Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. This week, as we sunset on The Hobbit, we are turning our attention over to our very own Cube! Together we curated a cube that reflects the cards, formats and decks we have enjoyed and played over the course of this podcast. If you have been drafting for a month or since the beginning of LOL we hope each pack from this cube brings you joy to open!

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:

Final Thoughts about The Hobbit The Design Philosophy behind the LOL Cube How cube drafts and improve your skills in other formats 

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Timestamps
0:00 Intro and Housekeeping
6:53 Ad Read
8:33 Goodbye Little Hobbits
12:10 Getting Mixed Up
25:49 Ad Read
23:11 LOL Cube Design Philosophy 
31:02 Blocking is Illegal
40:32 Cool Things To Draft
50:05 Cube Pack Analysis 

Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. This week, we’ve got some big level ups as we dissect what are the advantages you can gain when playing in Best of One Sealed. Lots of arena direct events have been popping up so we wanted to take this opportunity to put the spotlight on a format that is starting to grow some new legs in 2026.

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:

Decks being Playable vs Competitive Why You Can't Afford to Stumble Card Advantage is How You Win  Some other excellent sealed content to watch if you are hungry for more! Rough Drafts: I Used to Be Bad at Sealed hosuMTG: How I Won the Most Boxes Again Daniel Goetschel: Concepts for building better sealed pools

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Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. This week, we’ve got some quick updates for The Hobbit for both the sealed and draft formats. As well as an update Lord of the Rings Crash Course before the set comes back to Arena...TOMORROW! Lot’s to unpack so we hope you enjoy this week’s episode! 

🎙️What You’ll Get in This Episode:
- Cards that are Overperforming in Sealed than Expected 
- Hobbit Draft Log Review
- Lord of the Rings Primer
- The Best Archetypes to start for your first LTR Draft!
And more! 

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Timestamps
0:00 Intro
2:39 The Hobbit: Changes to the Format
10:14 Ad Read
11:32 We Are Coming to ATLANTA
14:17 The Hobbit: Draft Review
37:35 The Hobbit: Card Insights and Sealed Sleepers
47:23 Lord of the Rings: Color Rankings
48:54 Lord of the Rings: Ring Tempting
51:02 Lord of the Rings: Archetype Rankings
54:21 Lord of the Rings: Format Features and Tips
59:27 Lord of the Rings: Cards to Watch Out For
01:05:42 Lord of the Rings: Day One Draft Strategies 

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Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. This week, we’ve got some big picture updates and color pair ranking revisions after playing with the cards this first week. As usual we have a bunch of cards that over and underperformed for us compared to looking at them during the crash course. Lot’s to unpack so we hope you enjoy this week’s episode! 

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:

The Official Lords of Limited Color and Color Pair Rankings  Our 5 Format Truths (For Real This Time) Drafting Tips for the Best Decks in the Format 

And more!

Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. This week, we’ve got the Hobbit Crash Course to get you everything you need to know for your first limited event of the format! We’ve got big picture format truths, color and archetype identities, top commons and uncommons, as well as sleeper commons! What You’ll Get in This Episode: The Hobbit Big Picture Summaries Archetype and Color Power Rankings Secret Off Color Strategies This episode is sponsored by Square. Get up to $200 off Square hardware when you sign up at square.com/go/lol

Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. This week we’re sending off Marvel Super Heroes with 50 Takes in 50 Minutes. MSH is our favorite set of 2026 so far…though that’s not saying much, but we’re here to give it its due! Join us as we talk about everything that made this format unique like the clogged 4-drops, the landcyclers, the wild color imbalance, and give out a ton of awards and certified power rankings!

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:

MSH Big Picture Summaries Card and Color Power Rankings Golden Egg and Imperial Oath Award Winners

And more!

Timestamps

0:00 Intro and Housekeeping
9:30 Takes 1-10
25:04 Takes 11-20
35:08 Takes 21-30
46:22 Takes 31-40
55:10 Takes 41-50
1:06:42 MTG News and Roto Cube Updates

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Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. This week is the final episode from the Wedding Paternity Chronicles! We asked our subscribers to send us some questions and we hope you enjoy the episode!

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:

Ben’s Music Theory Theme Draft Set LR Showdowns where did they go and when are they coming back? Our Biggest Milestones on the Podcast and in our Limited Careers And more!

Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. This week, we are back LIVE as we backseat draft the pros after the Pro Tour this weekend in Amsterdam. We’ve got not one, not two, but three incredible drafts to review this week with the first TOP 8 DRAFT returning to the Pro Tour in over 10 years!

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:
Father and Honeymoon Updates
Pro Tour Draft Reviews
Special In-Person Appearances Announcements
And more!

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Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. This week, we’ve got part three of the Wedding Paternity Chronicles. Today is another episode from the Archetype Architecture series featuring Golgari. We look at what the archetype does historically, and why it’s been more or less successful in certain sets in the play booster era. Then we explore what these trends can teach us about predicting this archetype’s strength in future sets.

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:
Limited Magic Hot Takes
Ben Trying to Outsmart the Draft
Future Collabs?!
And more!

Timestamps
0:00 Intros & Housekeeping
03:02 An Overview of the Color Pair
10:42 The Graveyard
13:55 Counters On Creatures
16:39 When is the Archetype Good?
18:10 When is the Archetype Bad? 
21:13 The Differences Between the Colors
25:56 Formats with Strong Golgari Synergies
32:24 Formats with Weak Golgari Synergies
40:42 Archetype Trends
46:55 Removal
50:19 Splashing for Power
52:50 Archetype Takeaways
56:26 What Happened in to Witherbloom?!

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Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. This week, we’ve got part two of the Wedding Paternity Chronicles. Today we have gathered some of our favorite Limited Podcasters to draft the top Limited Sets on Arena!

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:

Limited Magic Hot Takes Ben Trying to Outsmart the Draft Future Collabs?! To support this content directly and receive exclusive rewards, please visit our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/lordsoflimited
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Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. This week, we’ve got part one of the Wedding Paternity Chronicles. While we are away we have lined up some truly amazing episodes for you all, starting off with a banger of an interview with one of the hardest working creators in Magic, Jim Davis! 

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:
Arena vs Pro Tour Drafting
Behind the Scenes of his Pro Tour Testing
Creating Content vs Playing to Win
And more!

Check out the links below if you want to see any more of Jim Davis!

🏆 Behind The Pro Tour: An Inside Look From Testing House To The Trophy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3crdirj9quM&t=125s
🎮 Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/JimDavisMTG
📺 Jim Davis - https://www.youtube.com/@JimDavisMTG 
📺 Bronze To Mythic - https://www.youtube.com/@BronzeToMythic
📺 Arcane Adademy - https://www.youtube.com/@ArcaneAcademyRB 
🐤 Twitter - https://www.twitter.com/JimDavisMTG 
🦋 BlueSky - https://bsky.app/profile/jimdavismtg.bsky.social 
📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/jimdavismtg/ 

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Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. This week, we’ve got the Marvel Super Heroes Early Access Update! We’ve got some big picture revisions after looking at how draft and gameplay unfolds in MSH. Ben's predictions for the colors and the archetypes end up being more accurate than excepted, stay tuned for more insightful tips!

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:
MSH Revised Format Truths
Color and Archetype Rankings
Cards that Overperformed and Underperformed during Early Access
And more!

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Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. This week, we’ve got the Marvel Super Heroes Crash Course to get you everything you need to know for your first limited event of the format! We’ve got big picture format truths, color and archetype identities, top commons and uncommons, as well as sleeper commons, and a live discovery that turns Red from our least favorite color to something we’re actively interested in!

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:

MSH Format Truths Color and Archetype Identities Top Commons and Uncommons

And More!

Grading Spreadsheet

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Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. This week, we’re assembling the Avengers and diving into Marvel Superheroes Previews! We give an overview of the new mechanics, the archetype signposts, some higher powered commons and uncommons, and a slew of cards to review in our returning segment: Great or Garbage? Plus, we try to debunk the claim that this format looks low powered. All this and more!

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:

Marvel Superheroes Mechanics Explained Archetype Themes and Signposts Great or Garbage MSH Edition!

And more!

Mike Stein Tourney Report: https://mikesteinmtg.blogspot.com/2026/06/40-cards-at-age-40-ptq-limited.html 

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50 SOS Takes in 50 Minutes | Episode 481

Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. This week, we’re sending off Secrets of Strixhaven with 50 takes in 50 minutes. We’ve got our wrap-up thoughts on what worked (and what didn’t) in this Back to School set, the dominating macro-archetypes, tons of power rankings, Golden Egg and Imperial Oath Awards, and More!

