Limited Resources

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!

We asked, you answered, and now you get your ME4 set review! This week on Limited Resources episode 61 Marshall and Ryan take some time to do a set review of Masters Edition 4 for MTGO! Thanks for listening as always!

This week on Limited Resources episode #60, Ryan and Marshall are back in action and discuss a wide range of topics from Magic Online through the current state of Scars limited. Thanks for listening!

This week on Limited Resources, Ryan and Marshall welcome Usman Jamil as a guest on the show to talk about everything related to Cube Drafting!

This week on Limited Resources Ryan and Marshall give a report from the Seattle PTQ which happened this weekend, do a special surprise double Crack-a-Pack, and cover a variety of other random topics. Thanks for listening!

This week on Limited Resources Ryan and Marshall cover a range of topics culminating in a discussion about being ROTty and tilting and how you can improve in these areas. Thanks everyone for listening!

Links from the show:

15 year old listener Jacob Wilson’s 10-0 Sealed Deck from Grand Prix Portland:http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/eventcoverage/gppor10/day2#2

This week on Limited Resources, Marshall and Ryan do a crack-a-pack, give some Coalition League information, and for our main topic cover the often overlooked but critical skill of card evaluation. Thanks for listening!

Stuff we mentioned on the show:

Coalition League 3 info: http://community.wizards.com/coalitionleague/blog/2010/10/04/season_three

Our latest draft video on MTGOAcademy: http://www.mtgoacademy.com/limited-resources-a-very-infectious-plan/

Weird card from crack-a-pack: http://plixi.com/p/53530893

Latest build of the Grand Architect deck Marshall made: http://deckstats.net/deck-355444-b4cfe77d33d51549eda3508ea4fba5eb-en.html

Mike Flores’ stuff: www.fivewithflores.com, http://twitter.com/#!/fivewithflores, Top Decks on Daily MTG on the mothership, and check out the top8magic podcasts right here on MTGCast.com as well!

This week on Limited Resources episode #55, Marshall and Ryan get caught up on a whole ton of stuff, do a crack-a-pack, and give some initial impressions of Scars of Mirrodin drafting.

WPN Announcement: http://wizards.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/wizards.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=2102

Coalition League III: http://community.wizards.com/coalitionleague/blog/2010/10/04/season_three

Pack Order Announcement: http://www.wizards.com/magic/magazine/article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/feature/113a

This week on Limited Resources, we take a show to talk about the Great Designer Search 2 and congratulate our own designer Ryan on making it to the 3rd round!! Great job Ryan! Given the time crunch he is now under, we are cutting this week short of our normal content but should be back next week with our usual stuff. Thanks for listening!

Links mentioned during the show:

Ryan’s GDS2 wiki page: http://community.wizards.com/magicthegathering/wiki/Labs:Gds/gds2/godot

Ryan’s GDS2 Essays: http://waitingforwfg.blogspot.com/2010/10/great-designer-search-2-essays.html

Ryan’s GDS2 Quiz Answers: http://waitingforwfg.blogspot.com/2010/10/great-designer-search-2-quiz.html

DO NOT COMMENT with specific suggestions for Ryan’s worlds or designs here. If you have thoughts to share on specifics of what he discussed on this podcast, post them as comments to his wiki page.

Matthew “oraymw” Watkins’ GDS2 wiki: http://community.wizards.com/magicthegathering/wiki/Labs:Gds/gds2/Rhyfel

This week on Limited Resources Ryan and Marshall wrap up the full set review by finishing up the rares. Crack-a-Pack and a clan are also included for your listening enjoyment. Thanks for listening!

This week on Episode #52 of Limited Resources, Marshall and Ryan celebrate the first year of Limited Resources existence by talking about Scars of Mirrodin rares, have a special prize for the next Coalition League LR top finisher on modo, recap the prerelease shenanigans, and more! Thanks for listening for a whole year!!

Your Limited Resources hosts, Marshall and Ryan, introduce themselves and discuss a Zendikar draft. The main focus of this episode are just introductions and getting our podcast off the ground, but we also talk about some Green and Red cards in depth for Zendikar.

We actually ran out of space on the first one, so here is the final part of our Scars review extravaganza! Thanks for listening.

Are you ready for Scars? You will be after listening to our complete breakdown of every single common and uncommon in the whole set! This is part 1 of 2 for an in depth primer for those looking to get a head start on the competition with this exciting new set. Buckle up and hang on, and we hope you enjoy the ride.

This week on the 50th episode of Limited Resources, Ryan and Marshall give their tournament reports from GP Portland!

This week on Limited Resources, Ryan and Marshall recap a busy PAX weekend, do a clan update, crack-a-pack, and cover spoilers for Scars of Mirrodin! Thanks for listening!

This week on Limited Resources episode #48, Marshall and Ryan recap alternate forms of limited, talk about an interesting build Ryan had in a 4 pack sealed event, do a crack-a-pack, and foreshadow the coming weeks events and shows. Thanks for listening as always!

