50 TLA Takes in 50 Minutes | Episode 458

Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. This week, we’re sending off the last set of 2025 in Lords of Limited style with our patented 50 takes in 50 minutes. We go over big picture wrap-ups for the format, what each mechanic and color brought to the table, what our biggest takeaways from the set were, and our awards for Golden Egg, Imperial Oath and more!!!

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:
-Avatar Wrap-Up
-Official Lords of Limited Rankings
-Set Superlatives
And more!

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro/Housekeeping
9:11 Takes 1-10
23:03 Takes 11-20
35:06 Takes 21-30
47:32 Takes 31-40
56:33 Takes 41-50

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The 12 Ways of Fix-Mas | Episode 457

Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. This week, we’re doing a grab-bag of sorts as Ethan is fresh off of his day 1 run from the Arena Qualifier and poised for a great run on day 2 based on his pool. He and Ben talk about some key moments from day 1 before diving into a draft log review. Then it’s time to discuss the myriad of ways to fix your mana in this format for the soup-y decks that exist and finally a list of cards you’re overrating and underrating at this late stage of the format!

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:
-Qualifier Weekend War Stories
-Mana Fixing in Avatar
-Over/Underrated Cards in TLA
And more!

Timestamps:
0:00 Intro & Day 1 Qualifier
13:53 Draft Log Review
35:22 Mana Fixing
55:12 Over/Underrated Cards

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World Championship 31 Draft Recap | Episode 456

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 featured drafts from this weekend’s broadcast the 31st MTG World Championship featuring Javier Dominguez on Day 1 and Derrick Davis on Day 2! Join us as we dissect the decisions these pros made on magic’s biggest stage, what it looks like to draft TLA in an absolutely stacked pod, and the p1p1 heard around the world!

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:
-Two Draft Review Deep Dives
-The Power of Speculating in TLA
-Navigating Weak Packs in Pod Drafts
And more!

Timestamps:
0:00 Intro & Housekeeping
6:04 Updates
13:48 Javier's Draft
36:46 Draft 1 Conclusions
40:20 Derrick's Draft
1:05:42 Draft 2 Conclusions

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(Tolls of) War, What Is It Good For? | Episode 455

Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. This week, we’re kicking things off by talking about Tolls of War and BW: has Ethan done a full 180 on this card and archetype? Then we’re recapping our week of drafts and what we’ve learned from winning (and losing) in this format. Finally, we grab a couple draft logs, both of which we’d have navigated differently in hindsight!

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:
-Tolls of War Deep Dive
-Week of Mythic Drafts Recap
-Draft Log Reviews
And more!

Timestamps:
0:00 Tolls War
9:43 Housekeeping
12:25 Learning from Losing
25:25 Card Updates
41:25 Draft 1 Review
55:40 Draft 2 Review

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TLA Lessons Learned | Episode 454

Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. This week, we’ve got our limited info dump after a week full of jamming Avatar Drafts. What are the rules of engagement of this extremely tempo oriented set, why is 2/1 such an abysmal statline for creatures, what makes this a Jeskai format, how to not let weak packs define your draft, and much, much more!

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:
-Format Rules of Engagement
-Creature Sizing Deep-Dive
-Weak Packs Will Not Define Us!
And more!

Timestamps:
0:00 Intro & Housekeeping
7:48 Game Defining Rares
21:30 2-Drop P/T
27:36 Get on Board
43:41 Navigating Drafts
53:37 Pillars of the Format
1:05:24 Stock Up/Stock Down

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Bending Over Backwards | Episode 453

Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. This week, we’re back from the Early Access trenches with our updated takes on Avatar before the set goes live tomorrow! This means updated ‘bending power rankings, in-depth discussion on how drafts and games played out, and tons of individual cards to discuss now that we’ve had a chance to see them in action!

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:
-Bending Power Rankings
-Updated Format Truths
-Movers Up and Movers Down
And more!

Timestamps:
0:00 Intro & Housekeeping
6:12 Draft Approach
13:57 Gameplay
18:56 Bending Rankings
36:57 Archetype Impressions
50:38 Movers Up
1:08:55 Movers Down

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TLA Crash Course | Episode 452

Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. This week, we’ve got our crash course episode packed to the brim with all the info you need for your pre-release event. We’re giving our biggest, boldest predictions on what the Avatar set will be about, how the colors will interact, what cards to be on the lookout for overperforming, and much more!

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:
-5 Format Truths
-Color Identities
-Top Commons, Uncommons, Sleepers
And more!

Timestamps: 
0:00 Intro & Housekeeping
3:51 Format Truths
21:26 White
30:39 Blue & Black
44:35 Red & Green
58:25 Notable Omissions & Gold Uncommons
1:09:45 Sleeper Commons & Final Thoughts

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Ethan's flying solo today with a bonus podcast to help those out there who are cube curious get a little more acquainted with Power Cube on MTG Arena. If you've been struggling or downright intimidated, this bonus podcast will run through tons of cards, combos, and archetypes to clarify how you should be approaching the draft and gameplay in these high powered limited environments!

Yip Yip! Avatar Preview Time | Episode 451

Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. This week, we’re back to new set season with a first look at the previews for Avatar the Last Airbender! We go over the new and returning mechanics as well as the 10 archetypes and their signposts.  Then it’s time to cover as many commons and uncommons as we can before everyone’s favorite preview segment: Great or Garbage?

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:
-Avatar the Last Airbender Mechanics
-10 Archetypes and their Signposts
-Top Commons Watch
And more!

Timestamps:
0:00 Intro & Housekeeping
6:23 New & Returning Mechanics
24:56 Draft Archetypes
49:25 Notable Cards
1:02:40 Great or Garbage

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Power Cube Comes to Arena | Episode 450

Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. This week, we got not one but TWO incredible announcements for the limited world. The first is about the 2027 Limited Championship and all the ways to qualify for it in 2026. The second and more immediate: we’re getting Vintage Cube on Arena tomorrow! We break down everything you need to know about both of these huge upgrades to our limited lives!

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:
Limited Championship Announcement Info
Power Cube vs Vintage Cube
Archetype and Power Level Introduction
And more!

Limited Championship Announcement: https://magic.gg/news/announcing-the-2027-magic-limited-championship
NRG MTGO Tournament: https://www.nerdragegaming.com/catalog/nrg_series_preregistration/1192025__nrg_series_mtgo_showdown/903461

Timestamps:
0:00 Intro & Housekeeping
3:55 Limited Championship
13:17 Power Cube Intro
23:22 Cube Structure
49:02 Cube Archetypes
1:06:42 P1p1 Discussion

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Great Day for a Q&A | Episode 449

Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. This week, we’re gathering up a ton of listener questions and going deep on lots of magic (and some non-magic) related topics!

🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode:
-What are the characteristics of good limited formats?
-If we were legendary creatures, what would we be?
-What does “going deep on a format” mean?
And more!

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