Lords of Limited

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413: Putting the DFT in DRAFT - Episode 413 Feb 10, 2025

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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
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412: Aetherdrift Crash Course - Episode 412 Feb 03, 2025

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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
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411: Start Your Engines, Aetherdrift's Here! - Episode 411 Jan 27, 2025

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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?
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410: Innistrad Remastered Crash Course - Episode 410 Jan 20, 2025

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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
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409: Q&A Whaddya Say? - Episode 409 Jan 13, 2025

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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

408: Mastering the Arena Open Day 1 - Episode 408 Jan 06, 2025

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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
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407: The Best & Worst of Limited 2024 - Episode 407 Dec 30, 2024

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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
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406: Learning to Spell - Episode 406 Dec 23, 2024

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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
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405: Pack Your Briefcase - Episode 405 Dec 16, 2024

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Pack Your Briefcase | Winning with 5-Color Gates in 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 talking all about our week 1 impressions of Pioneer Masters! Green is great (to no one’s surprise except for maybe ours) and the Gates deck is in the lead as our pick for best way to win in PIO. But there’s more to the format than just soup, and we’ve got a ton of thoughts about what works and what doesn’t!
🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:
-Week 1 Impressions
-Colors and Archetypes Re-Ranked
-Card Spotlights and Top Commons
Get ahead of the competition on MTG Arena with our in-depth discussion on the cards and strategies to steer into and steer clear of in Pioneer Masters!
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro and Housekeeping
5:11 Week 1 Impressions
24:25 Approaching Drafts in PIO
48:18 Colors and Archetypes Re-Ranked
53:07 Card Spotlights
104:38 Top Commons
This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp
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404: Pioneer Masters Crash Course - Episode 404 Dec 09, 2024

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Pioneer Masters Crash Course | High Powered Reprint Set Comes to Arena!
Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. In Today’s episode, we’re getting you ready for your first drafts of Pioneer Masters coming to Arena! We had a chance to play with these cards thanks to the Early Access event last week and are excited to share our findings and predictions for what this new format has to offer!
🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:

Archetype and Mechanics Overview
Big Picture Takeaways from Early Access
Top Commons and Uncommons Ranked

This Crash Course is jam packed with fantastic information to make sure you’ll know what to do when you crack open your first digital packs of Pioneer Masters online!
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro and Housekeeping
8:01 Archetypes
27:16 Bonus Sheets and Rankings
33:54 Early Format Overview
44:34 Archetype Buckets
52:11 Top Uncommons
1:07:10 Top Commons
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This episode is #sponsored by Mint Mobile and Huel
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