our approach to the format as a whole. Then we get into the really fun stuff: archetype guides for our pet decks in Final Fantasy Limited. Learn how to draft Triple Triad Control, BW Artifacts, GW Legends, and UG Towns along with over/underperformers and ge...

Live from MC Las Vegas | PT Draft Review and Team Testing Behind-the-Scenes

Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. This week, we’re coming to you LIVE from Magic Con Las Vegas and Pro Tour Final Fantasy. Ethan and Ben recap their weekend full of events and exciting people from the MtG community. Then we get some insider info about how some of the top teams approached limited for the Pro Tour and do our best armchair quarterbacking as we review Matt Nass’ day 1 draft!

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Saha-Win or Choco/Lose | Week 1 Info Dump for Final Fantasy

Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. This week, we’ve got TONS to discuss after a full week of draft and sealed prep for MC Vegas! Is this format as synergy-driven as we thought? Is Blue the best color? What can we learn from the early data returns? And why is Sahagin so busted? All this and more in this info-PACKED episode!

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:
-Synergy in the Context of Final...

Synergy EndorFINs | Early Access and Prerelease Updates!

Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. This week, we’re updating our big picture format thoughts after getting our hands on the cards briefly during Early Access and Prerelease weekend! We still think a lot of what we laid out in the Crash Course last week holds true but we’ve still got lots to discuss as far as how things played out vs. our expectations. Plus we take a look at not one but two draft logs from Earl...

FIN Crash Course | Everything You Need For Prerelease!

Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. This week, we’re diving into our new-and-improved Crash Course for Final Fantasy! We kick things off with each host bringing five format truth predictions to the table. Then we go deep on color identities, top commons and uncommons, and big picture takeaways to get your prepped and ready for your pre-release and first drafts of this new format!

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:
-Format Truth Predictions
-Top...

FINALly Preview Season | First Look At Drafting Universes Beyond

Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. This week, we’re taking our first look at the Final Fantasy Universes Beyond set! We’re discussing the new mechanics, the signpost uncommons and color pair identities, removal, top commons to watch out for, and more! Plus, the return of our favorite preview segment: “Great or Garbage?”

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:
-FIN Mechanics Overview
-Archetype Signposts and Identities
-Key Common/Uncommon Predictions

New Se...

50 TDM Takes in 50 Minutes | Tarkir Dragonstorm Spreads Its Wings

Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. This week, we’re saying goodbye to Tarkir Dragonstorm with our usual rundown of biggest hits, hottest takes, power rankings, awards winners and more! So, set the timer for 50 minutes, sit back, and relax as we take you through another limited format send off!

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:
-TDM Big Picture Summaries
-Lords of Limited Power Rankings
-Golden Egg & Imperial Oath Award Winners
-Rare...

The Eye of the Storm | The Off-Script Decks of TDM

Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. This week, we’re looking at how to get the MOST out of your Tarkir Dragonstorm drafts. When Boros or Temur are open, it’s smooth sailing ahead, but what happens when you’re at a table where the best decks are contested? We’re here today to go deep on the keys to success when Plan A (or even Plan B) just isn’t a viable option!

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Weitz Cooking in Tarkir | A Conversation with TDM Limited Design Lead

Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. This week, we’re joined by the limited design lead for Tarkir Dragonstorm, Ben Weitz. Ben takes us through the evolution of the format from Vision Design all the way through the card file final submission. Hear what he’s most proud of, what’s surprised him the most since the set’s release, and if there are any gems yet to be discovered by the limited community!

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Hopelessly Devoteed To You | A Deeper Mid-Format Look at TDM

Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. This week, we’re getting granular with our views on Tarkir Dragonstorm. The landscape of decks in this draft environment is vast and there are so many different niche corners you can explore. We take a deep dive on the devotees and how they fit in to the broader context of the format. Plus, we discuss a different way to read signals by looking at what ISN’T in the pack...

That’s What I’m Tarkin’ About | Maximizing Your Preferences in TDM Draft

Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. This week, we’re diving deeper into Tarkir Dragonstorm and what makes this format so hard to talk about! Unlike a prescribed paint-by-numbers archetype system, this format truly is a blank canvas and leaves a lot up to the player to figure out. But we’re here to help!

