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Limited Resources

Marshall Sutcliffelimitedresources.libsyn.com
A weekly podcast dedicated to improving your play at Magic: The Gathering with an emphasis on Limited play.

Episodes

Limited Resources 499 - M20 Set Review: Rare and Mythic Rare

This week on Limited Resources Marshall and Luis dive into Magic Core Set 2020 and cover every single rare and mythic rare for the big LR Set Review! This is the place to get ready for your prerelease, release day, and subsequent events! MagicFest Pickup info: https://store.channelfireball.com/magicfest_pickup Corn Recipe: https://youtu.be/rncJKKM3mwE Limited Resources is proudly sponsored by ChannelFireball.com You can support Limited Resources on the LR Patreon page here: LR Patreon Page Your ...

Jul 03, 20192 hr 5 min

Limited Resources 498 - M20 Set Review: Commons and Uncommons

This week on Limited Resources Marshall and Luis dive into Magic Core Set 2020 and cover every single common and uncommon for the big LR Set Review! This is the place to get ready for your prerelease, release day, and subsequent events! Limited Resources is proudly sponsored by ChannelFireball.com You can support Limited Resources on the LR Patreon page here: LR Patreon Page Your Hosts: Marshall Sutcliffe and Luis Scott-Vargas Marshall’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/Marshall_LR Luis’s Twitter: h...

Jun 30, 20194 hr 42 min

Limited Resources 497 - M20 Previews and Modern Horizons Impressions

This week on Limited Resources Marshall and Luis go over all 10 of their M20 preview cards to get a hint of what M20 may offer. Then they talk about what they've learned after having played Modern Horizons for a couple of weeks. Humans of Magic Podcast with James Hsu: https://humansofmagic.com/ Sign up for the CFB Newsletter here: www.channelfireball.com/newsletter Limited Resources is proudly sponsored by ChannelFireball.com You can support Limited Resources on the LR Patreon page here: LR Patr...

Jun 23, 20191 hr 7 min

Limited Resources 496 - Ryan Spain Talks Tilting and Answers Your Questions

This week on Limited Resources Marshall welcomes Ryan Spain back on the show to talk about tilting and how to manage it as a Nuts and Bolts Spike, and answers patron questions about his time in R&D at Wizards of the Coast! Ryan’s Stream: https://www.twitch.tv/goingoptimal Ryan's Comeback Draft: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLROm1Ogmk0&feature=youtu.be Doom Blade Days Article: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/li/doom-blade-days-2014-10-29 If you want to submit questions for shows ...

Jun 13, 20192 hr 44 min

Limited Resources 495 - Modern Horizons Primer

This week on Limited Resources Marshall welcomes Ryan Spain back on the show to sub in for the ailing LSV for the Modern Horizons Primer show! This is the place to get ready for Modern Horizons Draft, as each archetype is broken down in detail and all the important cards analyzed. Ryan's Stream: https://www.twitch.tv/goingoptimal If you want to submit questions for shows like this all you have to do is become a Patron at any level. Humans of Magic Podcast with James Hsu: https://humansofmagic.co...

Jun 07, 20193 hr 34 min

Limited Resources 494 - Listener Q&A Spring 2019

This week on Limited Resources Marshall and Luis answer Patron questions! Dogs or cats? Pineapple on pizza? How to break a losing streak, LSV in the MPL, sickest plays from WAR limited, and more are covered! If you want to submit questions for shows like this all you have to do is become a Patron at any level. Humans of Magic Podcast with James Hsu: https://humansofmagic.com/ Sign up for the CFB Newsletter here: www.channelfireball.com/newsletter Limited Resources is proudly sponsored by Channel...

May 31, 20191 hr 27 min

Limited Resources 493 - WAR Draft Walkthrough and Overrated, Underrated, Properly Rated

This week on Limited Resources Marshall and Luis try something new with a full draft walkthrough for War of the Spark as well as Overrated, Underrated, or Properly Rated for WAR! Sign up for the CFB Newsletter here: https://info.channelfireball.com/sign-up-for-our-cfb-newsletter Limited Resources is proudly sponsored by ChannelFireball.com You can support Limited Resources on the LR Patreon page here: LR Patreon Page Your Hosts: Marshall Sutcliffe and Luis Scott-Vargas Marshall’s Twitter: https:...