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:
Big Picture Summary
Soup is on the Menu!
Golden Egg & Imperial Oath Awards

And more!

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Timestamps
0:00 Intro & Housekeeping
10:15 Takes 1-10
26:23 Takes 11-20
36:16 Takes 21-30
46:27 Takes 31-40
52:21 Takes 41-50

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Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. This week, we're tackling the difficult choices players are facing in the draft - what to do if you aren’t aggro or soup? Ben takes us through two different drafts where for the first several picks we are being asked what non rare cards will set us up for the best deck?

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:

Contender Drafts: Hot or Not Secrets of Strixhaven Check-in Sideboarding What to do in Low Powered Drafts

And more!

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Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. This week, we’re putting the focus on ourselves as we look at two tricky draft logs with lots of decision points. We discuss the merits of each decision, note the points where the deck seems locked in, and weigh the options between greed and consistency at every turn!

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:
-2 Tricky Draft Reviews
-Highlights of Key Draft Decisions
-Weighing Greed vs Consistency
And more!

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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:20: Our Tempo Beatdown Decks
06:14 MTGA Union Efforts
08:19 Draft of Greed vs Consistency
42:37 Draft of Prismari vs Soup
54:49 RTF is the GOAT
57:08 Drafts over Gameplay

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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 other end of the SOS spectrum and what tools are available to combat the lategame Soup decks that seem to be at the top of the draft food chain. With the prevalence of lifegain and cheap removal, aggro in the classic sense doesn’t really cut it in this format but midrange decks have real potential and we’re here to show you how to draft them optimally!

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:

State of the Format Updates Midrange Strategies Outlines Two Draft Log Reviews And more!

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Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. This week, we’re backseat drafting the pros after the Pro Tour this weekend in Las Vegas. We’ve got two HEAVY hitters to review this week with PT ECL Champion Christoffer Larsen and MTG’s wunderkind Nathan Steuer. Both of these drafts are fascinating, you won’t want to miss our deep dive on the decision points made along the way. And never before have we had both featured drafters end up in the FINALS of the PT! 

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:

PT Las Vegas Drafts Reviewed Key Decisions from both Larsen and Steuer Potioner’s Trove: Overhyped or Underappreciated?

And more!

This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp and Raycon

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Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. This week, we’re going DEEP on Secrets of Strixhaven limited after a week chock full of drafts. We reveal our updated Format Truths (for real this time), our overarching draft strategies unique to SOS, and then talk all about Soup in this format: what defines a deck as being Soup, how to draft it properly and what the biggest reasons to do so are. Finally, Ethan gives an outline of UR control and the key cards to make the deck shine.

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:

Updated Format Truths Why Staying Open is So Important in SOS Soup Decks and How to Draft Them And more!

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Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. This week, we’ve got our updated thoughts on Secrets of Strixhaven after getting our hands on the cards through the Early Access Event on Arena! We share everything we learned about the drafts and gameplay of this new format, how the colleges and mechanics stacked up against each other, individual card movers up and down, and much, much more!

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:

Early Access Updates on SOS Colleges and Mechanics Re-Ranked Individual Movers Up and Down

And more!

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Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. This week, we’ve got the Secrets of Strixhaven Crash Course! That means we’re coming to the episode with a review of the new mechanics and all 5 colleges, then dive into our 5 format truths! Afterwards we’re looking at the top uncommons for each color, notable commons, and sleeper cards to look out for. This is everything you need to get caught up to speed on this fun-looking new format!

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:
-5 Format Truths from Ben & Ethan
-Color and College Identities
-Top Uncommons and Commons to Draft
And more!

Grading Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSLWJbOEtG1Mk5vHy_E7a6hTvnGVQPKBgGqdMUOzMd3Kv7gXzzC1HUupy4hzs4kDYZxlU-yButuXLea/pubhtml 

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Timestamps: 
0:00 Intro/Housekeeping
4:22 Mechanic Overview
10:37 Format Truths
25:21 College + Color Analysis
1:04:17 Sleeper Commons
1:13:54 Format Predictions

Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. This week, we’re taking a first look at Secrets of Stryxhaven previews! There’s lot of new mechanics to speculate on, 5 colleges to get familiar with (and maybe a secret sixth?!), and tons of cards to evaluate, debate, and get excited for!

