Lords of Limited

Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. This is a very special episode for us as we celebrate 500 episodes on the Lords of Limited Podcast, truly a special occasion. We take a nice trip down memory lane, looking at some of our favorite moments over the last almost 10 years! Then we hop into the meat and potatoes of Reality Fract...

Welcome to Lords of Limited , the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. Reality Fracture is officially a GOATED format, this week we are going to talk about the near infinite things you can explore when playing draft or sealed in this format. There are so many interesting ways you can combine synergies across all the color pairs. If we missed any that you hav...

Welcome to Lords of Limited , the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. We just finished playing early access and with that information here is our take on what works and doesn't in this new limited format. If you are looking for any insights before your first draft then stay tuned!   What You’ll Get in This Episode: Why You don't HAVE TO Draft EJ Cards The W...

Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. Reality Fracture is right around the corner, which means we are breaking down all the mechanics and archetypes, coming forward with our Five Format Truths and in classic Lords of Limited fashion...Color and Archetype Power Rankings! What You’ll Get in This Episode: - Major Set Mechanics -...

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...

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...

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...

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: - C...

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...

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 H...

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,...

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?...

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: Fat...

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 w...

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 suppor...

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...

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!...

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 tha...

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 deb...

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 Imper...

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...

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...

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 form...

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...

Welcome to Lords of Limited , the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. This week, we’re going DEEP on Secrets of Strixhaven limited after a week chock full of drafts. We reveal our updated Format Truths (for real this time), our overarching draft strategies unique to SOS, and then talk all about Soup in this format: what defines a deck as being Soup, how to...