Rant of Valakut: Day and Taxes (Standard) Ben Iverach-Brereton October 25, 2021 Rants of Valakut Shortly before rotation, I built a black/white Standard deck loosely inspired by old Modern and Legacy Death and Taxes lists. My plan was to use hand attack spells like Duress and Humiliate to remove key cards,... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Chasing Wins and the Downward Spiral Ben Iverach-Brereton October 11, 2021 Rants of Valakut Content warning: This article discusses addiction, mental health and suicidal thoughts. When I was in university, I got into League of Legends. A lot. I would play every single night; if I won a match, I'd b... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Exploring the Forgotten Realms Ben Iverach-Brereton September 27, 2021 Rants of Valakut My weekly Dungeons & Dragons group recently wrapped up our latest campaign, a cyberpunk fantasy inspired by Shadowrun. We're getting organized for the next one, and I'm already excited to play. This time we... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: New Treasures Ben Iverach-Brereton September 13, 2021 Rants of Valakut Jump/Start Historic Horizons is a lot of fun, and the additions to Historic are proving to be quite interesting. I'll admit, I'm not sure that I'm looking forward to playing against every new archetype (I'm loo... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Heroes of the Horde Ben Iverach-Brereton August 30, 2021 Rants of Valakut It's been a long time since I last wrote about Horde Magic, and I felt it was overdue. If you're unfamiliar with the format, the short version is that the players work as a team to defeat a "Horde deck." It's r... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Star Trek: The Next Generation #In5Cards Ben Iverach-Brereton August 16, 2021 Rants of Valakut NARRATOR: Last time on Rants of Valakut: Christmas, Sci-Fi Movies, Superhero Movies & Animated Shows #In5Cards. And now, the conclusion.... Exterior. The Enterprise is approaching a star system... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Historic Treasures Ben Iverach-Brereton August 2, 2021 Rants of Valakut Adventures in the Forgotten Realms introduced a whole slew of "treasures matter" cards, like Kalain, Reclusive Painter and Xorn. Kaldheim had a bunch of treasure producers, too, like Goldspan Dragon and Magda, ... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Valor of Peasants (part 2) Ben Iverach-Brereton July 22, 2021 Rants of Valakut In case you missed it, you can find part 1 here. Firja, Judge of Valor is a synergistic commander, but one that isn't tied to a particular archetype. She gives you a free copy of Ransack the Lab when... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Valor of Peasants (part 1) Ben Iverach-Brereton July 5, 2021 Decklists, Rants of Valakut My new Firja, Judge of Valor Commander deck feels like a culmination of several years' worth of deck building choices. It combines synergies, mechanics and constraints from several other Commander lists I've ma... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: All Sealed Up with Nowhere to Go Ben Iverach-Brereton June 21, 2021 Decklists, Rants of Valakut I participated in the Modern Horizons 2 prerelease on Spelltable earlier this month. I had a great time; not only is Modern Horizons 2 a really sweet Limited environment, but playing games via webcam has proven... Read More...