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:

SOS New Mechanics College Signposts “Great or Garbage?” SOS Edition

And more!

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Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. This week, we’ve got our first ever March Madness Bracket: MTG Edition! We’re looking at 4 distinct categories and taking a trip down memory lane as we reflect on the voting results and crown a winner from each region!

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:

Build Around Region Bomb Rare Region Synergy Common Region Mythic Uncommon Region

And more!

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Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. This week, we are revisiting Lorwyn Eclipsed to close out the set with our classic 50 Takes in 50 Minutes, while some of our predictions came true…stay tuned to see where we made some egregious mistakes!

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:
-March Madness Bracket Update
-50 Takes in 50 Minutes
-Special Secrets of Strixhaven Announcement
And more!

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Timestamps: 
00:00 Intro
02:50 March of the Machine Drafts
07:31 1-10
17:46 11-20
26:06 21-30
36:57 31-40
45:20 41-50

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Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. This week, Ethan is recording live from his hotel room at the first ever Shoebox Tournament to give a rundown on his prep for and experience with Lorwyn Eclipsed Team Sealed. His two teammates Sam Pratt (samp) and Charlie Schaefer (StryxFamiliar) join him to discuss what to expect from a Team Sealed event, what makes it different than draft and sealed, what ECL Team Sealed is like in particular, and a full tournament report on how the weekend went!

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:
-Team Sealed Overview
-The Domino Effect of Sealed
-Shoebox Tournament Report
And more!

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Timestamps: 
00:00 Intro
14:05 Team Sealed Prep
25:56 Deck #1
31:43 Deck #2
36:03  Deck #3
41:22 Match Highlights
01:06:30 Final Rounds

Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. This week, we’re taking a trip down memory lane with the viral “9 Cards That Made Me” project. Then after a quick recap on our TMT pick-1 draft thoughts, we dive into a new episode series on Archetype Architecture and kick things off with Izzet. We look at what the archetype does historically, and why it’s been more or less successful in certain sets in the play booster era. Then we explore what the scaffolding of those sets can teach us about predicting this archetype’s strength in future sets.

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:
-9 Cards That Made Us!
-Check-In on TMT Pick 1 Drafts
-Izzet in the Play Booster Era Deep Dive
And more!

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Timestamps: 
00:00 Intro
04:30 TMNT Format Update
12:33 Shoebox Tournament Prep
15:06 Nine Cards That Made Me
33:20 Izzet Archetype Breakdown
01:01:51 What to Look For in the Future

Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. This week, we’re giving our first (and last) impressions of the new TMNT set. We recap our experience with the cards from Early Access and Ben’s at-home prerelease to give any updated context on our thoughts from the Crash Course. And after a couple draft log reviews, we look ahead to how we’ll be filling our time on the podcast until Strixhaven comes out.

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:
-Early Access and Prerelease Updates
-Individual Card Evaluation Changes for TMT
-Pick 2 Draft Reviews
And more!

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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
12:20 Format Impressions
21:08 Archetype: Artifacts
23:11 Archetype: Disappear
24:11 Archetype: Sneak
26:10 Archetype: Mutants + Mutagen Tokens
27:58 Archetype: Alliance
30:24 Overperformers
40:53 Underperformers
44:32: Draft Logs
01:02:09 Closing Thoughts

Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. This week, holy smokes TMNT is already upon us! We are doing a shorter version of our classic Crash Course, since this is another Pick 2 Format, today is going to be more of an overview of the set so you know what to look out for during your prerelease. Look for our preferred archetypes and limited strategies!

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:
-TMNT Crash Course
-Mechanics and Archetypes Review
-Arena Champs + Limited Qualifier Recaps
-And more!

Timestamps: 
00:00 Intro
00:27 Arena Champs Recap
10:14 Limited Qualifier Recap
23:04 TMNT Crash Course
26:59 Set Mechanics
33:21 Draft Archetypes
47:31 Crucial Commons
58:40 Sleeper Cards
01:01:22 Useable Uncommons
01:11:02 Overall Impressions

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Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. This week we are lucky enough to do another Draft Review episode! This time it's the Spotlight Series in Toronto, Canada that look place last week. We follow Christian Calcano on his Day 2 drafts as he hopefully makes his way into the Top 8!