May 24, 20191 hr 10 min

Limited Resources 492 - War of the Spark Archetypes

This week on Limited Resources Marshall and Luis go over the best archetypes in War of the Spark! They also touch in again on the London Mulligan rule; is it here to stay? Sign up for the CFB Newsletter here: https://info.channelfireball.com/sign-up-for-our-cfb-newsletter Limited Resources is proudly sponsored by ChannelFireball.com You can support Limited Resources on the LR Patreon page here: LR Patreon Page Your Hosts: Marshall Sutcliffe and Luis Scott-Vargas Marshall’s Twitter: https://twitt...

May 16, 20191 hr 1 min

Limited Resources 491 - WAR Updates, Arena Bots, Broken Rares, Magic Complexity, and More!

This week on Limited Resources Marshall and Luis go over a bunch of interesting topics including War of the Spark updates, is WAR like Cube, is it ok to just ban all the rares in WAR, is Magic really the most complex game, and Arena bots and how we should approach them! Article that Marshall found fascinating but Luis did not: https://www.technologyreview.com/s/613489/magic-the-gathering-is-officially-the-worlds-most-complex-game/ Limited Resources is proudly sponsored by ChannelFireball.com You...

May 12, 20192 hr 39 min

Limited Resources 490 - War of the Spark Initial Impressions

This week on Limited Resources Marshall and Luis give you their initial impressions of War of the Spark Limited! Insanely, Luis comes up with a new category for this set; not prince, not pauper, but a something even crazier... This set sets new bars left and right, will it be remembered well or as a set too far? Join the discussion in this episode of LR! Limited Resources is proudly sponsored by ChannelFireball.com You can support Limited Resources on the LR Patreon page here: LR Patreon Page Yo...

May 03, 20192 hr 34 min

Limited Resources 489 - War of the Spark Set Review: Rare and Mythic Rare

This week on Limited Resources Marshall and Luis walk you through every single rare and mythic rare in War of the Spark! War of the Spark feels like the most bomb-laden set we've had in a long time, and that of course means you'll want to know which rares are bombs and which to avoid. The guys may have set the record for number of A grades given out with this one... Limited Resources is proudly sponsored by ChannelFireball.com You can support Limited Resources on the LR Patreon page here: LR Pat...

Apr 28, 20192 hr 51 min

Limited Resources 488 - War of the Spark Set Review: Common and Uncommon

This week on Limited Resources Marshall and Luis walk you through every single common and uncommon in War of the Spark! This is a supercharged set featuring planeswalkers in every pack including planeswalkers at uncommon. Quite the set to go through, but if you do, you'll be all set for your prerelease, release, and ongoing events! Timestamps by Color: White: 00:08:39 Blue: 00:53:16 Black: 01:38:58 Red: 02:20:54 Green: 02:53:46 Gold: 03:22:14 Colorless/Land: 03:57:03 Limited Resources is proudly...

Apr 20, 20194 hr 8 min

Limited Resources 487 - Ravnica Allegiance Sunset Show

This week on Limited Resources Marshall and Luis look back on a really good set, Ravnica Allegiance! It's time to bid it farewell, but before we do we have to figure out which card was the biggest groan test, which had the best artwork, and all the other points of recognition shall we say, for the set. And yes, Luis has his soundboard for this one... Brian Hacker's "The New Pool Halls" article about money drafting at the Pro Tour in the late 90's/early 2000's: http://web.archive.org/web/20010515...

Apr 13, 20191 hr 26 min

Limited Resources 486 - Arena Check In, M19, and CABS Theory

This week on Limited Resources Marshall and Luis touch on a bevy of topics including a refresher on M19 as it's the ranked draft format on Arena this season, CABS Theory and how you can use it to reset your Magic brain, and they talk about their exclusive War of the Spark preview card! www.twitch.tv/goingoptimal for Ryan Spain's stream centered around Limited leaning players looking to get as many drafts per dollar on Arena. Limited Resources is proudly sponsored by ChannelFireball.com You can s...

Apr 05, 20191 hr 2 min

Limited Resources 485 - Post PAX/Mythic Invitational Decompression

This week on Limited Resources Marshall and Luis hang out in the hotel room at PAX East directly after finishing the Mythic Invitational! This one is pretty relaxed and features a conversation between the two about the future of Magic, the Mythic Invitational, Duo Standard, the future of Draft at the professional level, some nonsense, and a lot of your questions! Limited Resources is proudly sponsored by ChannelFireball.com You can support Limited Resources on the LR Patreon page here: LR Patreo...