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:
-Mana Base Tips and Traps
-Drafting Styles of Decks vs. Clan...

Camp Temur vs Camp Mardu | Exploring the Week 1 Winning Strategies!

Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. We’ve got a full week of drafting under our belt and are here to share what our winning (and losing) has taught us! The community seems split between two distinct factions in the world of Tarkir Dragonstorm and we look at both sides of the coin and how different approaches can lead you to success!

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:
-The Four Buckets of Decks in...

Waiting to Exhale | Tarkir Dragonstorm Early Access Event Info Dump

Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. This week, we’ve get our Early Access info dump in preparation for the format going live tomorrow online! We have a lot of updated thoughts after getting our hands on Tarkir Dragonstorm for 24 hours and this looks like a format where control is extremely viable, power trumps synergy, and blue and green are at the top of the food chain!

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:
-Why...

TDM Crash Course | Everything You Need To Know on Day 1

Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. This week, we’ve got the ALL NEW, fully revamped Crash Course for Tarkir Dragonstorm! We’re leaving the stats in the dust and coming in with our personal predictions based on what we think the full spoiler has in store for us. We’ve got format truths, color identities, top commons and uncommons, and key takeaways to get you ready for your first drafts!

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This E...

Dragonstorm’s a-Comin’ | Returning to a Beloved Three-Color Set

Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. This week, we’re looking ahead as Tarkir Dragonstorm is on the horizon with lots of previews. We go over the new mechanics and then dive in to some early takes and assessments of cards and archetypes as we wait for the entire spoiler to drop!

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:
-New Mechanics Overview
-Card Evaluations in a New Environment
-Rapid Fire Takes in “Great or Garbag...

50 DFT Takes in 50 Minutes | Aetherdrift’s Last Spin Around the Block

Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. This week, we’re sending off Aetherdrift in classic Lords of Limited fashion with our 50 takes in 50 minutes. We’re staying above the speed limit as we review the set’s mechanics, rules of engagement, various card and archetype power rankings, the Golden Egg and Imperial Oath Award winners, and much more!

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:
-50 Rapid Fire Takes
-Big Picture Summary of Aeth...

The Road Less Traveled | Late Stage Tips and Strats for Aetherdrift Draft

Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. This week, we’re filling the tank with a lot of different topics for Aetherdrift Draft. We’ve got a few more thoughts on Push the Limit, some late-stage card check-ins, a love letter to White in DFT, mana fixing power rankings, and sideboarding tricks for the best-of-three gamers out there!

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:
-Late-Stage Underrated Cards
-How to Win With White...

Crash and Burn the Open Day 2 | Reviewing The Arena Open and Going Deep On DFT

Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. It’s Arena Open Weekend but sadly there are no second drafts in our hosts’ future. We take a look at Ethan’s Draft to see if he could have done something different and then check in on a bunch of individual cards and format epiphanies. Plus, a deep dive on one of the sweetest decks in the format: Push the Limit!

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Backseat Drafting the PT | Recapping MC Chicago and the Pro Tour Drafts

Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. Ben’s back from Magic Con Chicago and has a ton to debrief us on including his amazing 5-0 start in the Saturday Sealed PTQ. Then it’s time to backseat draft none other than reigning world champion Javier Dominguez and one of the limited GOATs, Ben Stark!

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:
-A Whirlwind Recap of Ben’s MC Experience
-Sealed Tips for the...

On The Open Road | The Archetypes, Strategies, and Cards We Love in DFT!

Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. We’ve got one week of Aetherdrift under our belts and it’s time to get into EVERYTHING! Is green really the best color? What are folks missing about Start Your Engines? How can you win with Grixis? And is there anything to like about White so far? All these questions will be answered!

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:
-Key Cards and Strategies...

Welcome to our weekly bonus episode of Lords Unlimited! This week, we're sitting down to have a frank discussion of the Crash Course and the Grading Scale and how it's working (or not working) for us and our listeners and how we can best improve upon it. And stick around until the end for some basketball-meets-MtG analysis!

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Putting the DFT in DRAFT | What We Learned From Early Access Drafts!

Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. This week, it’s Early Access Debrief time! Between us both, we got about a dozen drafts under our belt in the Early Access Event on MTGA and have lots of updates from our initial thoughts on Aetherdrift including some re-ranked colors, archetypes, and lots of card evaluation movers up and down!

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:
-Impressions from our first DFT Drafts!
-New...

Aetherdrift Crash Course | Buckle-Up and Get Ready for Pre-Release!

Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. This week, it’s Crash Course time for Aetherdrift and this format is TOUGH to evaluate! We’ve got a ton to discuss with lots of good big picture takeaways, format rankings, and more card disagreements than we’ve ever had before!

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:
-Removal, Color Rankings, and Archetype Support
-More Card Disagreements than Ever Before
-Top Commons and Uncommons

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Start Your Engines, Aetherdrift’s Here! | Taking a Peek Under the Hood of the Newest Set!

Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. This week, we’re diving into the previews for the first set of 2025, Aetherdrift! There’s lots of vehicles and mounts, engines to start, and tricky cards to evaluate with this fast-paced format!

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:

Early Color Pair Evaluations Tons of Commons and Uncommons to Review Our Favorite Preview Segment: Great or Garbage?

We don’t have...

Innistrad Remastered Crash Course | Returning to the Land of Limited All-Stars

Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. This week, we’re getting folks ready for a return to one of our favorite draft environments with Innistrad Remastered. This format pulls from a ton of different sets, and while it’s only coming to paper and MTGO, we couldn’t pass up a chance to get our listeners prepped for even one draft of what looks to be a really fun set to draft.

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Q&A Whaddya Say? | Starting Off 2025 with a Mailbag Episode!

Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. We’ve got a bit of a lull with limited releases this week now that the Arena Open is behind us, so we’re turning to our listeners for a mailbag episode and they delivered! We’ve got a ton of questions to get through with a variety of magic and non-magic related topics

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:
-Our thoughts on the State of MTG in 2025 Duration: 01:16:00

Mastering the Arena Open Day 1 | Sealed Tips and Strategies for Pioneer Masters

Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. In today’s episode, we’re looking at a really interesting draft log from Pioneer Masters before diving into strategies for Sealed! The Arena Open is coming up, and this tricky sealed format is one you’ll want to be prepared for!

Plus, we’re looking at the Bonus Sheet changeover from Spells to Devotion! What are the cards coming in to be on the lookout for and...

The Best & Worst of Limited 2024 | Awarding the Biggest Winners and Losers from the Past Year

Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. In today’s episode, we’re looking back on 2024 and all of the cards, archetypes, hot takes, and more that we loved and loathed! We’ll award cards from six different sets in a whopping 16 categories with this fun and reflective way to wrap up the year!

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:
-A Trip Down Memory Lane of 2024
-The Most Impactfu...

Learning to Spell | Approaching Drafts in PIO and Preparing for the Bonus Sheet Rotation

Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. In today’s episode, we’re checking out the draft log review to end all draft log reviews. These first few picks foster a TON of discussion between Ben and Ethan and get them talking about a variety of cards and archetypes in Pioneer Masters!

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:
-An In-Depth Draft Log Review
-How to off-ramp to Tier 2 Strategies<...

Pack Your Briefcase | Winning with 5-Color Gates in Pioneer Masters

Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. In today’s episode, we’re talking all about our week 1 impressions of Pioneer Masters! Green is great (to no one’s surprise except for maybe ours) and the Gates deck is in the lead as our pick for best way to win in PIO. But there’s more to the format than just soup, and we’ve got a ton of thoughts about what works and what doesn’t!

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Pioneer Masters Crash Course | High Powered Reprint Set Comes to Arena!

Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. In Today’s episode, we’re getting you ready for your first drafts of Pioneer Masters coming to Arena! We had a chance to play with these cards thanks to the Early Access event last week and are excited to share our findings and predictions for what this new format has to offer!

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:

Archetype and Mechanics Overview Big Picture Tak...

Lost and Foundations Mini Takes | Saying Goodbye to Foundations

Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. In Today’s episode, we’re saying Goodbye to Foundations draft! It may be around in Standard for 5 years, but we only got to draft it for a few weeks before getting ready for Pioneer Masters. Join us for a couple of tricky draft logs to frame a discussion about the format, and then a mini 25 Takes to send off the set in Lords of Limited style!

