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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: Vesperlark Reanimator Sideboard

Ben Iverach-Brereton
February 3, 2020
Rants of Valakut
Last time, I went over the big changes I made to my Vesperlark Reanimator deck. Today I wanted to take a closer look at the sideboard, and go over my reasons for why I chose the cards that I did. As ... Read More...

Rant of Valakut: Vesperlark Reanimator Update

Ben Iverach-Brereton
January 20, 2020
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When Faithless Looting got banned in Modern, I was worried that my brand new Vesperlark Reanimator deck would completely fall apart. I was losing one of the best cards in the deck; a core part of its ... Read More...

Rant of Valakut: Superhero Movies in Five Cards

Ben Iverach-Brereton
January 6, 2020
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#In5Cards Previous puzzles: Christmas #In5Cards Sci-Fi #In5Cards Every winter, Rants of Valalut releases a list of word puzzles using Magic cards as clues. Each puzzle uses the names of five cards to desc... Read More...

Rant of Valakut: D&D of the Spark – Part 2

Ben Iverach-Brereton
December 23, 2019
Rants of Valakut
"No good deed ever goes unpunished." - Ferengi Rule of Acquisition 285   The Group: Nick - Dungeon Master (Nicol Bolas) Lilly - Liliana Vess, level 19 Human Necromancer Chad - Gideon Jura, leve... Read More...

Rant of Valakut: D&D of the Spark – Part 1

Ben Iverach-Brereton
December 9, 2019
Rants of Valakut
"Gideon riding Rakdos is the sort of thing you propose to your DM, roll a nat 20, and then they sigh and let you do it because they have to." - Chris VanMeter The Group: Nick - Dungeon Master (Ni... Read More...

Rant of Valakut: Scheming Symmetry – the Format of Stacked Decks

Ben Iverach-Brereton
November 25, 2019
Rants of Valakut
You and your opponent have identical decks, and the ability to arrange your libraries however you want. Can you come up with a winning strategy? SCHEMING SYMMETRY Scheming Symmetry is an experimental format ... Read More...

Rant of Valakut: Beauty and the Beast Token

Ben Iverach-Brereton
November 11, 2019
Rants of Valakut
Yisan Records is pleased to present an exciting new animated musical from the team that brought you Jace's Gatewatcheers, Mentor of the Meek, and Scoop.... Beauty and the Beast Token The story so ... Read More...

Rant of Valakut: Scavenging Scavenge

Ben Iverach-Brereton
October 28, 2019
Rants of Valakut
Way back in Return to Ravnica, we saw a mechanic for the Golgari called Scavenge. Cards with it could be exiled from the graveyard to put +1/+1 counters on a target creature on the battlefield based o... Read More...

Rant of Valakut: A World Without the Faithless (Part 3)

Ben Iverach-Brereton
October 14, 2019
Rants of Valakut, Uncategorized
Are you digging for answers, or maybe just digging for the beginning of the article? Draw these two links, then discard two cards: A World Without the Faithless - Part 1 and Part 2 It has come down ... Read More...

Rant of Valakut: A World Without the Faithless (Part 2)

Ben Iverach-Brereton
September 30, 2019
Rants of Valakut
Did you miss part 1? Don't lose faith! You can find it here. Most of the options to replace Faithless Looting we looked at last time were instant or sorcery spells, with a couple of exceptions. As it... Read More...
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