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Ben Iverach-Brereton is an avid deck brewer and game designer. There's little he enjoys more than an obscure card and a good pun. You can often see him drafting at his local FNM, or playing a casual game of Commander with one of his 20+ decks.

Rant of Valakut – Modern Flux Channeler Storm

Ben Iverach-Brereton
August 19, 2019
Rants of Valakut
There's no shortage of Storm decks in Magic. The idea of casting a flurry of spells in a single turn is remarkably popular. It doesn't matter what format it is, if there are enough cheap spells that d... Read More...

Rant of Valakut: The Peasants of Scarzam and Gix

Ben Iverach-Brereton
August 5, 2019
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Way back in ancient times, when Rants of Valakut was just starting, I wrote about my Peasant Commander deck. The deck was a labour of love, built entirely out if commons and uncommons that I had either drafted ... Read More...

Rant of Valakut: Modern Vesperlark Reanimator

Ben Iverach-Brereton
July 29, 2019
Rants of Valakut
I may be overly excited by Vesperlark. I don't get this excited about a new card very often, but something in my brain latched onto this scaled-down Reveillark and won't let go. The gears in my head began turni... Read More...

Rant of Valakut: Pauper Pollenbright Stompy

Ben Iverach-Brereton
July 15, 2019
Rants of Valakut
I'm not sure what inspired me, but recently I got an idea to make a Pauper deck around Pollenbright Druid and Travel Preparations. The idea was simple enough: get +1/+1 counters on my creatures, then ... Read More...

Rant of Valakut: Delver Grow meets the Horizon

Ben Iverach-Brereton
July 1, 2019
Rants of Valakut
It seems every deck got new toys in Modern Horizons, and my Simic Delver deck is no exception. There are new lands, new counterspells and new creatures in the set to consider. Plus, there's a whole new metagame... Read More...

Rant of Valakut: Designing the Dreadhorde

Ben Iverach-Brereton
June 17, 2019
Rants of Valakut
This article assumes you're already at least somewhat familiar with my other Horde decks: The Eldrazi Horde Horde of the Lich Lord Attack of the Dreadhorde Attack of the Dreadhorde is my thi... Read More...

Rant of Valakut: Attack of the Dreadhorde

Ben Iverach-Brereton
June 3, 2019
Rants of Valakut
This week I finished my latest Horde Magic deck and rules: Attack of the Dreadhorde. Horde Magic is a fully cooperative way of playing Magic: the Gathering. The players all work together to defeat a common e... Read More...

Rant of Valakut: Yisan Records presents – Scoop

Ben Iverach-Brereton
May 20, 2019
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Rolling Stoneforge Magazine and Yisan Records, the teams who brought you The Sounds of the Sea and The Invasion Soundtrack, are joining forces once again for another peek into their music archives.* This wee... Read More...

Rant of Valakut: The Aristocrat and the Pauper (Part 2)

Ben Iverach-Brereton
May 13, 2019
Rants of Valakut
(If you missed Part 1 of The Aristocrat and the Pauper, you can read it here.) Looking over what I had put together for my Aristocrats deck in Pauper, I still felt like I was missing something. I stepped... Read More...

Rant of Valakut: The Aristocrat and the Pauper (Part 1)

Ben Iverach-Brereton
May 6, 2019
Rants of Valakut
Pauper players are everywhere these days, and I'm excited. I've always wanted to get into the format, and my local game store runs pretty regular Pauper events. I've had a lot of fun watching content ... Read More...
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