Rant of Valakut: A Tale of Two Thalias Ben Iverach-Brereton July 10, 2017 Rants of Valakut Since I first wrote about my deck featuring Thalia, Guardian of Thraben, it has undergone a number of changes to improve on its enter-the-battlefield synergies. Kaladesh had several great tools for it, and I ev... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: A Roadmap to the Planes Ben Iverach-Brereton June 19, 2017 Rants of Valakut 4 A long time ago I was reworking one of my Commander decks. It was my first of those decks ever, with Stonebrow, Krosan Hero at the head. I had made the mistake of taking out a bunch of lands in favour of more i... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Monumental Discoveries Ben Iverach-Brereton June 5, 2017 Rants of Valakut At the Amonkhet pre-release it didn't take long for me to learn the power of the new Monument cycle. In my first round I was facing off against a player with Oketra's Monument and a lot of white creat... Read More...
Rants of Valakut: A Flash in the Pan Ben Iverach-Brereton May 15, 2017 Rants of Valakut Of all the cool cards in Amonkhet the one that I'm really excited about is a common 3/2 with flash. For some reason Pouncing Cheetah has captured my imagination and won't let it go. What's worse is t... Read More...
Rants of Valakut: Treacherous Links Ben Iverach-Brereton April 24, 2017 Rants of Valakut It's clear that I play a lot of Magic: the gathering, and write my Rants of Valakut, it's no wonder that a word or phrase could get me thinking about a card. The trouble is, these days I'm starting to see these... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: I Got a Rock – Part 2 Ben Iverach-Brereton April 10, 2017 Rants of Valakut 2 In the last Rant of Valakut we talked about mana rocks and their casting costs. This week I'd like to continue by examining some of the drawbacks these artifacts might have, as well as some of the extra utility... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Minimaster Grand Prix Special Ben Iverach-Brereton April 1, 2017 Rants of Valakut If you've been reading my Rants of Valakut, you'll know that I don't usually make competitive decks. I'm much more inclined to build something silly or unconventional. Well, today, for a very special Rant of Va... Read More...
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...
