Rant of Valakut: Peasants of the Henge (Part 2) Ben Iverach-Brereton March 30, 2020 Decklists, Rants of Valakut In case you missed it, you can find part 1 of this article here. As you may recall, in my last article I showed you my latest Commander deck, an aggressive mono-green list that doesn't include any rare... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Peasants of the Henge (Part 1) Ben Iverach-Brereton March 16, 2020 Rants of Valakut Long-time readers know that I really enjoy building Commander decks that don't have any rare or mythic rare cards in them. It's a fun restriction, and it forces me to include cards in my collection that I would... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Exert Target Creature Ben Iverach-Brereton March 2, 2020 Rants of Valakut Today I'd like to discuss Exert, and the potential it has for Magic as a whole. Exert is one of my favourite mechanics, and one that I think could be used is virtually every set if it underwent one small adjust... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Pioneer Mono-Black Hand Attack Ben Iverach-Brereton February 17, 2020 Decklists, Rants of Valakut As soon as Pioneer was first announced, I got very excited at the prospect of brewing decks for a brand new format. I wasn't able to keep up with the fast-paced rate of bans intially, and I've been spending wha... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Vesperlark Reanimator Sideboard Ben Iverach-Brereton February 3, 2020 Rants of Valakut Last time, I went over the big changes I made to my Vesperlark Reanimator deck. Today I wanted to take a closer look at the sideboard, and go over my reasons for why I chose the cards that I did. As ... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Vesperlark Reanimator Update Ben Iverach-Brereton January 20, 2020 Decklists, Rants of Valakut When Faithless Looting got banned in Modern, I was worried that my brand new Vesperlark Reanimator deck would completely fall apart. I was losing one of the best cards in the deck; a core part of its ... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Superhero Movies in Five Cards Ben Iverach-Brereton January 6, 2020 Rants of Valakut #In5Cards Previous puzzles: Christmas #In5Cards Sci-Fi #In5Cards Every winter, Rants of Valalut releases a list of word puzzles using Magic cards as clues. Each puzzle uses the names of five cards to desc... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: D&D of the Spark – Part 2 Ben Iverach-Brereton December 23, 2019 Rants of Valakut "No good deed ever goes unpunished." - Ferengi Rule of Acquisition 285 The Group: Nick - Dungeon Master (Nicol Bolas) Lilly - Liliana Vess, level 19 Human Necromancer Chad - Gideon Jura, leve... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: D&D of the Spark – Part 1 Ben Iverach-Brereton December 9, 2019 Rants of Valakut "Gideon riding Rakdos is the sort of thing you propose to your DM, roll a nat 20, and then they sigh and let you do it because they have to." - Chris VanMeter The Group: Nick - Dungeon Master (Ni... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Scheming Symmetry – the Format of Stacked Decks Ben Iverach-Brereton November 25, 2019 Rants of Valakut You and your opponent have identical decks, and the ability to arrange your libraries however you want. Can you come up with a winning strategy? SCHEMING SYMMETRY Scheming Symmetry is an experimental format ... Read More...