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It’s Not Easy Being Green | How To Win With The “Worst” Color in Foundations

Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. In Today’s Episode we’re talking all about the worst color in Foundations: Green! It may be the worst, but you can still win with it, and we’re going through what this color does best and how to take advantage of it if you’re forced into drafting it.

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:

Key Cards and Strategies for Drafti...

Taking a Stab at Foundations | Our Week 1 Impressions of This New Set!

Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. In Today’s Episode we’re giving you our first impressions of the newest draft format Foundations! We’re back to basics with this core-set style format, which is a great opportunity to practice good draft fundamentals!

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:
-Big Picture Overview of Foundations Week 1
-Color and Archetype Rankings
-Individual Overperformers and Underperformers

Whether you’re grinding online...

50 DSK Takes in 50 Minutes | Sending Off A Great Format In Style!

Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. Today’s episode has us saying goodbye to one of our favorite sets in recent memory, Duskmourn! Get 50 minutes on the clock and join us as we summarize, theorize, and (rarely) criticize the highlights of this draft format!

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:
-50 Rapid Fire Takes about Duskmourn
-TONS of LOL-official Power Rankings
-Golden Egg and Imperial Oath Award Winners

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Our second bonus episode is here! As a companion to this week's Crash Course, we're each coming to this episode with a list of 10 rares to look out for in your first drafts (or sealed events) of Foundations!

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Foundations Crash Course | Getting You Ready For Your First Drafts

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Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. Today’s episode is all about the brand new draft format, Foundations, and what cards and strategies we expect to be the best going into pre-release weekend and your first drafts online.

🎙️ What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

The 10 Archetypes, their signposts, and their support What to expect from Foundations in broad strokes Key Cards That are Tricky to Evaluate Top Commons and Uncom...

We're launching a brand new spin off podcast exclusively over on our patreon page and want to give our audience a chance to hear it! Tune in to find out what it's all about and then dive in with us as we continue the conversation from earlier this week by taking a look at the entirety of Jean-Emmanuel Depraz's Day 2 Draft from the World Championship!

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World’s Draft Debrief | Getting Inside the Mind of the Best Players in the World!

Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. Today’s episode is all about drafting Duskmourn at the World Championship! Play along with us as we come up with pick orders of commons and uncommons for World’s and then see how we’d navigate Simon’s difficult draft seat!

🎙️ What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

-A pick-by-pick discussion of Simon Nielson’s Day 1 Draft at Worlds
-Our own pick order...

Duskmourn Draft Drop-Ins | Critical Decisions at Different Points in a Draft

Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. Today’s episode is all about Decision Points in Duskmourn Draft, going BEYOND just your first pick of a draft and seeing what ripple effects can happen based on the cards you choose!

🎙️ What You’ll Learn in This Episode:
-How to Navigate Drafts in High Stakes Environments
-How to Draft around a Powerful First Pick
-How to Get Both Power and Consistency Out of a Draf...

Unlocking a Card’s Potential | How to Win With Underrated Cards

Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting Magic: the Gathering. In today’s episode, we dive deep into underrated strategies and cards in the current Duskmourn metagame, covering everything you need to know about winning in draft when everyone already knows the "best" decks.

🎙️ What You’ll Learn in This Episode:
-The power of black cards in the current meta that undervalues them
-The use case for some niche rares in Duskmourn
-How to get the most ou...

Another week in the books and Duskmourn is still delivering! This week, we focus on maximizing synergy and staying open in the draft portion, with a draft log roundtable to help illustrate our points. Then we go over some individual cards and combos that have impressed us this week, and Ethan breaks down exactly how to draft and win with one of the more underrated archetypes in the set: Rakdos!

Draft Log Roundtable

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Week 1 of Duskmourn is in the books and we are extremely excited about this set! And we've got all the bases covered with Ethan's success coming from the aggro space in the format and Ben's coming from the controlling side of things. There's just so much to do and we get into all of it in this episode! Including:
 
- a deep dive on what Ethan's missing about Manifest Dread
- how we're approaching drafts
- some key overperformers and top commons
- and a draft log review!

