Limited Resources

This week on Limited Resources Jon and Marshall dive deep on how to play around cards in limited. They give you a thought structure on how to approach this, and what the important factors are for making your decision in game.

This week on Limited Resources, Marshall gives a tournament report from his top 64 at the GP in Austin and we hear Jon’s game designer thoughts about the new mechanics in Dark Ascension.

This week on Limited Resources Jon and Marshall go very deep on the subject of combat. This is one of the most important aspects to almost all games of limited Magic, and your limited resources take a microscope view of the inner working of combat.

This week on Limited Resources, the guys dive into the often overlooked nuances of actually building your deck. A lot of consideration is given to the draft and game-play portions of a given tournament. Sometimes though the essential fundamentals of construction can get lost in the fray. We aim to fix that on this weeks show.

This week on Limited Resources the guys welcome long time player and writer Noah Weil to the show to discuss Innistrad limited in detail. We get our hands on a very cool report from WotC detailing some interesting information about the cards in Innistrad and we take full advantage. You can find Noah on Twitter @noah_weil along with his articles on Starcity Games and his law blog atwww.betternoahlawyer.com

This week on Limited Resources Jon and Marshall welcome the one and only Ryan Spain back to the show! Fresh from his desk in the pit, Ryan gives us a candid look at life inside the walls of WotC and also outlines a lot of what is going on with MTGO.

This week on Limited Resources Marshall and Jon go deep on how to make sure that the non-strategic parts of your Magic game are in order.

This week on Limited Resources Jon and Marshall welcome limited afficionado and Pro Tour Historian Brian David-Marshall to talk some draft! BDM shares his insight on card evaluations, draft archetypes, and reveals to the world the double-decker-double-becker.

This week on Limited Resources Marshall and Jon cover the topic of niche strategies and gimmick decks. How do you recognize these strategies and what is the best way to approach them in your own drafts? These issues and more are discussed in depth!

This week on Limited Resources, Marshall and Jon give a full report on the Magic, shenanegins, and happenings from the Grand Prix in San Diego!

This week on Limited Resources the guys welcome frequent guest Sam Stoddard as a guest host! A range of topics is discussed using an epic Crack-a-Pack as a guide!

This week on Limited Resources Marshall and Jon give a PTQ tournament report, LR style! Thanks for listening!

This week on Limited Resources Jon and Marshall take a closer look at actual game-play. Having a plan during the game is one of the many ways to maximize your nuts and bolts advantage. A deep dive into this reveals some really useful information for players of all skill levels!

This week on Limited Resources, Marshall and Jon take a first close look at the Innistrad limited environment. We revisit our card evaluations, talk about tricks and patterns we have seen, and give some tips for sealed as the PTQ season approaches.

This week on Limited Resources Jon and Marshall welcome Level 2 judge Joe Bono to the show to work on an often neglected aspect of many players game: rules knowledge. We cover specifics on Innistrad mechanics as well as broader rules related topics. Also we do crack-a-pack

This week on Limited Resources, Jon and Marshall go over every Rare and Mythic Rare in Innistrad, and break them down LR style.

This week on the 100th episode of Limited Resources Marshall and Jon welcome the one and only Luis Scott-Vargas for a conversation about limited! All the LSV you can handle, with lettuce and guacamole (hold the cheese and sour cream), including plenty of questions from listeners and of course Crack-a-Pack. It doesn’t stop there though as we we have a cameo by another awesome mystery guest, you will have to listen to find out who I also wanted to take a minute to thank the entire Limited Resources community for propelling the show to it’s 100th episode, and for making it what it is. Everyone that listens every week, comments on the show or my videos, is in the LR clan on MTGO, follows on Twitter, or sends in feedback via email is responsible for making the show what it is, and every one of you is appreciated. I would also like to thank Ryan Spain for all the great episodes we had together, and Jon Loucks for bringing his awesome personality and skills to the show. Special thanks to Dan and everyone at Card Kingdom for their support and awesomeness too. I have said it before, and probably will again, but Limited Resources has the most awesome listeners on the internet, and I appreciate every one of you. -Marshall

This week on Limited Resources, Jon and Marshall cover every single common and uncommon in Innistrad in order to get you ready for prereleases and upcoming limited events!