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:
-Standard Strategy Discussion
-Spotlight Series Draft Review
And More!

Timestamps: 
00:00 - Intro
00:39 - Constructed Corner
12:54 - Patreon Shoutout
13:24 - Spotlight Series Review
15:10 - Pod 1 Draft
41:05 - Pod 2 Draft
52:58 - Top 8 Draft Review
1:08:24 - Closing Thoughts

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Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. This week we’re doing a mid-to-late stage format check-in. Ethan kicks things off by reflecting on some pieces of content and how they relate to his experience of ECL. Then he outlines a newfound respect for “half-and-half” decks in the format before he and Ben dive into three tricky draft logs where they each want to do different things, and wrestle with they pros and cons of those varying paths.

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:
-Content Reflections around ECL
-Half-and-Half Kindred Decks
-Draft Log Review Deep Dive
And more!

Timestamps: 
07:25 Half-and-Half Kindred Decks
16:43 Content Reflections
21:46 Draft #1
35:30 Draft #2
44:14 Draft #1

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Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. It’s armchair draft time! This week, we’re reviewing the Lorwyn Eclipsed drafts from Magic’s toughest stage: the Pro Tour! We dive into both the day 1 and day 2 feature drafts, and discuss our thoughts on these player’s decisions and the different paths available to them. Plus, Ben gives a detailed outline of the Vivid deck and how to draft it (and how it’s different from 5 color good stuff!)

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:
-Format Updates for ECL in BO1 and BO3
-PT Draft Reviews
-How to draft the Vivid Deck
And more!

Timestamps: 
00:00 - Intro/Housekeeping
07:02 - Thoughts on Typal Decks
17:42 - Seth Manfield Draft Breakdown
27:14 - Marco Belacca Draft Breakdown
37:47 - Vivid Deep Dive

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Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. This week, we’ve got our week 1 info dump after jamming tons of drafts of Lorwyn Eclipsed. The limited community is all over the map on this format. Is it blisteringly fast or glacially slow? Is it full of unbeatable bombs, or does it reward great gameplay? Is at all elves and merfolk or are there plenty of viable strategies? We’re here to outline exactly how we want to approach this format and believe that there’s much more than meets the eye to the first set of 2026! Plus, how to draft RB Goblins!

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:
-ECL Format Truths (for real this time!)
-The HAIL Approach to Drafting ECL
-How to draft and win with RB Goblins
And more!

Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro/Housekeeping
08:02 - Updated Format Truths
30:28 - HAIL Drafting
43:54 - Sleeper Commons & Uncommons
49:40 - Goblin Archetype Deep Dive
57:48 - Draft Time!

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Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. This week, we’re updating our format thoughts after getting our hands on Lorwyn Eclipsed via the Early Access Event and pre-release weekend. We go over what stood out from a draft and gameplay perspective, how the archetypes and mechanics played out initially, and a whole host of movers up and movers down to get you prepped for ECL going live this week!

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:
Gameplay Surprises in ECL
Archetype and Mechanics Initial Impressions
HUGE list of Movers Up and Movers Down
And more!

Timestamps
0:00 - Intro/Housekeeping
9:18 - The Lack of Two Drops
22:46 - The Real Power of Vivid
27:20 - Blight Pros vs Cons
31:40 - Typal Deck Breakdowns
39:28 - Movers Up and Movers Down

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ECL Crash Course | Episode 461

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 for Lorwyn Eclipsed, designed to get you everything you need to know for your first limited events of this exciting new set! We’re kicking things off with an overview of the mechanics and archetypes before getting to our big, bold format truths, color identities, top commons and uncommons, and sleeper cards and big picture takeaways!

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:
Mechanics and Archetype Overview
Big Bold Format Predictions
Top Commons and Uncommons
And more!

Grading Spreadsheet

Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro & Housekeeping
5:34 - Draft Mechanics & Archetypes
13:43 - Format Predictions
25:42 - Top Commons and Uncommons

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Limited Resolutions & ECL Mechanics | Episode 460

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 handful of cards spoiled before the holidays for the much anticipated first set of the year, Lorwyn Eclipsed. Then Ethan and Ben run down their list of Limited Resolutions for both themselves and their listeners for 2026!

