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As part of the Kickstarter stretch goals, we are going to be doing at least one draft video for Theros, Born of the Gods and Journey Into Nyx together! Here is the first installment.

Draft

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

On episode 207, we talked about a bunch of alternate Limited formats, one of which being Rooster Draft, developed by Ryan Spain. Here is the document we referenced on the show, written by Ryan:

Rooster Draft

Overview: Rooster Draft (a mash-up of “Rochester” Draft and “Booster” Draft) combines aspects of Draft and Sealed Deck in a two-player Magic: The Gathering Format

Equipment: 8 Magic: The Gathering Boosters, basic lands (If boosters from multiple sets are used, two identical groups of four are ideal: AABB/AABB, or AABC/AABC where A is a large set and B/C are small sets)

The Draft

1)      Decide randomly who is Player A and who is Player B

2)      Open 4 boosters, and place them face down on the table without looking at them

3)      Flip over cards from each booster until the three uncommons, the rare, and, if applicable, the foil and/or double-faced card are revealed (Set aside the basic land and insert)

4)      Player A chooses one of the four piles of uncommons and rares

5)      Player B chooses two of the remaining three piles of uncommon and rares

6)      Player A takes the remaining pile

7)      Repeat steps 2-6 with the other four boosters, but swapping Player A and Player B

8)      Reveal four of the eight piles of commons

9)      Player A takes one of the four piles of commons

10)   Player B takes two of the remaining three piles of commons

11)   Player A takes the remaining pile

12)   Repeat steps 8-11 with the remaining four piles of commons, swapping Player A and Player B

Table talk during the draft is encouraged, especially between players with mixed experience levels.

Play

Build 30-card minimum decks, adding as many basic lands as you wish, and play a best of three match.

Rooster Lite: Skip steps 8-12, and instead take the unseen commons with each set of rares and uncommons you draft. Don’t look at the commons until the draft is over. This is good for less-experienced Limited players or when you have less time..

On episode 206 Marshall and I discussed our tier lists for Theros commons.  These lists represent where we are at right now in our evaluations.  Within a tier, we’re fairly willing to select based on the demands of our deck, be that mana curve, creature count or the need for ways to interact with our opponent.  Usually, we will not dip down a tier if a card in a higher tier is available.  We didn’t spend too much time ordering the cards within the tiers, so please don’t read too much into that.  We also did not make the tiers comparable across colors.  There are definitely going to be corner cases where you’ll want to make a large divergence.  Also, we recognize that people have “pet” cards that really fit into the color in the way you like to draft that color.

**This is intended to be a companion to the show, not a substitute for it!**  We bounced back and forth between our lists, so we created the necessity to post here for ease of access.  What we say in the show will be far more useful than just the lists themselves.

Brian’s Tiers

White

 

Tier 1

Wingsteed Rider

 

Tier 2

God’s Willing

Hopeful Eidolon

Observant Alseid

Divine Verdict

 

Tier 3

Chosen by Heliod

Battlewise Valor

Scholar of Athreos (if white)

Setessan Griffin (if green)

Traveling Philisopher

Lagonna-Band Elder

Ray of Dissolution

 

Tier 4

Cavalry Pegasus

Ephara’s Warden

Last Breath

Setessan Battle Priest

Scholar of Athreos (if not black)

Setessan Griffin (if not green)

Leonin Snarecaster

 

Tier 5

Yoked Ox

Silent Artisan

 

Blue

 

Tier 1

Voyage’s End

Nimbus Naiad

 

Tier 2

Vaporkin

Prescient Chimera

Griptide

 

Tier 3

Wavecrash Triton

Omenspeaker

Crackling Triton (if red)

Fate Foretold

 

Tier 4

Coastline Chimera

Aqueous Form

Crackling Trioton (if not red)

 

Tier 5

Thassa’s Bounty

Stymied Hopes

Mnemonic Wall

Benthic Giant

Annul

 

Tier 6

Breaching Hippocamp

Lost in a Labyrinth

Triton Shorethief

 

Black

 

Tier 1

Gray Merchant of Asphodel

 

Tier 2

Baleful Eidolon

Sip of Hemlock

 

Tier 3

Cavern Lampad

Disciple of Phenax

Lash of the Whip

Read the Bones

Returned Phalanx

 

Tier 4

Blood-Toll Harpy

Viper’s Kiss

Boon of Erebos

Pharika’s Cure

Scourgemark

Fleshmad Steed

Felhide Minotaur

 

Tier 5

Returned Centaur

March of the Returned

Loathsome Catoblepas

Asphodel Wanderer

 

Red

 

Tier 1

Lightning Strike

 

Tier 2

Borderland Minotaur

Dragon Mantle

Ill-Tempered Cyclops

Minotaur Skullcleaver

Rage of Purphoros

Spearpoint Oread

 

Tier 3

Two-Headed Cerberus

Titan’s Strength

Deathbellow Raider

 