These week on Limited Resources episode #47 Marshall and Ryan do a Crack-a-Pack, talk about a sealed league, and for our main topic we cover alternate limited formats. Thanks for listening!

This week on Limited Resources Ryan and Marshall recap counterspells in limited, do Crack-a-Pack and take a deep dive into M11 sealed in preparation for various PTQ’s and ultimately the Portland GP!

This week on Limited Resources episode #45, Ryan and Marshall cover a range of topics: Counterspells in Limited, Cube Drafting, MTGO on a Mac, Draw or Play decisions, M11 sealed, Red and Black sweepers, and do a Crack-a-Pack! Thanks for listening!

This week on Limited Resources episode #44, Marshall and Ryan recap Splashing, give an Ollie update, do an M11 Crack-a-Pack, and at the behest of one of the true pillars of the Magic community, Mike Flores, dive deeper into the limited world that is M11!

This week on Limited Resources episode #43, Ryan and Marshall do a Crack-a-Pack, give a Limited Resources clan update, talk a little M11, announce a draft video we did, and talk about Splashing for our main topic. Thanks for listening!

Here is the link to our draft video: http://www.mtgoacademy.com/limited-resources-a-pick-is-worth-a-thousand-words/

This week on Limited Resources episode #42, Ryan and Marshall discuss M11 as a limited core set, do some follow up on last show’s controversial topics, do an M11 crack-a-pack, and talk about the Rares of Rise for our main topic.

Thanks for listening!

This week on Limited Resources episode #41, Ryan and Marshall do a follow up on the Esper Charm debacle, talk about Hornet Sting, and for our main topic we break down M11 limited by color as a primer for the upcoming release events.

Here is the link Ryan mentioned about the Esper Charm ruling: http://strategy.channelfireball.com/featured-articles/the-riki-rules-%E2%80%93-charm-school/

Here is the link for the article Ryan mentioned about Harrow and intent of your actions: http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=judge/article/20041111b

Here is the link for MaRo’s article regarding the color pie: http://www.wizards.com/magic/magazine/article.aspx?x=mtgcom/daily/mr261

Thanks for listening and Happy Pre/Releasing from the LR crew!

This week on Limited Resources episode #40, Ryan and Marshall talk about Esper Charm and angle shooting, M11, and recap the week off we both had.

This week on Limited Resources episode #39, Ryan and Marshall give a trip report from the SCG 5k in Seattle, a clan update, a virtual crack-a-pack, and have a Mulligan Battle.

Here is the theoretical hand given for the mulligan decision:

Forest, Forest, Mountain, Daggerback Basilisk, Might of the Masses, Ulamog’s Crusher, Snake Umbra.

This week on Limited Resources episode #38, Marshall and Ryan take a look at the new cards spoiled in M11.

Here is the link to the “you make the play” that Ryan faced in game. Would you have won this game? http://yfrog.com/mku0sj

Thanks for listening!

This week on Limited Resources, Ryan and Marshall do a mixed topic show with some tournament updates, MTGO thoughts, hard lessons learned in the draft queues, and a meta game recap of Rise limited.

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This week on Limited Resources episode 36 Marshall and Ryan do crack-a-pack, recap last weeks topic, and for the main topic this week we take a deeper dive into MTGO, and how to use it. Here are Ryan’s reference notes mentioned in the show:

A lot of detailed MTGO information covered in this episode! Here are the various paths and links mentioned in the show. All info is based on Windows XP.

Draft file save location: C:\Documents and Settings\[USERNAME]\My Documents\Games\Magic The Gathering Online\Drafts

Limited deck autosave: C:\Documents and Settings\[USERNAME]\Application Data\Wizards of the Coast\Magic Online\3.0\Decks\TournamentDecks

Second client .exe: C:\Program Files\Wizards of the Coast\Magic Online\MTGO_NET

Ryan’s Draft Spreadsheet: https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AjfzsMGl2p4VdGkyY0djRzR6dnFwSFB1eDdFaG5OM2c&hl=en

(Note: not all of the formulas translated properly so I deleted them, but you can tally up the data to produce things like win % for each round, average packs won per draft, etc.)

Other MTGO Links:Using symbols in chat: http://wizards.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/wizards.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=460 General tech: http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75846/19208610/v3_Feature_Tech Hotkey breakdown: http://wizards.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/wizards.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=646

Thanks for listening!

This week on Limited Resources episode #35, Ryan and Marshall answer 2 listener questions, do Crack-a-Pack, and for the main topic, talk about sideboarding in limited. Thanks for listening!

This week on Limited Resources episode 34, Ryan and Marshall follow up last weeks topics, do a crack a pack, talk about removal in ROE limited, and give an Ollie update. Thanks for listening!

This week on Limited Resources #33, Ryan and Marshall talk about Levelers, Mythic Rares, Ryan does a crack-a-pack, and we discuss alternate archetypes in Rise of the Eldrazi limited. Thanks for listening!

This week on Limited Resources episode #32, Ryan and Marshall talk more Rise of the Eldrazi, do an extended Crack-a-pack, and have a discussion about potential issues with a format like Rise.