Limited Resources

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?

This week on Limited Resources, Marshall and Ryan discuss some EDH brews, Marshall’s Extended PTQ run, playing against girls, the top 10 commons first-picked by SOM 8-4 Draft winners, and finally we review some compelling rares from Mirrodin Besieged!

This week on Limited Resources, Marshall and Ryan break down the tail end of the infamous draft acronym. What do you do when there are no bombs, quality removal spells, or evasive, efficient creatures left in the pack? (For starters, you toss out silly acronyms and take a hard look at what your deck actually needs.)

Back from their holiday break, Marshall and Ryan take a fresh look at B.R.E.A.D., the classic baseline approach to Magic drafting. How is it useful, how is it dangerous, and how do you move beyond it?

This week on episode #13 of Limited Resources Marshall and Ryan take a few listener ideas, do a tough Crack-a-Pack, and cover Etiquette as the main topic. Here is the list from the Crack-a-Pack: Halo HunterPlated GeopedeHideous EndStonework PumaOran-Rief RecluseGrazing GladehartHagra DiabolistZektar Shrine ExpeditionGreenweaver DruidRuneflare TrapSlaughter CryMire BlightScythe TigerHedron Scrabbler What do you take P1P1? Thanks for listening!

On this week’s eventful episode of Limited Resources, Ryan and Marshall talk about a host of different topics ranging from our latest PTQ report, random stories from said PTQ, new Standard decks we have been playing, and then are forced to end the show prematurely due to technical issues  Thanks for understanding, and as always, thanks for listening! Happy Holidays from your Limited Resources as well 

This week on Limited Resources episode #62, Ryan and Marshall take a close look at how to maximize on your Magic budget using some techniques pulled from poker. Thanks for listening!