Lords of Limited

Taking a Stab at Foundations | Our Week 1 Impressions of This New Set!

Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. In Today’s Episode we’re giving you our first impressions of the newest draft format Foundations! We’re back to basics with this core-set style format, which is a great opportunity to practice good draft fundamentals!

-Big Picture Overview of Foundations Week 1

-Color and Archetype Rankings

-Individual Overperformers and Underperformers

Whether you’re grinding online or getting ready to take down your next draft event at your local game store, this episode is packed with all the information you’ll need to going into the second week of Foundations!

Timestamps:

0:00 Intro and Patreon

5:07 Foundations Week 1

22:12 Colors and Archetype Tiers

47:44 Overperformers

104:39 Underperformers

This episode is #sponsored by Miracle Made and BetterHelp

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50 DSK Takes in 50 Minutes | Sending Off A Great Format In Style!

Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. Today’s episode has us saying goodbye to one of our favorite sets in recent memory, Duskmourn! Get 50 minutes on the clock and join us as we summarize, theorize, and (rarely) criticize the highlights of this draft format!

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:

-50 Rapid Fire Takes about Duskmourn

-TONS of LOL-official Power Rankings

-Golden Egg and Imperial Oath Award Winners

Whether you’re saying goodbye with us or coming back to this episode to prepare for a flashback draft, these 50 takes are just the ticket for remembering this great format!

Timestamps:

0:00 Intro & Storytime

8:07 Takes 1-10

22:56 Takes 11-20

36:35 Takes 21-30

48:15 Takes 31-40

58:17 Takes 41-50

This episode is #sponsored by HUEL and Uncommon Goods

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Our second bonus episode is here! As a companion to this week's Crash Course, we're each coming to this episode with a list of 10 rares to look out for in your first drafts (or sealed events) of Foundations!

Don't miss a second of this bonus content! Head on over to patreon.com/lordsoflimited for more information!

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Foundations Crash Course | Getting You Ready For Your First Drafts

Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. Today’s episode is all about the brand new draft format, Foundations, and what cards and strategies we expect to be the best going into pre-release weekend and your first drafts online.

🎙️ What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

Hit the ground running at your local game store and online with this crash course into everything you need to know about Foundations before it goes live!

Grading Spreadsheet

Timestamps: 

0:00 Intro & Patreon Revamp

12:15 Signpost Uncommons

31:55 Big Picture predictions and Grading Scale

44:04 Grade Differences

1:17:59 Top Commons and Uncommons

This episode is sponsored by MintMobile and BetterHelp

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We're launching a brand new spin off podcast exclusively over on our patreon page and want to give our audience a chance to hear it! Tune in to find out what it's all about and then dive in with us as we continue the conversation from earlier this week by taking a look at the entirety of Jean-Emmanuel Depraz's Day 2 Draft from the World Championship!

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World’s Draft Debrief | Getting Inside the Mind of the Best Players in the World!

Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. Today’s episode is all about drafting Duskmourn at the World Championship! Play along with us as we come up with pick orders of commons and uncommons for World’s and then see how we’d navigate Simon’s difficult draft seat!

🎙️ What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

-A pick-by-pick discussion of Simon Nielson’s Day 1 Draft at Worlds

-Our own pick orders for drafting on the highest stage of the game

-Our takes on Universes Beyond and the Blocking Rules Change

Whether you’re a limited grinder or a casual FNM drafter, this episode will be a fun exercise in what it might be like to draft with the best in the business under the most pressure this game has to offer!

Timestamps:

0:00 Intro & Universes Beyond

6:14 Blocking Rules Change & Patreon

10:37 Worlds Prep

36:27 Simon's Draft Review

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Duskmourn Draft Drop-Ins | Critical Decisions at Different Points in a Draft

Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. Today’s episode is all about Decision Points in Duskmourn Draft, going BEYOND just your first pick of a draft and seeing what ripple effects can happen based on the cards you choose!

🎙️ What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

-How to Navigate Drafts in High Stakes Environments

-How to Draft around a Powerful First Pick

-How to Get Both Power and Consistency Out of a Draft

Whether you’re a limited grinder or a casual FNM drafter, this episode will help guide you to think about your draft past pick orders and into the context of individual decision points.

Timestamps:

0:00 Intro & Patreon

6:15 Draft Log Review 1

14:52 Draft Drop-Ins 1-4

37:11 Draft Drop- Ins 5-8

55:55 Draft Log Review 2

This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp

Unlocking a Card’s Potential | How to Win With Underrated Cards

Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting Magic: the Gathering. In today’s episode, we dive deep into underrated strategies and cards in the current Duskmourn metagame, covering everything you need to know about winning in draft when everyone already knows the "best" decks.

🎙️ What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

-The power of black cards in the current meta that undervalues them

-The use case for some niche rares in Duskmourn

-How to get the most out of cards you see late in a draft

Whether you’re a limited grinder or a casual FNM drafter, this episode will provide valuable insights to help you stay up to date with the latest trends in Duskmourn Draft.

Timestamps:

0:00 Intro & Patreon

9:17 Draft Log Review

25:48 Common Check-In

36:34 Underrated Cards

Today's Episode is sponsored by:

https://www.uncommongoods.com/podcast/lol 

Level up your game and get 10% off @TurtleBeach with code LOL at turtlebeach.com/LOL! #turtlebeachpod

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Another week in the books and Duskmourn is still delivering! This week, we focus on maximizing synergy and staying open in the draft portion, with a draft log roundtable to help illustrate our points. Then we go over some individual cards and combos that have impressed us this week, and Ethan breaks down exactly how to draft and win with one of the more underrated archetypes in the set: Rakdos!

Draft Log Roundtable

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Week 1 of Duskmourn is in the books and we are extremely excited about this set! And we've got all the bases covered with Ethan's success coming from the aggro space in the format and Ben's coming from the controlling side of things. There's just so much to do and we get into all of it in this episode! Including:

 

- a deep dive on what Ethan's missing about Manifest Dread

- how we're approaching drafts

- some key overperformers and top commons

- and a draft log review!

Roundtable Draft Log

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