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Lords of Limited is a podcast about Magic: the Gathering strategy. It is primarily focused on playing Limited, including both draft and sealed. The podcast is designed to help listeners get an edge in their next draft or sealed event, especially on Magic Online.
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MH2 Team Draft Debrief - Episode 211
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This week we're talking Team Draft and reviewing all 6 drafts and decks from the 4th installment of the Lords vs. Resources Showdown: MH2 Edition! Follow Along: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQd-QgI5x81RaEv_hG0r1ElreJ6iDQtujlpOho63INMR57bPU9HR293nVqRd4h3U4zgeRv9YOQ8iTC5/pub LOL Merch @ TeePublic: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/lords…
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Sizin' Up Modern Horizons 2 - Episode 210
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With over a week of MH2 drafts under their belts, your hosts are here to dump as much info as possible on this incredibly synergistic set! What are the archetypes trying to do? What are the best uncommons and top commons in the set? What have we been winning with? All these questions and more answered on this jam-packed episode!…
As the days of drafting Strixhaven come to a close, we take the opportunity this week to look at which archetypes passed the test of this format and which ones failed. How were the best decks built, what led to less functional versions of each college, and where did they fall on the spectrum of aggro to control? Decks Examined: https://docs.google.…
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What's the Play? STX Edition - Episode 208
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We've got a lot of homework this week for the students at Strixhaven with our "What's the Play?" episode! We walk through a handful of "Keep or Mulligan" decisions as well as some in-game scenarios to show you how and why we're making the plays we make during our games of limited in STX. We also reveal our free preview cards for Modern Horizons 2 c…
This week, we're going through not one but TWO entire draft logs from our time in Strixhaven Limited. We break down the reasoning behind each pick, the different elements we're juggling as we progress through the draft, and what the final build for each deck looks like! Ben's Draft: https://www.17lands.com/draft/6019342090944d7ba900c772f571ce23 Eth…
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The Garage, Growth, and Gaming Content - Episode 206
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For our May Bonus Episode, we sit down with one of the founders of and current Chief Marketing Officer for ChannelFireball.com, Mashi Scanlan! We ask Mashi about a number of topics including the origin story of CFB, leaving his job as a lawyer behind, what is important for making good content, and if the current MTG Boom is sustainable. We loved th…
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Gold Stars and Demerits - Episode 205
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Now that we're a month into our semester at Strixhaven, we're ready to hand out Gold Stars and Demerits to our big overperformers and underperformers. Where did we go wrong in our evaluations? What cards have surprised us the most? And where have we landed on the top commons for each college? All this and more in this week's episode! Roundtable: ht…
It's lecture time on Lords of Limited this week with a huge focus on the headliner mechanic from Strixhaven: Learn/Lesson. We discuss why Lessons are so important, how they should affect your draft and pick order, when to grab which one when in different situations, and how certain Learn cards stack up against the top commons in their respective co…
With the upcoming MTG Arena Sealed Open, your hosts have only one thing on their mind: a $2,000 cash prize! That's why this week we're talking all things Strixhaven Sealed, from overarching heuristics, to individual card overperformers and everything in between! Sealed Pool: https://sealeddeck.tech/2W7SmOEA4d Ethan's Build: https://sealeddeck.tech/…
As with any "guild" style set, it's incredibly important to try and find the open draft lane in Strixhaven. This week we're talking about all the considerations for changing majors in this format and put our discussions into practice with two draft logs reviews. Draft 1: https://www.17lands.com/draft/cc5bbd1f251b40c1b8daed302139e627 Draft 2: https:…
With a full weekend of drafting under their belt, your hosts are here to give you our first impressions of what Strixhaven Limited has to offer. We discuss our thoughts on Learn/Lessons, Magecraft (aka Bencraft), review all 5 colleges, specific over/under performers, and finish things off with a roundtable! Draft Log: https://www.17lands.com/draft/…
For our 200th (and second bonus) episode, we decide to shake things up on Lords of Limited. This week, your hosts are getting to know each other better with a back and forth interview style show to peel back the curtain and understand more about the men behind the Magic!By Ben Werne, Ethan Saks
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Strixhaven Crash Course - Episode 199