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:
- Lorwyn Eclipsed Mechanics Overview
- Constructed Mumblings from Ethan
- Actionable Resolutions for 2026

Timestamps: 
0:00 Intro & Housekeeping
3:35 Standard Metagame
9:41 Lorwyn Spoliers
26:16 Limited Resolutions

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Best (& Worst) of Limited 2025 | Episode 459

Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. This week, we’re wrapping up 2025 by reviewing all 5 sets (that’s right, we’re just gonna pretend like Spiderman didn’t happen…) and awarding cards, archetypes and formats as the best and worst of the year!

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:
-Individual Card Highlights from the Entire Year
-Extremely Fun Trip Down Memory Lane
-Our Favorite Set of 2025
And more!

Timestamps: 
00:00 Intro
3:54 Housekeeping
5:46 Best/Worst Rankings

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50 TLA Takes in 50 Minutes | Episode 458

Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. This week, we’re sending off the last set of 2025 in Lords of Limited style with our patented 50 takes in 50 minutes. We go over big picture wrap-ups for the format, what each mechanic and color brought to the table, what our biggest takeaways from the set were, and our awards for Golden Egg, Imperial Oath and more!!!

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:
-Avatar Wrap-Up
-Official Lords of Limited Rankings
-Set Superlatives
And more!

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro/Housekeeping
9:11 Takes 1-10
23:03 Takes 11-20
35:06 Takes 21-30
47:32 Takes 31-40
56:33 Takes 41-50

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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 finally a list of cards you’re overrating and underrating at this late stage of the format!

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:
-Qualifier Weekend War Stories
-Mana Fixing in Avatar
-Over/Underrated Cards in TLA
And more!

Timestamps:
0:00 Intro & Day 1 Qualifier
13:53 Draft Log Review
35:22 Mana Fixing
55:12 Over/Underrated Cards

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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 Deep Dives
-The Power of Speculating in TLA
-Navigating Weak Packs in Pod Drafts
And more!

Timestamps:
0:00 Intro & Housekeeping
6:04 Updates
13:48 Javier's Draft
36:46 Draft 1 Conclusions
40:20 Derrick's Draft
1:05:42 Draft 2 Conclusions

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(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 War Deep Dive
-Week of Mythic Drafts Recap
-Draft Log Reviews
And more!

Timestamps:
0:00 Tolls War
9:43 Housekeeping
12:25 Learning from Losing
25:25 Card Updates
41:25 Draft 1 Review
55:40 Draft 2 Review

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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 Will Not Define Us!
And more!

Timestamps:
0:00 Intro & Housekeeping
7:48 Game Defining Rares
21:30 2-Drop P/T
27:36 Get on Board
43:41 Navigating Drafts
53:37 Pillars of the Format
1:05:24 Stock Up/Stock Down

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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 Down
And more!

Timestamps:
0:00 Intro & Housekeeping
6:12 Draft Approach
13:57 Gameplay
18:56 Bending Rankings
36:57 Archetype Impressions
50:38 Movers Up
1:08:55 Movers Down

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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 more!

Timestamps: 
0:00 Intro & Housekeeping
3:51 Format Truths
21:26 White
30:39 Blue & Black
44:35 Red & Green
58:25 Notable Omissions & Gold Uncommons
1:09:45 Sleeper Commons & Final Thoughts

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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
-10 Archetypes and their Signposts
-Top Commons Watch
And more!

Timestamps:
0:00 Intro & Housekeeping
6:23 New & Returning Mechanics
24:56 Draft Archetypes
49:25 Notable Cards
1:02:40 Great or Garbage

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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
Power Cube vs Vintage Cube
Archetype and Power Level Introduction
And more!

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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro & Housekeeping
3:55 Limited Championship
13:17 Power Cube Intro
23:22 Cube Structure
49:02 Cube Archetypes
1:06:42 P1p1 Discussion

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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 Cube
-Power Outliers and Mana Fixing
-Context Shifted Cubes
And more!

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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro & Housekeeping
9:01 Setting the Interview Stage
26:50 Defining Cube
34:37 Power Outliers
50:11 Mana Fixing
1:12:31 Context Shifted Cubes
1:24:26 Tournament Mindset

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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 Draft Reviews
-Different Draft Paths Explored
And more!

Timestamps: 
0:00 Intro & Housekeeping
8:33 Ken Yukuhiro Draft Review
33:28 Shuhei Nakamura Draft Review

PT EOE Round 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMTmZSDQV8I 

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