Roundtable Draft Log

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We're making ROOM for Duskmourn this week as we get ready for the format to drop on Tuesday and reflect on our experiences in Early Access and Pre-Release Weekend. The Teeter-Totter is flipped with us walking back a lot of takes from last week, getting lower on Manifest Destiny...errr...Dread and much higher on Rooms and Eerie. Plus, lots of over and underperformers to discuss and the return of the post-credits blooper!

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Welcome to the Duskmourn Crash Course! We're here to give you everything you need to know about the cards and strategies that matter in Duskmourn limited for your pre-release weekend! We're changing things up for this episode: looking at which pairs of signposts are pointing towards powerful draft archetypes, what crossover synergies might exist, card disagreements under the lens of our new grading system, and top commons and uncommons to look out for!

Grading Spreadsheet

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Another preview season is upon us and we're scared...of how fun this new format looks! We take a look at the new mechanics for Duskmourn as well as all the signpost uncommons that have been previewed so far to give us a sense of what to expect from this limited environment. Plus, we try to peg top commons, shout out some busted looking uncommons, and have our longest "Great or Garbage?" segment EVER!!!

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Bloomburrow is getting ready to hibernate for the long winter ahead and so it's time to wrap-up the format with 50 Takes! Let's get 50 minutes on the clock as we review the winners and losers of the set's mechanics and archetypes, big talented hits, and some otter misses. Plus, the return of secret reach, the Golden Egg and Imperial Oath Award winners, and much more!

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As Bloomburrow winds down, your hosts take the opportunity to look at card evaluation in the era of Play Boosters. How do the new packs change how we evaluate cards and what leaks can we shore up in the ways we personally are looking at cards before a set comes out? PLUS, Ben drops a hot take and cooks up a proposal for a new way to grade cards moving forward and Ethan is ALL IN!

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We've got some late-stage draft format action for you this week on the podcast! Ben is fresh off a week of prep for the Arena Open and Ethan has been going DEEP on some niche buildarounds and cooking with various strategies in BLB and they're both here to let you know what they've found success with!

Draft Log 1
Draft Log 2

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Whether you're getting ready for the Arena Open, an RCQ, or a Super Qualifier on MTGO, you're gonna need to know this sealed format and we've got you covered! This week, we look at big picture strategies for BLB Sealed, how to get an edge against your opponent, and what cards to be on the lookout for that improve from draft.

Draft Log

The animals of Bloomburrow have been with us for a week which means we've got lots to go over including Green being top of the food chain AGAIN, how our experiences match up against the stats on 17lands, a spotlight on Dimir, and the two kinds of drafts you're likely to face.

Draft Log 1
Draft Log 2

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With Early Access events and pre-releases under our belts, your hosts are here to give their updated takes on Bloomburrow before the set goes live online tomorrow! We've got new and improved power rankings of colors, archetypes, and a whole host of individual cards to re-evaluate!

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We're back with our longest Crash Course episode ever! It's time to dive into the world of rabbits and mice and lizards with some big picture information on the limited landscape, a healthy dose of card-grade disagreements, and a new format for ranking our top cards going into pre-release weekend!

Grading Spreadsheet

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It's time to enter the world of tiny, magical creatures with Bloomburrow! We're here smack in the middle of preview season to talk about as many commons and uncommons as we can and try to piece together this limited puzzle in preparation for the full set dropping in just a week!

It's been a whirlwind of a summer set with Modern Horizons 3, and even though it feels like we just welcomed it to Arena, it's time to say goodbye. So, let's get 50 minutes on the clock and rattle off as much info as we can about the format including power rankings, how to cook with the synergies in the set, and our Golden Egg and Imperial Oath Award winners!

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There's nothing better than getting to review high stakes drafts and we've got TWO from both days of the PT. Join us as we go through Yoshihiko Ikawa and Jacob Nagro's drafts from the Pro Tour in Amsterdam!

It's time PIVOT! We're kicking things off with our first JLK What's the Play for MH3 and then talking about navigating drafts, especially when they're not going well. How to move off of an Eldrazi start and find the open lane can be daunting, but we've got a great discussion and a bunch of draft reviews to help it all make sense!