Tier 4

Wild Celebrants

Spark Jolt

Satyr Rambler

Portent of Betrayal

Akroan Crusader

Priest of Iroas

 

Tier 5

Bolderfall

Demolish

Messenger’s Speed

 

Green

 

Tier 1

Nessian Asp

Leafcrown Dryad

Voyaging Satyr

 

Tier 2

Sedge Scorpion

Nylea’s Disciple

Nessian Courser

Agent of Horizons (if blue)

 

Tier 3

Agent of Horizons (if not blue)

Time to Feed

Staunch-Hearted Warrior

Nylea’s Presence

Feral Invocation

 

Tier 4

Vulpine Goliath

Savage Surge

Pheres Band Centaurs

Fade into Antiquity

Commune with the Gods

Satyr Hedonist

Shredding Winds

 

Tier 5

Defend the Hearth

 

 Marshall’s Tiers

WHITE

Tier 1

Divine Verdict

God’s Willing

Hopeful Eidolon

Observant Alseid

Wingsteed Rider

Tier 2

Cavalry Pegasus

Lagonna Band Elder

Last Breath

Setessan Battle Priest

Traveling Philosopher

Leonin Snarecaster

Tier 3

Ray of Dissolution

Scholar of Athreos

Setessan Griffin

Silent Artisan

Yoked Ox

Ephara’s Warden

BLUE

Tier 1

Griptide

Nimbus Naiad

Prescient Chimera

Vaporkin

Voyage’s End

Tier 2

Wavecrash Triton

Omenspeaker

Aqueous Form

Breaching Hippocamp

Coastline Chimera

Crackling Triton

Fate Foretold

Tier 3

Benthic Giant

Annul

Lost in a Labyrinth

Mnemonic Wall

Stymied Hopes

Thassa’s Bounty

Triton Shorethief

BLACK

Tier 1

Baleful Eidolon

Cavern Lampad

Disciple of Phenax

Gray Merchant of Asphodel

Lash of the Whip

Pharika’s Cure

Sip of Hemlock

Tier 2

Scourgemark

Viper’s Kiss

Blood-Toll Harpy

Boon of Erebos

Fellhide Minotaur

Fleshmad Steed

Read the Bones

Tier 3

Returned Phalanx

Asphodel Wanderer

Loathsome Catoblepas

March of the Returned

Returned Centaur

 RED

Tier 1

Dragon Mantle

Ill-Tempered Cyclops

Lightning Strike

Spearpoint Oread

Titan’s Strength

Tier 2

Akroan Crusader

Borderland Minotaur

Deathbellow Raider

Minotaur Skullcleaver

Portent of Betrayal

Rage of Purphoros

Two-Headed Cerberus

Tier 2

Boulderfall

Demolish

Messenger’s Speed

Satyr Rambler

Spark Jolt

Wild Celebrants

 GREEN

Tier 1

Agent of Horizons

Nessian Asp

Leafcrown Dryad

Sedge Scorpion

Time to Feed

Voyaging Satyr

Tier 2

Vulpine Goliath

Feral Invocation

Nessian Courser

Nylea’s Disciple

Nylea’s Presence

Savage Surge

Staunch-Hearted

 Tier 3

Satyr Hedonist

Commune with the Gods

Defend the Hearth

Fade Into Antiquity

Pheres-Band Centaurs

Shredding Winds

 

Just wanted to share a couple of sweet LR Logos that are based on our actual logo but incorporate the ever-popular duo of Elmer and Shelly into them.

Thanks to listener @rdjones of http://rjonescreative.com/ for designing this!

Thanks to listener Andrew Wilson, @Silent7Seven, for making this one!

Elmer has been around for a while now, but some of the more recent listeners of the show may not be familiar with everyone’s favorite elk. Former LR co-host Ryan Spain took a minute to explain. Thanks Ryan!

**FINAL UPDATE**

We did it! The Kickstarter has ended at an incredible $44k and we couldn’t be more excited to bring you a full year of Limited Resources! Thank you to all who pledged, and keep your eye out for extra content this year as a result of the Kickstarter, including:

• More LR Videos including some Constructed content
• LR Stream with Brian and Marshall
• Retro Set Primer episodes where your hosts discuss drafting an older format
• Pro Month featuring Luis Scott-Vargas, Patrick Chapin, Sam Black, and David Williams
• Full LR Archive available here on lrcast.com
• Bonus Signoff Compilation Episode that features every signoff from the year

Plus probably some stuff I have now forgotten 🙂

It has been awesome to see all the support for the podcast, and we really can’t thank you all enough.

– The LR Family

**UPDATE AGAIN** The LR Kickstarter has now unlocked the videos stretch goal! Thank you for your continued support! 

**UPDATE** The LR Kickstarter is funded! And after a little over 4 hours no less! Thank you so much for your pledges, it means a lot to us here at LR.