Mar 31, 20191 hr 1 min

Limited Resources 484 - A Conversation with William "Huey" Jensen

This week on Limited Resources Marshall welcomes Hall of Famer, World Champion, Super Streamer and sneakily one of the GOAT Limited players William "Huey" Jensen on the show to talk all things Magic. You'll get Huey's take on Limited, current sets vs older sets, the struggle of being a professional player as well as the great sides of it. You'll love this one! Huey's Twitch Stream: https://www.twitch.tv/hueywj Huey's Twitter: https://twitter.com/hueyjensen Limited Resources is proudly sponsored ...

Mar 23, 20191 hr 16 min

Limited Resources 483 - RNA Crack-a-Draft, Modern Horizons, and War of the Spark

This week on Limited Resources Marshall and Luis do a crack-a-draft for Ravnica Allegiance, talk about Modern Horizons as a Limited format, and give you their hottest of takes about the news that there will be a planeswalker in every pack of War of the Spark. Limited Resources is proudly sponsored by ChannelFireball.com You can support Limited Resources on the LR Patreon page here: LR Patreon Page Your Hosts: Marshall Sutcliffe and Luis Scott-Vargas Marshall’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/Marsha...

Mar 16, 20191 hr 19 min

Limited Resources 482 - A Fresh Look BREAD (And Why You Shouldn't Use It)

This week on Limited Resources Marshall and Luis tackle one of the most often-cited tools for Limited players: BREAD. Bombs, Removal, Evasion, and some other words that nobody quite seems to know are often used as a heuristic for drafting well. Marshall and Luis do not subscribe to this school of thought and give you the reasoning why. But it wouldn't be LR unless they DID give you their approach and you'll get to hear that this week on LR! Also Let's Stump Vargas returns :) Thanks to Ryan Spain...

Mar 08, 20191 hr 18 min

Limited Resources 481 - Listener Q&A For Winter 2019

This week on Limited Resources Marshall and Luis answer your questions! The guys go deep on a variety of topics including the best basic lands, the best flavor of chips, how decisions are made in game, and a lot more! The ranking list from the Team CFB Limited meeting discussed on the episode: Top Ethereal Absolution Ooze Angel of Grace Domri Hydroid Krasis Judith Mass Manipulation Lumbering Battlement* Ravager Wurm Seraph Hellkite Spawn Sphinx of Foresight Theater of Horrors * Zegana, Utopian S...

Feb 28, 20192 hr 38 min

Limited Resources 480 - MC Cleveland Testing Insider and RNA Q&A

This week on Limited Resources Marshall and Luis bring you the show live from Cleveland, Ohio on the eve of Mythic Championship 1! Luis is all set to play in the event and he gives you the inside track on MC Testing for the event. Then the guys take patron questions about RNA specifically and answer them for you! Limited Resources is proudly sponsored by ChannelFireball.com You can support Limited Resources on the LR Patreon page here: LR Patreon Page Your Hosts: Marshall Sutcliffe and Luis Scot...

Feb 22, 20191 hr 26 min

Limited Resources 479 - Level-Up on Duplicates and Ranked Ravnica Allegiance Commons

This week on Limited Resources Marshall and Luis do a mini-Level-Up topic on duplicates in Limited. When do you take or play the 3rd copy of a card? How do you decide which cards to just run as many of as you can get vs. cards that have diminishing returns? Also the guys talk Ravnica Allegiance best commons and touch on how they interact with each guild! Limited Resources is proudly sponsored by ChannelFireball.com You can support Limited Resources on the LR Patreon page here: LR Patreon Page Yo...

Feb 14, 20191 hr 16 min

Limited Resources 478 - Owen Turtenwald Talks Ravnica Allegiance and Answers Your Questions!

This week on Limited Resources Marshall welcomes Owen Turtenwald on the show to talk Ravnica Allegiance and answer questions from LR Patrons! Owen's Stream: https://www.twitch.tv/owentmagic Owen's Twitter: https://twitter.com/owentweetenwald Limited Resources is proudly sponsored by ChannelFireball.com You can support Limited Resources on the LR Patreon page here: LR Patreon Page Your Hosts: Marshall Sutcliffe and Luis Scott-Vargas Marshall’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/Marshall_LR Luis’s Twitt...

Feb 07, 20192 hr 10 min

Limited Resources 477 - Ravnica Allegiance Initial Impressions

This week on Limited Resources Marshall and Luis talk Ravnica Allegiance First Impressions! Five color gates, Ill-Gotten Inheritance, and a whole bunch of other hot topics are covered in this episode! Limited Resources is proudly sponsored by ChannelFireball.com You can support Limited Resources on the LR Patreon page here: LR Patreon Page Your Hosts: Marshall Sutcliffe and Luis Scott-Vargas Marshall’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/Marshall_LR Luis’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/lsv Email: lr@lrc...