This week on Limited Resources, Marshall and Jon have a few card battles from M12, do a Crack-a-Pack and take a deeper look at the mechanics and themes in Innistrad!

This week on Limited Resources, Jon and Marshall do a re-cap on combat tricks, talk PAX tournaments and cover the newly spoiled Innistrad cards and mechanics from a 40-card perspective!

This week on Limited Resources Marshall and Jon do a thorough breakdown on combat tricks for the main topic. Also discussed is the phantom limited announcement for MTGO, a clan update, some stories from the weekend, and upcoming PAX info!

This week on Limited Resources, Marshall and Jon revisit the intricacies of card evaluation. BCSM, and other tools to help you evaluate cards in any set are revisited and rehashed. We also do a crack-a-pack, a clan update, and a Limited Resources Cube update as well!

This week on Limited Resources, Marshall and Jon revisit the intricacies of card evaluation. BCSM, and other tools to help you evaluate cards in any set are revisited and rehashed. We also do a crack-a-pack, a clan update, and a Limited Resources Cube update as well!

This week on Limited Resources, Marshall and Jon talk about your default settings. That is, what your base mode of operation should be in limited Magic. Only after understanding what the default settings are can you figure out when to stray from them appropriately. We also do a clan update, and read a story from Ryan about a play he saw at Card Kingdom a few weeks ago. Thanks for listening!

This week Limited Resources is once again joined by Jon Loucks as guest co-host! Marshall and Jon cover M12 limited from many angles and also give a trip report from the SCG Seattle this past weekend.

This week Marshall is joined by longtime player, writer, and GP Top8er Jon Loucks to help dissect the many rares in M12! We cover every rare and mythic rare in depth, from a limited players perspective.

This week on Limited Resources, Marshall flies solo covering a range of current topics. M12, SOM full block draft, and story time with Marsh all await you on the 90th episode of Limited Resources!

This week Marshall welcomes frequent LR guest Sam @samstod Stoddard on to break down the vastly different world of M12 limited! Every common and uncommon is broken down in detail, and overall views are given for the set. There are a lot of big changes so don’t miss out!

This week on Limited Resources #88 I welcome local and modo ringer Kenji “Numotthenummy” Egashira as a guest host! We cover a range of topics from Overrun in M12 to a Scars Block crack-a-pack.

This week on Limited Resources, I have a chat with 2 of my favorite Community Cup teammates, George “Whiffy Penguin” Efelis and Michelle “Sunie” Roberson! Check out Sunie’s coverage of the CC here:http://community.wizards.com/sunie/blog/2011/06/22/mtgo_community_cup.._part_1!

The MTGO Community Cup is next week, so Marshall has some of his teammates on to discuss the cup and get to know them a bit as well. A clan update and some other news are also included. Special thanks to George, Graham and Chris of the CC Team for being guests!

In his final broadcast as part of the Limited Resources team, Ryan tells the tale of his journey from aimless preschool teacher with a seemingly-useless Philosophy degree to Coastal Wizard! And hey, because no episode of Limited Resources goes without some meaty Magic strategy, the boys lead off with their insights on triple New Phyrexia drafting. It’s been a heck of a run! Join Ryan and Marshall as they bring this chapter of Limited Resources to a close.

Join Limited Resources for one of Ryan’s final shows! Marshall talks about his invite to the Community Cup, while Ryan talks about the lead-up to working at Wizards of the Coast and recaps the Rooster Draft format. For the main topic, the boys discuss the impact of New Phyrexia on the Scars-block Draft format now that they’ve both played it a bit, and touch on the upcoming triple-NPH queues on Magic Online as well.

Marshall and Ryan welcome Magic Pro Tom Martell to the show for a Limited-leaning discussion about all things Magic and a few things beyond. Also, stick around for an important announcement that faithful Limited Resources listeners aren’t going to want to miss.

Marshall and Ryan finish up their New Phyrexia set review with an in-depth analysis of each rare in New Phyrexia and its impact on Scars-block Limited. Head into the draft queues fully-prepared!

Back for the second part of their New Phyrexia Limited Set Review, Marshall and Ryan give you their take on every blue, black, red, and green non-rare in the set, just in time for your local prerelease. Infect everywhere, significant color bleeding with effectively colorless spells, and even some free ones to keep in mind. New Phyrexia is going to shake up Scars of Mirrodin Limited, so get in your prep with Ryan and Marsh!

