Lords of Limited

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 Takeaways from Early Access Top Commons and Uncommons Ranked This Crash Course is jam packed with fantastic information to make sure you’ll know what to do when you crack open your first digital packs of Pioneer Masters online! Timestamps:  0:00 Intro and Housekeeping 8:01 Archetypes 27:16 Bonus Sheets and Rankings 33:54 Early Format Overview 44:34 Archetype Buckets 52:11 Top Uncommons 1:07:10 Top Commons Be sure to check out the Mana Pool for all your card buying and selling needs! Go to manapool.com/lol for 10,000 Extra Mana that you can use to get $10 in discounts on your orders! This episode is #sponsored by Mint Mobile and Huel To support this content directly and receive exclusive rewards, please visit our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/lordsoflimited Twitter: https://x.com/lordsoflimited TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lordsoflimited Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lordsoflimited/ Ethan's Stream: https://www.twitch.tv/lordtupperware Ben's Stream: https://www.twitch.tv/benwerne

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! 🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode: -25 Takes in 25 Minutes on Foundations -Two Tricky Draft Logs Reviewed -More Love for Green in Foundations Foundations was an excellent core set and a return to the fundamentals and ABC’s of limited game play. We recap the big picture takeaways along with our usual awards for Golden Eggs, Imperial Oaths, and more in our mini 25 Takes! Timestamps: 0:00 Intro & Patreon 6:18 Draft Log 1 22:25 Draft Log 2 37:04 Takes 1-10 52:22 Takes 11-25 This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp and Miracle Made To support this content directly and receive exclusive rewards, please visit our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/lordsoflimited Twitter: https://x.com/lordsoflimited TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lordsoflimited Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lordsoflimited/ Ethan's Stream: https://www.twitch.tv/lordtupperware Ben's Stream: https://www.twitch.tv/benwerne

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 Drafting Green Draft Log Review with Multiple Paths Format Check-In and Sealed Strategies The Arena Open is coming up this weekend and you’ll want to have every weapon in your Foundations arsenal at your disposal in your pursuit of the top cash prize. If you find yourself drafting Green, you’ll want to know how to win with it and this is the episode for you! Timestamps:  0:00 Intro & Patreon 6:53 Storytime 12:44 Foundations Check-In 23:45 Draft Log 39:55 Green in Foundations This episode is #sponsored by Uncommon Goods and Miracle Made To support this content directly and receive exclusive rewards, please visit our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/lordsoflimited Twitter: https://x.com/lordsoflimited TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lordsoflimited Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lordsoflimited/ Ethan's Stream: https://www.twitch.tv/lordtupperware Ben's Stream: https://www.twitch.tv/benwerne

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 or getting ready to take down your next draft event at your local game store, this episode is packed with all the information you’ll need to going into the second week of Foundations! Timestamps: 0:00 Intro and Patreon 5:07 Foundations Week 1 22:12 Colors and Archetype Tiers 47:44 Overperformers 104:39 Underperformers This episode is #sponsored by Miracle Made and BetterHelp To support this content directly and receive exclusive rewards, please visit our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/lordsoflimited Twitter: https://x.com/lordsoflimited TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lordsoflimited Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lordsoflimited/ Ethan's Stream: https://www.twitch.tv/lordtupperware Ben's Stream: https://www.twitch.tv/benwerne

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 Whether you’re saying goodbye with us or coming back to this episode to prepare for a flashback draft, these 50 takes are just the ticket for remembering this great format! Timestamps: 0:00 Intro & Storytime 8:07 Takes 1-10 22:56 Takes 11-20 36:35 Takes 21-30 48:15 Takes 31-40 58:17 Takes 41-50 This episode is #sponsored by HUEL and Uncommon Goods To support this content directly and receive exclusive rewards, please visit our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/lordsoflimited Twitter: https://x.com/lordsoflimited TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lordsoflimited Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lordsoflimited/ Ethan's Stream: https://www.twitch.tv/lordtupperware Ben's Stream: https://www.twitch.tv/benwerne

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! Don't miss a second of this bonus content! Head on over to patreon.com/lordsoflimited for more information! YouTube: youtube.com/@lordsoflimited Twitter: https://x.com/lordsoflimited TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lordsoflimited Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lordsoflimited/ Ethan's Stream: https://www.twitch.tv/lordtupperware Ben's Stream: https://www.twitch.tv/benwerne

Foundations Crash Course | Getting You Ready For Your First Drafts Description: 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 Uncommons to look out for Hit the ground running at your local game store and online with this crash course into everything you need to know about Foundations before it goes live! Grading Spreadsheet Timestamps:  0:00 Intro & Patreon Revamp 12:15 Signpost Uncommons 31:55 Big Picture predictions and Grading Scale 44:04 Grade Differences 1:17:59 Top Commons and Uncommons This episode is sponsored by MintMobile and BetterHelp To support this content directly and receive exclusive rewards, please visit our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/lordsoflimited Twitter: https://x.com/lordsoflimited TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lordsoflimited Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lordsoflimited/ Ethan's Stream: https://www.twitch.tv/lordtupperware Ben's Stream: https://www.twitch.tv/benwerne

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! To support this content directly and receive exclusive rewards, please visit our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/lordsoflimited Twitter: https://x.com/lordsoflimited TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lordsoflimited Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lordsoflimited/ Ethan's Stream: https://www.twitch.tv/lordtupperware Ben's Stream: https://www.twitch.tv/benwerne

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 orders for drafting on the highest stage of the game -Our takes on Universes Beyond and the Blocking Rules Change Whether you’re a limited grinder or a casual FNM drafter, this episode will be a fun exercise in what it might be like to draft with the best in the business under the most pressure this game has to offer! Timestamps: 0:00 Intro & Universes Beyond 6:14 Blocking Rules Change & Patreon 10:37 Worlds Prep 36:27 Simon's Draft Review Sponsored by MiracleMade To support this content directly and receive exclusive rewards, please visit our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/lordsoflimited Twitter: https://x.com/lordsoflimited TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lordsoflimited Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lordsoflimited/ Ethan's Stream: https://www.twitch.tv/lordtupperware Ben's Stream: https://www.twitch.tv/benwerne

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 Draft Whether you’re a limited grinder or a casual FNM drafter, this episode will help guide you to think about your draft past pick orders and into the context of individual decision points. Timestamps: 0:00 Intro & Patreon 6:15 Draft Log Review 1 14:52 Draft Drop-Ins 1-4 37:11 Draft Drop- Ins 5-8 55:55 Draft Log Review 2 This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp