Limited Level-Ups

A return to form, this week we tackle a level-up centered around understanding Magic's core resources: Cards, Time, and Life. Based on Paulo Vitor Damo Da Rosa's Article "The Core Resources," Alex talks about understanding each resource better, how they're connected, and how you can apply them to your drafts, deckbuilds, and games. Limited Level-Ups Discord: bit.ly/jointhedischord Alex's Coaching Email: chordocoaching@gmail.com LLU Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/limitedlevelups PVDDR's article: https://strategy.channelfireball.com/all-strategy/mtg/channelmagic-articles/pvs-playhouse-the-core-resources/

Just in time for the MTGA draft weekend challenge, Alex shares his thoughts on where the meta has settled in AFR draft including what to do when Black/Red isn't open, updated big picture format thoughts, and thoughts on individual cards

On this episode, we talk with MTGO AFR trophy leader Bryan Hohns Aka Veveil about his success in the format and some underrated cards and archetypes.

On this episode, we do a deep dive on AFR's most powerful archetype, Black/Red Treasure and Sacrifice. Join us as we go over what makes this deck the best deck and cards to prioritize during the draft Limited Level-Ups Discord: bit.ly/jointhedischord Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/limitedlevelups

On this first ever solo stream-to-Twitch episode of Limited Level-Ups, we bring the huge Adventures in the Forgotten Reams Info dump! We talk big picture ideas, best archetypes, top commons, and stand-out single cards. Limited Level-Ups Discord: bit.ly/jointhedischord Limited Level-Ups Podcast: https://limitedlevelups.libsyn.com/​​​​ Alex's Coaching Email: chordocoaching@gmail.com LLU Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/limitedlevelups

Originally streamed to Twitch on July 6th 2021 In lieu of a full set review, we're putting out a distilled version of a set review focusing on key cards, archetypes, and tough-to-evaluate cards. Come take an early look at Adventures in the Forgotten Realms as I share my full set analysis. LLU Discord: bit.ly/jointhedischord LLU Patreon: Patreon.com/limitedlevelups

On this combat-focused episode, we cover 5 Important questions to ask yourself if you want to come out ahead on each combat phase! LLU Discord: bit.ly/jointhedischord LLU Patreon: Patreon.com/limitedlevelups

This week MTGO trophy grinder BeersSC comes on to go deep with Modern Horizons 2! LLU Discord: bit.ly/jointhedischord LLU Patreon: Patreon.com/limitedlevelups

On this streamed to twitch Q and A episode, I have 5 listeners come on to ask questions about limited strategy and beyond! LLU Discord: bit.ly/jointhedischord LLU Patreon: Patreon.com/limitedlevelups

On this episode, we do a deep dive on when (and when not) to pivot, the dangers and rewards of pivoting, and tips on making your pivot as smooth as possible.

This week I sit down with Charlie, Stryxfamiliar to talk about preparation for this weekend's Sealed Arena Open! LLU Discord: bit.ly/jointhedischord LLU Patreon: Patreon.com/limitedlevelups Charlie's top 8 deck: https://sealeddeck.tech/Spn1gh1WT7

This week I sit down with Jason Ye, the current trophy leader of the MTGA best of three queue to talk about how he approaches the format and why he loves drafting white. LLU Discord: bit.ly/jointhedischord LLU Patreon: Patreon.com/limitedlevelups

This week we sit down with MTGO grinder Bryan Hohns who's had an insane run in STX draft and sealed to take a look at where we've been having success in the format. LLU Discord: bit.ly/jointhedischord LLU Patreon: Patreon.com/limitedlevelups

This week we give our big picture take on the new format! We give some big picture takes, a look at how to draft each college, and some tips for draft navigation LLU Discord: Bit.ly/jointhedischord

Multi-colored 2:56 Blue 2:41:29 Green 3:16:06 Black 3:46:54 White: 4:19:49 Red 4:52:19 Colorless 5:14:54 Mystical Archive: 5:41:44 Discord: bit.ly/jointhedischord

A bonus episode as a thank you to all of the great listeners! Alex (Chord_O_Calls) talks about his approach to creature enhancements (auras, combat tricks, equipment, vehicles) in limited and how it differs from conventional wisdom.

Limited Level-Ups Discord: bit.ly/jointhedischord Link to youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2zqmmiNMYQ&t=0s&ab_channel=LimitedLevel-Ups

This week, Robert (Viralmisnomer) of 17lands.com fame joins us to talk about the best ways to draft and build your manabase based on 17lands user data. LLU Discord: bit.ly/jointhedischord LLU Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG5KmWI7Yr71rbn0lOwcrfw/videos Graphs from the show: https://www.17lands.com/blog/llu_mana_bases

This week we check in on this seemly ever-evolving format by looking at some newly emergent decks. We also spend a bit of time talking to Abram about his Magic philosophy and what it's like to be one of the game's youngest pros. LLU Discord: bit.ly/jointhedischord LLU Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG5KmWI7Yr71rbn0lOwcrfw

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.

White: 2:13 Blue: 1:20:23 Black: 2:23:50 Red: 3:17:13 Green: 4:03:15 Multi-coloured/Artifacts: 4:44:08

This week we pore over the cards that have been previewed for M21 to talk about the archetypes and some of the commons/uncommons that may initially fly under the radar. We also touch on our experience with the MTGA cube and some of the of the places we've found success with it.

This week we do a deep dive on when sending signals is more important than reading them, and how to make better use of the information you get from reading the wheel. Draft Log: https://magic.flooey.org/draft/show?id=esn7D-b5Kpel1FsuV7KHdhGKLBI

One this special bonus episode, Alex goes over his article The Ultimate Guide to Ikoria https://draftsim.com/ikoria-lair-of-behemoths-draft-guide/ pseudo audio-book style, and covers how some of his takes on the format have changed since the article's release. Time stamps Intro: 2:23 Architecture of the Set 3:47 Speed of the Format and Deck Building Incentives 14:37 The Removal: 20:14 Always Draft Red, Never Draft Green 26:07 Cycling 32:00 Mutate 44:20 BW Humans/Sacrifice 49:45 Companions 55:25 Minor Synergy Packages 1:02:15 Navigating the Draft 1:06:26 The Part with the Best Commons 1:12:28 Odds and Ends 1:15:12

Now that we've reached the tail end of the format and card evaluations have settled, we take this week's episode to talk about some of the most over/underrated cards in Ikoria. We also touch on why sometimes even the best of drafters disagree about card evaluations and what that means for you.

The week, LLU has it's first ever guest! MTGO Trophy leader BeersSC was kind enough to sit down with us to share how he approaches Limited, Ikoria draft, and even walks us through the full 45 of a draft. Draft Deck: https://gyazo.com/3b3f8f7f6d163e86c72bd523c592e895

This week we touch on and extrapolate on the classic "whose the beat down" discussion diving into what how to keep a lead, claw yourself from the jaws of defeat, and how these to apply these concepts to the decks in Ikoria. Who's the Beatdown Flores article: https://articles.starcitygames.com/premium/whos-the-beatdown/