Lords of Limited

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 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 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 This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Visit: https://www.betterhelp.com/get-started/?go=true&transaction_id=10289b6a181dfa6a81051dccc964e6&utm_source=podcast&utm_campaign=1378&utm_medium=Desktop&utm_content=&utm_term=lords&not_found=1&gor=start 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 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 This episode is sponsored by Raycon. Visit: https://rayconglobal.com/pages/lolopen?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=influencer&utm_campaign=lolopen&nb_platform=partner-lp&nb_ppid=podcast&nb_cpid=lolopen 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 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! 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 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 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

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 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

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 This episode is sponsered by Betterhelp and Raycon Visit betterhelp.com/lords Visit buyraycon.com/lolopen 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

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 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 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 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

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 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

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 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

(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 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

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 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

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 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

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 Your new wardrobe awaits! Get 20% off @chubbies with the code lol at https://www.chubbiesshorts.com/lol #chubbiespod 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

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 This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp Visit 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

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! Limited Championship Announcement: https://magic.gg/news/announcing-the-2027-magic-limited-championship NRG MTGO Tournament: https://www.nerdragegaming.com/catalog/nrg_series_preregistration/1192025__nrg_series_mtgo_showdown/903461 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 This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp Your new wardrobe awaits! Get 20% off @chubbies with the code lol at https://www.chubbiesshorts.com/lol #chubbiespod 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

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! 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

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! Find All Things Lucky Paper Radio at https://luckypaper.co/ 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 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