Limited Level-Ups

On this week's epsiode, MTGO grinders Bryan (Veveil) and Charlie (StryxFamiliar) make a return to the podcast to talk about their experiences in KHM with a focus on Sealed to prep you for the Arena qualifier.  LLU Discord: bit.ly/jointhedischord Bryan's PTQ deck: https://twitter.com/Veveil/status/1360475823095095296 Charlie's PTQ deck: https://twitter.com/stryxfamiliar/status/1360481102306115585

This week we give our big picture take on the format and explore the crazy complex format. Tired of drifting snow? We've got some tips on how to draft the aggro decks too! LLU Discord: Bit.ly/jointhedischord

This week we welcome Abram back to the show and look at the archetype skeletons for Green/White and Blue/Red in Kaldheim. Discord: bit.ly/jointhedischord Archetype Skeleton tool: https://draftpod.org/ Blue/Red deck: https://imgur.com/wNV0NRC Green/White deck: https://imgur.com/xNXpVZe

Multi-Colored: 6:30 White: 2:00:49 Blue: 3:28:15 Black: 4:33:40 Red: 5:27:00 Green: 6:36:26 Colorless: 7:32:50 Discord: bit.ly/jointhedischord

This week we're joined by psychology PhD student George Abitante to talk about the science of learning, psychology in Magic, and how to best interact with Magic content if your #1 goal is improvement.  LLU Discord: bit.ly/jointhedischord

This week I sit down with PT champion Kyle Rose to talk about old school Magic, developing intuition, and his unique style of drafting. LLU Discord: bit.ly/jointhedischord

Happy Cubemas everyone! This week we have a Vintage Cube expert GamerGC on to talk about racking up the trophies in a world where everyone knows blue is the best color in the cube. Discord: https://discord.com/invite/XWNVT9mxvU

This week we sit down with OG Limited Resources cohost and Former Wizards R&D member Ryan Spain to talk about the process of improvement, Limited card design, and why Farsight Adept is gas! Limited Level-Ups Discord: https://discord.com/invite/XWNVT9mxvU

This week we take a look at how limited has changed over the years, what that means for you as the drafter, and some baselines that you might need to update! Limited Level-Ups Discord: https://discord.com/invite/XWNVT9mxvU

This week we have Sam Black on to talk about one of his most important limited articles, Draft The Cards You Want To play, as well a wide variety of other limited related topics. Sams article: https://articles.starcitygames.com/premium/draft-the-cards-you-want-to-play/ Limited Level-Ups Discord: https://discord.com/invite/XWNVT9mxvU

This week we have MTGO 2000 Elo haver Bryan Hons on to talk about a variety of level-up topics and Patreon questions! LLU Discord Link: https://discord.com/invite/XWNVT9mxvU

Multi-colored Uncommons: 1:45 Artifacts: 34:21 White: 1:52:50 Blue: 2:39:22 Black: 3:21:00 Red: 4:02:03 Green: 4:37:00 Rare Multi-colored & Lands: 5:17:52

This episode we have Sealed expert StryxFamiliar on to talk about how he approaches sealed. We talk big picture sealed ideas, doing well in competitive sealed events, and Zendikar Rising specifics .

This week we have 17lands.com developer Viralmisnomer on! Join us as he shares 7 habits the data tells us are shared amongst successful drafters.

This week we give our big picture take on the format and shine some light on this absurdly deep format!

This epsiode Alex flies solo and talks about his initial impressions of Zendikar Rising Limited + building archetype skeletons for some of the format's decks. Deck images: https://imgur.com/a/CIEgo8l

Green: 1:57 White: 1:08:11 Blue: 2:08:25 Black: 3:04:42 Red: 3:58:21  Multi-colored/Artifacts: 4:45:15

This week we analyze what Zendikar Rising's mechanics mean for drafting and deck building, as well as take an early look at some of the set's tricky to evaluate cards.

This week Alex and Abram take a trip down memory lane! We talk about the biggest level-ups we went through on the path to becoming the players we are today.

This week we have MisterMetronome of Lords of Limited Fame here to talk to us about Double Masters Draft and endure a short Q & A session. Alex's AKH Remastered article: https://www.channelfireball.com/all-strategy/articles/may-we-be-found-worthy-an-amonkhet-remastered-format-overview/

This week we have Star City Games writer Ryan Saxe on as a guest to talk about his article "From Picks to Paths." Join as as we talk about the concept of optimizing your draft paths, the "information bottleneck", and even sneak a little Q in A in there. Ryan's article: https://articles.starcitygames.com/premium/saxe-article-2/ The Information Bottleneck: https://arxiv.org/pdf/physics/0004057.pdf

This week we do a deep dive on limited mana bases. Join us as we explore how to draft with good mana in mind and places you might be losing EV when it comes to mana base building.

This week we tackle tangible ways that you can reduce the amounts of variance in your drafts/games and talk about upping your mental game when it comes to the ways we approach variance.

This week we celebrate our early success in M21 by talking about our takes on the format, the best decks, and discuss the more underrated archetypes to help you get calibrated with the format.