My good “friend” Woodrow decided to use some of his considerable artistic talent (he’s a 3D modeler for some big video games) to ever so slightly alter a classic movie poster…

I feel like this may be a bad angle of my head.

– Marshall

Hey All,

We’ve been seeing some questions come up regarding the recent changes to the sponsorship and hosts of LR. We wanted to take a minute to answer those questions.

Q: Does ChannelFireball own Limited Resources now?

A: No. ChannelFireball is now the exclusive sponsor of LR, but that’s different from buying the show itself. As Marshall has said before on the show, it’s not for sale.

Q: The Patreon is still a thing, right?

A: Yep! The Patreon exists separately of the sponsorship setup, and is still a great way to support the show directly.

Q: Where will the show be available?

A: The show will still be in all the place it is now, but also on channelfireball.com as well. You won’t have to change anything to keep getting the show how and where you want it.

Q: Will Marshall keep doing draft videos, and if so, where?

A: Yes. Marshall’s draft videos will be on channelfireball.com now. He is currently slated to do six videos a month, but that, of course, is subject to change.

Q: Will Limited Resources be changing its style or content in light of the new sponsorship?

A: No. ChannelFireball chose to sponsor the show because they like the message and content within the show. They have control over the ads that are on the show, but the show content itself is still up to the hosts.

Q: Will there still be signoffs?

A: That’s up to LSV. He has indicated that he is interested in doing them, but it’s not something that is required of the co-host.

Q: Will the show be a lot different than before?

A: No. Some change is of course going to happen with any new co-host, but LR is here for one reason: To help you improve at Magic. That is not changing. There may be more puns though.

If there are any other questions that weren’t answered here, feel free to fire away.

Everyone at LR is really excited about bringing on LSV as well as working with the fine folks at ChannelFireball, and we can’t wait to get going on the show again!

It’s that time! Fate Reforged is right around the corner and LR has got some sweet preview cards this time around. LSV and I will talk about them on the show this week, but we wanted to get get them in front of your eyeballs as soon as we were allowed.

We have four cards this time (!) and one additional that was already previewed, but is part of this cycle so I thought I’d throw it in here as well.

First up, War Flare:

Token strategies rejoice! This plays like a Trumpet Blast that is super flexible and can be used defensively. Sometimes you’ll just kill your opponent with a swarm of tokens and War Flare. Other times you’ll untap them and get some savage (and unexpected) blocks going. Don’t overlook the +1 toughness boost either, it’s *always* more relevant than it seems like it would be.

Also note: these are all commons. You’ll be seeing these in your Fate Reforged booster packs, meaning that they can be part of a bigger strategy somewhat reliably.

Next up, Harsh Sustenance:

Wow! Instant speed, can go to the face, can kill creatures, *and* gains me life? Sign me up! I’m not willing to ignore the whole “creatures you control” thing, but given that we are talking about Limited—where creatures rule the game—it’s usually safe to assume you’ll at least have some of them running around. This card has a high upside for sure.

The next one is a new “fight” card. Sort of?

Weird! Grim Contest reads just like a normal fight card… until the end. Toughness?? It’s hard to figure out how to even rate this card. Wait. You are saying that my Archer’s Parapet can now just beat up on an Efreet Weaponmaster? We’ll talk more about this one on the show.

Cunning Strike is next:

It’s hard to imagine this card being bad. You get to kill a creature (a smallish one), do two damage to an opponent (not a huge thing, but adds up quicker than you think), *and* draw a card? And it’s an instant? Ultimately this is like getting three smallish effects, but on one card. The big question is whether the five converted mana cost will prove prohibitive or not (it very well may).

This one was already previewed, but for completeness sake, here’s Ethereal Ambush:

This card looks nuts to me. Effectively a 4/4 for 5 mana with flash, but spread out over two bodies. With the random upside of being able to “unmanifest” any creatures you happen to turn over. Seems good.

So there they are, the exclusive Fate Reforged preview card for Limited Resources. Be sure to tune in this week as LSV and I go deep on these cards and figure out how good each one really is.

– Marshall

Interesting one with Kenji. Nothing stands out as the obvious pick here does it?