Lords of Limited

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 for Grixis Decks -Hitting the Ceiling of Blue Cards -How to Win With White We are absolutely loving this format so far and there’s so much to discuss! Whether you’re crushing the format so far, or struggling to get your car started, this episode is packed with actionable information for your next draft! Timestamps:  0:00 Intro and Patreon 7:11 PT Pick Orders 18:32 Start Your Engines and Rakdos 36:58 Dimir and Blue's Uncommons 54:55 Izzet and White decks 1:09:46 Archetype Wrap-Up This episode is #sponsored by Mint Mobile and Better Help Go to mintmobile.com/lol and betterhelp.com/lords  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

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! To listen to this bonus podcast every week, join the Soldier of Limited tier on 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

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 Color and Archetype Power Rankings -Individual Card Re-Evaluations Aetherdrift drafts go live tomorrow, so you won’t want to miss this final update to our thoughts on the format before getting your hands on the cards yourself! Timestamps: 0:00 Intro and Patreon 4:58 Early Access Takeaways 27:10 Updated Color and Archetype Rankings 44:55 Individual Movers Up and Down This episode is sponsored by Raycon 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

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 Fasten your seatbelts and join us for the LONGEST episode ever packed with loads of actionable information for you to take into your first draft or sealed event for Aetherdrift! Timestamps: 0:00 Intro and Housekeeping 5:18 Removal, Color Identity, and Grading Scale 21:33 White + Blue Grading Differences 41:54 Black + Red Grading Differences 1:07:37 Green + Artifacts + Gold 1:34:50 Rankings + Wrap-Up Grading Spreadsheet This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp and Factor Meals 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

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 the full picture of Aetherdrift yet, but that won’t stop us from taking some stands and making some hot takes while we look over the spoilers. Start your engines, it’s preview season! Timestamps:  0:00 Intro and Housekeeping 4:21 New and Returning Mechanics 13:57 Signpost Uncommons 27:29 Removal, Vehicles, Mounts, Pilots 42:05 Start Your Engines, Exhaust, Graveyard 58:01 Great or Garbage? 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

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. 🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode: -Innistrad Remastered Format Overview -Archetype Signposts and Build-Around Spotlights -Top Commons and Uncommons for your First Draft Whether you only have a chance to draft this format once, or are planning to jam a ton on MTGO, or just want a fun trip down memory lane, this episode will give you everything you need to know about this remastered set! Timestamps: 0:00 Intro and Housekeeping 5:43 Format Overview 16:05 Exciting Build-arounds 28:42 Top Uncommons and Commons 49:15 Sleeper Cards This episode is sponsored by 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

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 -Where Your Biggest Edges Can Be gained in draft -How approaching MTG translates to real life This is a fun opportunity for us to peel back the curtain a little bit and touch on some topics we don’t normally get to. Thanks so much to everyone who submitted questions and we hope you all enjoy! Timestamps: 0:00 Intro and Housekeeping 7:35 Questions from Discord 41:37 Questions from Twitter 59:31 Questions from Bluesky This episode is #sponsored by MintMobile and Raycon

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 what color and archetypes will be the biggest winners and losers? We’ll discuss all of this here! 🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode: -Sealed Tips For the Arena Open -The Devotion Bonus Sheet Cards that Matter -In-Depth Draft Log Analysis Timestamps:  0:00 Intro and Housekeeping 5:28 Ethan's Evolving Wilds Leak 9:39 Draft Review 29:08 Sealed Prep 41:06 Sealed Movers Up 52:15 Devotion Bonus Sheet This episode is #sponsored by BetterHelp and Acorns Visit betterhelp.com/lords and acorns.com/lordsoflimited  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

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 Impactful Cards for Draft This Year -Reflections On Our Best And Worst Predictions 2024 was the first year of the play booster, a masters set in Modern Horizons 3, a return to simpler sets with Bloomburrow and Foundations, and a TON to discuss. Say goodbye to 2024 with us as we look forward to what the next year has to offer! Timestamps:  0:00 Intro and Patreon 4:13 Categories 1-4 13:39 Categories 5-8 24:41 Categories 9-12 39:38 Categories 13-16 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

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 -Winners and Losers from the Bonus Sheet Rotation With the bonus sheet changing over for the next two weeks, what can you expect from Pioneer Masters draft? We’re here to break down all the changes as well as our current approaches to the format! Timestamps: 0:00 Intro and Housekeeping 4:20 P1p1 28:16 P1p2 and beyond 50:11 Spells Bonus Sheet This episode is sponsored by MintMobile 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