It’s set review time! Marshall and Ryan use the early leak to do their ever-popular blow-by-blow of the new commons and uncommons in two parts. This week, artifacts, lands, and white cards get the full Limited Resources treatment. Also, the boys weigh in on the suspensions surrounding the New Phyrexia leak, and talk about the upcoming Magic Online Community Cup.

In one of the biggest leaks in Magic history, the entire New Phyrexia set has made its way on to the internet more than two weeks before the prerelease. Instead of diving into the set review two episodes early, though, Marshall and Ryan opt to start from a more pulled-back perspective, taking a look at the mechanics in the new set and discussing their impact on both Scars-block Limited and Magic as a whole. What does Phyrexian mana mean for the future of Magic and the integrity of the color pie?

After back-to-back special-guest episodes, Marshall and Ryan return to dynamic duo status, letting loose on a variety of topics including the morality of stalling on MTGO, breaking down aggro infect vs. control infect, an interesting double crack-a-pack, and a weigh-in on the Ban Jace issue. Yes, even the Limited show can pontificate about the health of Standard as it relates to the problem planeswalker.

Marshall and Ryan welcome cube experts Thea “@wmap” Steele and Usman “@usmantherad” Jamil for a Q&A on building, sleeving, shuffling, and playing a Magic cube. Don’t be a square, make a cube!

Marshall and Ryan catch Magic luminary Mike Flores for an evening on their home turf, and Marsh remembers to bring a microphone! The Limited Resources boys set a highly-structured MSS Limited agenda for the show. What are Mike’s top uncommons in MBS? How do mana myrs affect his land count? Which cards have changed most in value from triple SOM? Which are criminally underrated? LR asks, and Flores answers.

Inevitably over the course of a Limited format, one’s assessment of cards and archetypes shift from where they began. After updates on the new Card Kingdom store, the Limited Resources clan, Rocket, and Ryan’s Constructed rating, Marshall and Ryan throw out some Mirrodin Besieged cards worthy of discussion and reevaluation.

This week’s show is a topical grab bag, with an Extended PTQ tournament report, a crack-a-pack, some cube talk, and discussions of Magic ratings, Ryan’s recent heater, and R&D weighing in on the “Strictly Better” debate via Twitter.

Mirrodin Besieged has slowed down the Scars-Block Draft environment, providing some fantastic new tools for control decks in MSS Limited. This week on LR, Ryan and Marshall discuss some key cards and interactions in the archetype. Also, they respond to feedback from last week’s Magic Psychology episode, and take issue with one of Travis Woo’s Magic Myths.

Why does losing a spell to discard feel worse than losing a creature to removal? Why does losing because of an empty library feel worse than losing to creature damage? This week on Limited Resources, Marshall and Ryan discuss how to keep your head on straight and play your A game when faced with some of the logic-defying aspects of Magic psychology.

Marshall and Ryan review their early attempts to crack the triple Besieged queue. Are there a couple of standout archetypes or is this a more nuanced format than we’ve seen in some previous triple-small-set environments?

Join us for a crackalishious episode with two live crack-a-packs and one virtual crack-a-pack taken straight from Patrick Chapin’s second draft at Pro Tour Paris. Also, Ryan describes the casual “bubble league” he started with his son and their friends, and we discuss the ramifications of a verified print run for Mirrodin Besieged commons.

This week on Limited Resources, Marshall and Ryan welcome guest host Sam Stoddard to the fray. Sam gives a tournament report from the SCG Indy Open, we do our first Mirrodin Besieged Crack-a-Pack, and then discuss the impact of Mirrodin Besieged on Scars-block Limited.

This week on Limited Resources, Marshall and Ryan give their Mirrodin Besieged prerelease tournament reports, discuss some of the more controversial cards from last week’s common/uncommon set review, and break down the rares of Mirrodin Besieged for Limited play.

It’s set-review time on LR and you know what that means: a more in-depth, card-by-card analysis of the Mirrodin Besieged Limited environment than you will find anywhere else. We also give you our answers to the question on everyone’s minds: Phyrexian or Mirran at the prerelease?