Lords of Limited

Welcome to Lords of Limited , the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. We finally made it! Reality Fracture is here and we are so excited to breakdown all the cards and mechanics previews so far. Get ready for some truly hot and horrendous takes as we prep you for week 1 of the format! What You’ll Get in This Episode: Major Set Mechanics ⚒️ A review of the Color Archetype Design 🎨 Everyone’s favorite Great or Garbage! 👑🆚🗑️ This episode is sponsored by Square. Get up to $200 off Square hardware when you sign up at square.com/go/lol Timestamps 0:00 Intro and Housekeeping 4:56 Ad Read 6:17 Set Mechanics: Heartwood Tokens 7:37 Set Mechanics: Prepared Spells 12:17 Set Mechanics: Empower Jace 31:40 The Echo Pairs 35:21 Color Archetypes 52:17 Integration Suite 54:49 Great or Garbage

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 This episode is #sponsored by Raycon. Visit: buyraycon.com/lolopen 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 This episode is #sponsored by BetterHelp. Visit: betterhelp.com/lords

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! This episode is #sponsored by Raycon. 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 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 #thehobbit #lordoftherings #MTGDraft #MTGHOB #MTGLTR #MTGArena

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 This episode is sponsored by Raycon. Visit: buyraycon.com/lolopen

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! 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

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?! This episode is sponsored by Square. Get up to $200 off Square hardware when you sign up at square.com/go/lol 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 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 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 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/ 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 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! This episode is sponsored by Square. Get up to $200 off Square hardware when you sign up at square.com/go/lol ! #squarepod 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 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 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. 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 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 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! 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 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 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 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! 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’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! Information on Arena Union Efforts: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/uwotcletter 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 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 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! 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 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 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