Rant of Valakut: Hidden Agenda Ben Iverach-Brereton January 7, 2019 Rants of Valakut I love the Conspiracy card type. I'm really intrigued by the idea of taking an otherwise normal card and making it amazing by changing it ever so slightly. A reduced cost, an increased size, or a new ... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Sci-Fi in Five Cards Ben Iverach-Brereton December 24, 2018 Rants of Valakut #In5Cards Last December I posted a series of word puzzles using Magic cards as clues. I took Christmas movies, songs and stories and described them using the names of exactly five cards. I had a lot fun writin... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Magic Ponies Holiday Special Ben Iverach-Brereton December 10, 2018 Rants of Valakut Magic Ponies: Gathering Friendship is back, just in time for the holidays! So come in out of the cold and settle in with a nice cup of cocoa. The plane of Mareodin awaits! Episode 1: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 ... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Face Down into the Future Ben Iverach-Brereton December 3, 2018 Rants of Valakut Magic is constantly breaking it's own rules and pushing the boundaries of what it can do. That said, we don't often see cards that redefine elements of the game in an introductory product. Core sets and intro d... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Ravnica Plot Hooks for D&D Ben Iverach-Brereton November 19, 2018 Rants of Valakut One of the reasons I keep coming back to Magic: the Gathering is its lore and world building. I'm an avid Dungeons & Dragons player, so when I was first introduced to Magic I used D&D as a frame of refe... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: The Final Form of Delver No-Grow Ben Iverach-Brereton November 5, 2018 Rants of Valakut You'll probably want to start by reading Delver-Grow at the PPTQ and Testing Delver No-Grow, otherwise you may miss a few things. After testing my "Delver No-Grow" deck for three weeks I decide... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Testing Delver No-Grow Ben Iverach-Brereton October 22, 2018 Rants of Valakut If you haven't read it already, please check out my previous article for some context. For three weeks following the PPTQ I decided to test out the new version of my Simic Delver deck to really... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Delver Grow at the PPTQ Ben Iverach-Brereton October 8, 2018 Rants of Valakut My ongoing attempts to make a good Simic Delver deck in Modern continue! If you want to catch up on how I got to this point, here are links to the previous articles in the series: Building Delver Grow Part 1... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Magic Ponies: Gathering Friendship (Ep1, Part 3) Ben Iverach-Brereton September 24, 2018 Rants of Valakut, Uncategorized Last time on Magic Ponies.... Woodvine was able to treat Lightning Dart's symptoms, but she fears her illness may have been caused by the dreaded Fillyrexians! They are a sinister group of beings fro... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Magic Ponies: Gathering Friendship (Ep1, Part 2) Ben Iverach-Brereton September 10, 2018 Rants of Valakut Previously on Magic Ponies.... The white pony Spirit Shield and her river pony friend Stormsurge were discussing plans for a costume party when Lightning Dart stumbled over, interrupting them. The ... Read More...