The Kickstarter is now updated with stretch goals to go along with the reward tiers that already exist too 🙂

Some (potentially) exciting news here from the LR camp: we have started a Kickstarter for Limited Resources! Before anything else, you can find it here:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1679127553/limited-resources-podcast

The pertinent information should all be in the actual kickstarter 🙂

Thanks!

Marshall

For those into such things, Jon has kindly(?) shared the full version of his signoff from the 200th episode of Limited Resources. For a peek behind the (admittedly creepy) curtain and into the inner workings of a Loucks-infested brain, read on.

Welcome to the 200th annual limited resources draft day here at the pacific northwest card kingdom draft table. It’s a beautiful day to draft, and drafters of all kinds have shown up to sling spells against the toughest competitors. The players are now sitting down in their seats, clearly nervous for the draft ahead. We’ll be over the shoulder of Marshall “Stinky Britches” Sutcliffe for this draft, assuming his chair manages to hold. The table judge is awaiting the signal from the head judge. He looks ready…any moment now…waiting…waiting…

BANG! And the pack is cracked! Pack one pick one, Stinky Britches is taking his time out of the gate, nothing great in the commons, nothing great in the uncommons, what’s in the paaaack what’s in the paaack OHHHH! and it’s a stinker for stinky in the rare slot!

He takes the green dudrle in the uncommon slot, picks up another solid green card on the second pick, splits into red a little bit, picking up momentum, he checks his signals, looking good, picking up some steam as the first pack comes to a close solidly in RG,

BAM! And they’re into the second pack! This time he’s right to the back…what’s in the paaaack what’s in the paaaack! OH AND IT’S THE BEST MYTHIC IN THE SET! But it’s blue! What is stinky britches going to do in this scenario? Will he set off into the muddy waters of a third color? His father was a mudder, his mother was a mudder, OH AND HE TAKES IT! And it looks like he’s able to follow up with a solid blue uncommon in the second pick

…and oh no! What’s this?! He’s getting cut from the inside! There’s not a single playable red or green card in pick three…or pick four! He’s evenly split ladies and gentlemen! Stinky is riding the dilu horse!

…Oh, and it looks like there’s a jam-up on the other side of the table! We’ve got a jam up! The table judge has hoofed it over, and it looks like somebody miscounted the cards. There’s a missing card in this draft! There’s some yelling, the drafter says neigh and thank the lucky horse shoe, it looks like they were able to rectify this dicey situation.

…and we’re coming along into the home stretch. Speaking of stretching, Britches is going to be reaching for enough playables here in the third pack if he decides to stick to two colors. They’re opening the third pack, looking to the back…

…what’s in the paaaack what’s in the paaaack – oh we’ve got a money rare! We’ve got a money black mythic! Will stinky britches play for the gold or take the side purse? He’s already hurting for playables, you can tell he’s thinking about it, AND HE TAKES THE MYTHIC! He’s galloping off to money town! Luckily it looks like he’s taking a powerful green uncommon in pick two. He’s got a lot of tabling to do here…

…by my count he’s got his twentieth playable now sticking to blue green…there’s his twenty first….oh it’s neck and neck here at the end…and he wiffs in that pack…the crowd is on their feet…escaped with a twenty-second playable there…oh and where’s the twenty third, can he table the twenty third? It would be in this pack…it would be here…

WHAT’S IN THE PAAAACK WHAT’S IN THE PAAAAAAACK IT’S A PLAYABLE! IT’S A PLAYABLE! OH MY GOD LADIES AND GENTLEMENT YOU HAVE JUST WITNESSED HISTORY HERE TODAY! STINKY BRITCHES ESCAPES WITH A RESPECTABLE TWO COLOR TWENTY THREE CARD DECK, AND HE WON THE SIDE PURSE! His mother has GOT to be smiling right now.

Thanks for watching another fantastic draft here at the 200th annual limited resources draft day. Quit horsing around and we’ll see you next time!

We love a big, green creature here at LR, and WotC has delivered just that for our exclusive Theros preview card! Take a look at the lastest beef delivery vessel from our friends in R&D:

A quick Vanilla Test reveals a pretty unexciting 3/3 body for a relatively demanding 3GG casting cost. Another quick glance reveals that this card is an uncommon, so the ceiling is pretty high. It doesn’t disappoint.

The Heroic “ability” is one that has a lot of fluctuation. One some cards it’s tuned down a bit for power level reasons. On others — like this one — it’s ratcheted up a bunch. A full three +1/+1 counters are added to this guy every time you cast a spell that targets it! It’s like getting a free Giant Growth that stays on the creature!

That means you can run it out on turn five, and if you get to untap, you could threaten to attack with a 6/6 or even a 9/9 beater. Pretty insane.

The downside? It doesn’t have evasion, and if you don’t find a spell to target it with, it’s an unexciting snidd.

Still, it seems like Theros will be rife with ways to target this guy and I love the raw goodness of huge ground-pounders in the green section of the color pie. Now to just find the right thing to bestow on this guy…

– Marshall