Jan 31, 20191 hr 19 min

Limited Resources 476 - Ravnica Allegiance Set Review: Rare and Mythic Rare

This week on Limited Resources Marshall welcomes Ryan Spain on the show to sub in for the ailing Luis Scott-Vargas for the Ravnica Allegiance Set Review: Rare and Mythic Rare! Every one of these cards is dissected and graded for your listening convenience! And there are some nice ones in this set, no doubt! Ryan's Twitter: https://twitter.com/ryanspain Ryan's Going Optimal Stream: https://www.twitch.tv/goingoptimal Limited Resources is proudly sponsored by ChannelFireball.com You can support Lim...

Jan 25, 20192 hr 25 min

Limited Resources 475 - Ravnica Allegiance Set Review: Commons and Uncommons

This week on Limited Resources Marshall and Luis walk you through every common and uncommon in the Ravnica Allegiance Set Review: Commons and Uncommons! Every single card is picked apart for all the juicy value it could produce, and so that you'll feel good going into your prerelease, release, and subsequent events! Azorius: 0:05:40 White: 00:20:03 Orzhov: 00:47:40 Black: 00:58:32 Rakdos: 01:24:46 Red: 01:37:54 Gruul: 02:01:50 Green: 2:12:55 Simic: 02:35:03 Blue: 02:46:46 Colorless/Land: 03:10:0...

Jan 15, 20193 hr 25 min

Limited Resources 474 - Ravnica Allegiance Rules and Mechanics

This week on Limited Resources Marshall and Luis go over the new mechanics and rules for Ravinca Allegiance so that you can get set for the set review next week! All 5 guilds have their own signature mechanic and the guys go over all of them as well as getting into the initial predictions on each guild in the set! Limited Resources is proudly sponsored by ChannelFireball.com You can support Limited Resources on the LR Patreon page here: LR Patreon Page Your Hosts: Marshall Sutcliffe and Luis Sco...

Jan 10, 201958 min

Limited Resources 473 - Guilds of Ravnica Sunset Show

This week on Limited Resources Marshall and Luis go over the hits and misses from Guilds of Ravnica in the Sunset Show! Biggest Groan Test? You probably know. How did this set have such a long run as a good draft format? Here about it in this episode! Ryan Spain's Article on Arena: https://www.channelfireball.com/articles/going-optimal-on-mtg-arena/ Limited Resources is proudly sponsored by ChannelFireball.com You can support Limited Resources on the LR Patreon page here: LR Patreon Page Your Ho...

Jan 04, 20191 hr 9 min

Limited Resources 472 - Ryan Spain Returns! (again)

This week on Limited Resources Marshall welcomes LR co-creator Ryan Spain back on the show yet again to talk Arena, game design, LR origins, and streaming! Going Optimal Arena EV Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bIfjh6ghpIgXG9RKv2UBpJutkNEnG50TtdterqabhnY/edit#gid=1319113290 Ryan's Stream: https://www.twitch.tv/goingoptimal Ryan's Twitter: https://twitter.com/ryanspain Limited Resources is proudly sponsored by ChannelFireball.com You can support Limited Resources on the LR Pa...

Dec 28, 20182 hr 39 min

Limited Resources 471 - Paul Cheon on Cube and Limited Design

This week on Limited Resources Marshall and Luis welcome their friend and Wizards of the Coast Play Design Team member Paul Cheon to the show to talk cubing, Limited design principles, and other assorted bits of nonsense! Paul's Twitter: https://twitter.com/haumph Vintage Cube Change Log: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/vintage-cube-cardlist Limited Resources is proudly sponsored by ChannelFireball.com You can support Limited Resources on the LR Patreon page here: LR Patreon Page Y...

Dec 22, 20181 hr 28 min

Limited Resources 470 - Unlimited Resources (?) with Ben Stark

This week on Limited Resources Luis takes the reins as the host and invites MTG Hall of Famer Ben Stark back on the show to talk Drafting the Hard Way as well as to answer listener questions! Ben's Twitter: https://twitter.com/bens_mtg Limited Resources is proudly sponsored by ChannelFireball.com You can support Limited Resources on the LR Patreon page here: LR Patreon Page Your Hosts: Marshall Sutcliffe and Luis Scott-Vargas Marshall’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/Marshall_LR Luis’s Twitter: ht...

Dec 14, 20181 hr 15 min