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Author Ben Iverach-Brereton

Ben Iverach-Brereton

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: 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
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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
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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...

Rant of Valakut: Standard Flying Lessons

Ben Iverach-Brereton
June 7, 2021
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Earlier this year I participated in the Jankyard Winter League, put together by my friend JT. Each week, players would play two matches on Arena of that round's designated format, which changed week to week. We... Read More...

Rant of Valakut: The Pyleasants

Ben Iverach-Brereton
May 24, 2021
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Have you ever felt like you've done something already, but looking back there's no record of it? I could have sworn I'd written about Siona, Captain of the Pyleas and the Commander deck I built around her, but ... Read More...

Rant of Valakut: Vesperlark in the Spotlight

Ben Iverach-Brereton
May 10, 2021
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Recently Seth ("probably better known as SaffronOlive") released a video on MTGGoldfish showcasing Niccolò Luotti's take on Vesperlark Reanimator. This list has a lot of cards in common with my early drafts of ... Read More...

Rant of Valakut: Limited Wish

Ben Iverach-Brereton
April 26, 2021
Rants of Valakut
The Commander Rules Committee recently released their rules update for Strixhaven. There weren't any new bans or rules changes in it, just clarifications of two existing rules: how modal double-faced cards (MDF... Read More...

Rant of Valakut: Paper Doll Tokens

Ben Iverach-Brereton
April 12, 2021
Rants of Valakut
Adding physical tokens to booster packs allowed R&D to create more complicated game mechanics and cards, since players would have easy access to objects with the rules text on them. The official tokens prin... Read More...
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