Limited Resources

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. Thanks for listening!

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,

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.