Rant of Valakut: I Got a Rock – Part 1 Ben Iverach-Brereton March 21, 2017 Rants of Valakut The second commander deck I ever made was an artifact based deck led by Jor Kadeen, the Prevailer. Over the years it has gone through a lot of changes, but its most recent iteration has been an equipment based ... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: A Strictly Worse Snapcaster Ben Iverach-Brereton March 6, 2017 Rants of Valakut Knowing when a 'bad' card is better than its more powerful counterparts is an important skill to have. Dismissing cards out of hand by saying that they are 'strictly worse' than something else doesn't really do... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Story Time Ben Iverach-Brereton February 20, 2017 Rants of Valakut Have you ever stopped to consider just how strange a game of Magic can be from a story perspective? Even if we accept the idea of an elephant wearing boots or a hawk wielding an arsenal of swords, mos... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Vorel of the Hull Clade Ben Iverach-Brereton February 6, 2017 Rants of Valakut 3 It's remarkable just how many abilities there are that use +1/+1 counters: Outlast, Support, Devour, Evolve, Megamorph, Graft. There are so many more, and that's not even counting abilities like Proliferate or ... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Wake Up Ben Iverach-Brereton January 23, 2017 Rants of Valakut I like to always have a standard legal deck built. I'm not looking to win a pro tour with it, but it is nice to have it on hand for the occasional pickup game; most people pack a standard deck with them when th... Read More...
Rants of Valakut: Completely Mana Screwed Ben Iverach-Brereton January 9, 2017 Rants of Valakut 2 We've all been there. You draw your opening hand, full of spells and potential, but you realize to your dismay that there are no lands. We call it getting mana screwed, and it sucks, but depending on your deck,... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Fallen Ideal Ben Iverach-Brereton December 26, 2016 Rants of Valakut 2 There are some cards that seem to do everything you want them to do in your deck. Fallen Ideal, a black aura from Time Spiral and an homage to the card Fallen Angel, enchants a creature and gives it both flying... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Isperia the Inscrutable Ben Iverach-Brereton December 12, 2016 Rants of Valakut 2 When a deck isn't working it can be hard to pinpoint exactly why. With my Isperia the Inscrutable commander deck the problem largely involved the costs of the cards I was including. When I first built the deck,... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Ulvenwald Mysteries Ben Iverach-Brereton November 28, 2016 Rants of Valakut I've been quite impressed by Ulvenwald Mysteries, a 3 cost green enchantment from Shadows over Innistrad. While I haven't seen it in Commander yet, I saw it a fair bit in draft, and the amount of work it put in... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Oona’s Grace Ben Iverach-Brereton November 14, 2016 Rants of Valakut When I first saw Oona's Grace I was intrigued. Here was an Instant that drew a card and could be recast multiple times from my graveyard by discarding a land and paying its casting cost again; an old ability ca... Read More...
