Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Limited”
I hate to hand it to Jace Beleren under these circumstances (or ever), but Reality Fracture is a really incredible set. That goes for Limited too. We’ve had a couple of planeswalker-focused draft formats before, but it’s still a rare treat – and none before have done it quite like this. Leaning into his worst self as “The Theorist”, Jace’s …
I love playing Draft, as a casual perusal of my output on this blog will show. But even I can admit that it’s a little hard to get into, especially for newer players who may have only played Commander. The fact you don’t need to buy any cards to start playing Draft should make it accessible, but the unfamiliar dynamics …
After years of writing guides on how to approach Draft strategy for specific sets, I wanted to provide a companion piece: a more general guide to good Draft gameplay. Last week I began that guide by explaining from first principles my mindset for Limited: one which looks at the net loss and gain of resources triggered by each decision. It’s …
I play Draft quite a lot. It’s my most-played format by a significant margin, and that experience helps me author Card Kingdom’s Draft guides for each new set that comes out – the ones you can read on this very blog! Those guides focus on explaining which cards in that set are important, which decks are there to draft, and …
When you think about it, Draft plays an important role for Universes Beyond sets. Only a handful of the cards in Marvel Super Heroes are destined to find a lasting place in the metagame of Standard, Commander, or other Constructed formats. Even then, they will typically be just one or two Marvel cards playing a role alongside cards from other …
In Magic: the Gathering, the “Legend Rule” refers to the special way that legendary permanents are treated within the game’s rules. It’s meant to make such creatures and the characters they represent feel like unique individuals, objects, or locations. The legend rule has undergone many changes over the years, but the rule has always revolved around limiting the number of …
The latest Magic release is another Universes Beyond tie-in, with the totally-tubular Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cards now available at your LGS and on MTGArena. I personally don’t know much about the TMNT franchise, so unlike some other Universes Beyond sets I can’t say how good a job this one does adapting signature characters and storylines. I’m only focused on …
Lorwyn Eclipsed is a Limited format that wears its heart on its sleeve. When a set is built from the ground up around a handful of key creature types, changelings, and other typal synergies, most players don’t need a fancy strategy guide like this one to tell them what’s up. You just jump into this set, choose a type like …
2025 is almost over, and that means it’s time to take a look back at the year in Magic. There were six sets released. That’s the most we’ve ever seen in a single year, and while that was kind of overwhelming in a lot of ways, it also means that we got six different Limited formats this year. Because Limited …
Welcome to the Card Kingdom draft guide for Avatar: The Last Airbender – the Magic set! I’ve already written and thought about this set and its mechanics quite a bit, moreso than I usually do before writing the draft guide. If you’ve been reading those pieces, then you’ll know my early opinion on A:TLA is very positive – and I’m …