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It's the first day of class and your hosts are here with a full syllabus ready to go! We talk through tons of big picture statistics for the upcoming format, then go through our biggest grading disagreements, and finish off with top commons/uncommons for each of the 5 colleges! Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRz-R6UwZ6…
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Strixhaven Archetype Skeletons - Episode 198
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With the full Strixhaven Spoiler here a week early, your hosts are jumping right in to the deep end with predictions on what the archetype skeletons will look like for each of the five colleges in the upcoming set. This will be a great companion piece to next week's crash course episode and will help you to start thinking about these cards in the c…
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50 KHM Takes in 50 Minutes - Episode 197
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Your hosts are back again this week to send off Kaldheim in proper Lords of Limited fashion with another installment of "50 Takes in 50 Minutes." We've got a bunch of LoL official power rankings, the double-edged dichotomies of the format, cards that rose and fell in our estimation over the lifetime of KHM, and much more!…
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What's the Play? KHM Edition - Episode 196
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Your hosts are back with one of their favorite episode styles: What's the Play? Kaldheim has a ton of interesting decisions from Keep or Mulligans, tap land sequencing, when to deploy card draw spells, and so much more. In this episode we explain our thought process through navigating a number of opening hands and in-game decisions. Play along at h…
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Goldvein Picking Deathsie's Brain - Episode 195
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Our first monthly bonus episode is here with your hosts sitting down with known streamer, memer, and mythic drafter Deathsie! We discuss a wide range of topics including Best-of-1 vs. Best-of-3, how MTG pulled Deathsie back into full time streaming, how he innovates and iterates on a format, and, of course, Goldvein Pick! twitch.tv/deathsie twitter…
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To-log-gan Sledding Through KHM - Episode 194
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Getting tired of these snow pun episode titles? We sure aren't! This week we're looking at two full draft logs, one where getting deeper into a color almost goes too far and one where snow seems like it could be the open lane for once...or is it? Draft 1: https://www.17lands.com/draft/791d7f068555423ba86b61b2d6a62829 Draft 2: https://www.17lands.co…
Kaldheim is one the most complex limited formats we've ever seen, which makes navigating the drafts incredibly difficult. Avoiding a trainwreck in KHM is one of the most important skills you can acquire to have consistent and positive results and that's exactly what we're here to help with this week! Roundtable: https://www.17lands.com/draft/c7dce9…
Boros is the name of the game this week on Lords of Limited. Your hosts look at everything this color pair has to offer, the range of possibilities from aggro to control, and how they're navigating their way into this strong and flexible archetype! Draft Log 1: https://www.17lands.com/draft/9ad29c0c8d2046a5bab9189405a90741 Draft Log 2: https://www.…
After a ton of preparation for the Arena Sealed Open, your hosts are back to talking about what they know best: draft! They take a chance to check in on how the metagame has shifted on the BO1 Ladder and then dive in to four different draft logs to show how they're currently navigating Kaldheim! Draft 1: https://www.17lands.com/draft/e233df8c616c44…
With the Arena Open and Sealed MCQ around the corner, your hosts dive deep into the world of Kaldheim Sealed to get you prepped to win that $2,000 prize! We discuss big picture thoughts, the biggest changes from draft to sealed, and even walk through a sealed pool build that you can play along with at home! Sealed Pool: https://www.17lands.com/pool…
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Kaldheim Commons in Context - Episode 189
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The power level of the commons in Kaldheim is extremely flat, and figuring out the best home for each of them can give you a real leg up on the competition. That's why we're here this week to discuss the considerations for every single common in Kaldheim and where they'll each perform at their best! Roundtable: https://www.17lands.com/draft/6e732a8…
Fresh off of a weekend full of KHM drafts (and a victory in the Lords vs Resources Rematch), your hosts are here with as much of an info dump as possible on how to win in this super complex format! From big picture questions to why you're not taking snow lands high enough, biggest over and underperformers, the top commons in the set and more! We've…
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Kaldheim Crash Course - Episode 187
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Your hosts are back for their patented Crash Course style episode to welcome Kaldheim in to the spotlight! You can expect all the usual content to get you primed and ready for your first drafts of this format: creature vs. removal stats, mechanic and archetype support, card disagreements, common and uncommon rankings, and more! You won't want to mi…
