480: Sending Out an SOS - Episode 480

About this episode

This episode discusses drafting strategies in Magic: the Gathering, focusing on difficult choices and non rare card selections.

Welcome to Lords of Limited , the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. This week, we're tackling the difficult choices players are facing in the draft - what to do if you aren’t aggro or soup? Ben takes us through two different drafts where for the first several picks we are being asked what non rare cards will set us up for the best deck? 🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode: Contender Drafts: Hot or Not Secrets of Strixhaven Check-in Sideboarding What to do in Low Powered Drafts And more! This episode is #sponsored by Raycon. Visit: https://rayconglobal.com/pages/lolopen?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=influencer&utm_campaign=lolopen&nb_platform=partner-lp&nb_ppid=podcast&nb_cpid=lolopen To support this content directly and receive exclusive rewards, please visit our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/lordsoflimited Twitter: https://x.com/lordsoflimited TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lordsoflimited Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lordsoflimited/ Ethan's Stream: https://www.twitch.tv/lordtupperware Ben's Stream: https://www.twitch.tv/benwerne

People in this episode

Host: Ben

Topics covered

• drafting
• Magic: the Gathering
• non rare cards
• Contender Drafts
• Low Powered Drafts

Keywords

• drafting
• Magic: the Gathering
• Strixhaven
• Contender Drafts
• Low Powered Drafts

Sponsors

Raycon

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Strixhaven

More episodes of Lords of Limited

• 482: Marvel Previews ASSEMBLE! - Episode 482 · June 8, 2026 · 1h 15m
• 481: 50 SOS Takes in 50 Minutes - Episode 481 · June 1, 2026 · 1h 1m
• 479: Pop Quiz Hotshot - Episode 479 · May 18, 2026 · 1h 1m
• 478: Midrange is the New Aggro - Episode 478 · May 11, 2026 · 1h 15m
• 477: PT SOS Draft Review - Episode 477 · May 4, 2026 · 60 min
• 476: SOS = Soup or Signals? - Episode 476 · April 27, 2026 · 1h 16m