JLK What's the Play?
Draft Review 1
Draft Review 2
Draft Review 3

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We're one week in to this awesome format and kick things off by talking about the Eldrazi in the room Writhing Chrysalis. Then move on to larger format thoughts, individual cards to discuss, and a draft roundtable to showcase how we're approaching this limited environment!

Draft Log Review

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Early Access has come and gone and has us EXTREMELY excited for this new format. It looks synergistic with a capital "S" and we've only just scratched the surface. Join us as we discuss our first impressions, some color and archetype rankings, the common fetchlands, MDFCs, and tons of individual cards!

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Modern Horizons 3 is almost here and we've got an episode packed to the brim with info to get you ready for your pre-release! We look at archetype and keyword support, sweepers, lifegain, mana sinks, a TON of grading differences, and our top 3 commons and uncommons in each color!

Grading Spreadsheet

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A high synergy, high powered, masters set is coming to a draft table near you this summer and we've got the early scoop on the cards previewed so far! We take a stab at guessing about what the archetypes are doing and go over big players in Energy, Eldrazi, and MDFCs. Plus, everyone's favorite segment: Great or Garbage!

MH3 Mechanics Article

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The sun is setting on OTJ, so we give it one last "giddyup" before shifting gears to MH3 with our usual power rankings, Golden Egg and Imperial Oath Awards, sweet combos, and much more!

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After over 6 years, we're thrilled to welcome back to the podcast former MPL member and current OTJ crusher Andrew Cuneo. We talk about a wide range of topics including why this format has clicked so well, how he uses 17lands, Magic and Music in 2024, and why you're not picking Mobile Homestead high enough!

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We're using the infamous "M" word this week: META! We think things have shifted in OTJ and it's blue's time to shine. After drafting lots of this maligned color all week, we've got a lot of good intel on it for you! Plus, a great JLK What's the Play and a review of Ben's 1st draft from day 2 of the Arena Open!

Ben's Draft Log

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It's Pro Tour time which means we have high stakes drafts to review from two of the top players in the world: PT Karlov winner Seth Manfield and current PT champion Yoshihiko Ikawa. Let's armchair draft this thing!!!

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Outlaws of Thunder Junction is finally here to draft and we have been playing a ton! We've got intel from BO1 on MTGA and BO3 on MTGO, what makes green so good, what the rules of engagement for the format are, some growing pains for Ethan, and top commons re-ranked! It's a jam packed episode you won't want to miss!

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Pre-release weekend and Early Access have come and gone, and your hosts have some flaming hot takes and card reevaluations to get to before the set drops on Tuesday!

Draft Roundtable

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It's time for the Outlaws of Thunder Junction Crash Course! Join us as we look at all the big picture elements for this format including creatures vs removal, archetype and keyword support, mana sinks, fixing, sweepers, and more! Plus, our grading differences and top 3 commons and uncommons!

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Preview Season for Outlaws of Thunder Junction are in full swing and we've got tons of mechanics, themes, and cards to review as we prepare for the full spoiler to drop. Plus we're predicting top commons and the return of everyone's favorite spoiler season segment: Great or Garbage?

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We're sad to see it go, but with Outlaws of Thunder Junction just around the corner, it's time to send off Murders at Karlov Manor in Lords of Limited fashion with our 50 takes! We cover the impact of play boosters, the return of buildarounds, a lightning round bucket list, and for the first time ever a TIE for the golden egg award! All that and more in this episode!

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So much emphasis with drafting is placed on the first few picks, but there's much more to explore beyond that! This week, we're dropping you in to a bunch of different draft scenarios 8-picks deep to talk about what your thought process should be as you approach pack 2 and pack 3.

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Mark Rosewater's article outlining play boosters and the skeleton for the common card file going forward reveals so much information about what we can expect from limited environments from now on. Join us as we break down everything in this article sandwiched between a "what's the play?" scenario and a draft log review!

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Draft Log Review

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This week we've got a clean-up step for MC Chicago, a brand new "What's the Play" segment courtesy of Josh Lee Kwai, a list of (still!?) underrated cards, and a review of each of our first drafts from Day 2 of the Arena Open!

MC Chicago Video Log
Live Podcast Episode 363
Ethan's Draft
Ben's Draft

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