Rant of Valakut: Horde of the Lich Lord Ben Iverach-Brereton June 12, 2018 Rants of Valakut It is time for another deck for Horde Magic! If you've never heard of Horde Magic, you can check out my earlier articles about this fully cooperative Magic format, as well as rules for my Eldrazi Horde: Part 1... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Circus World Ben Iverach-Brereton June 4, 2018 Rants of Valakut Recently, Mark Rosewater posted the rules for the second design challenge of the Great Designer Search, their contest to choose the next member of R&D. Obviously I am not part of the top 8, nor wa... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Commanding Peasants – Part 2: Decisions Ben Iverach-Brereton May 21, 2018 Rants of Valakut 2 Last time I looked at my options for a new no-rares Commander deck using uncommon Legendary Creatures I opened at the Dominaria pre-release. I decided on Shanna, Sisay's Legacy as my commander, but ha... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Commanding Peasants – Part 1: Options Ben Iverach-Brereton May 7, 2018 Rants of Valakut A long time ago I made a 'Peasant' Commander deck that had no Rare or Mythic Rare cards in it. The deck was made up of only cards I opened in booster packs or picked in drafts — no pre-constructed set... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Remembering Tiny Leaders Ben Iverach-Brereton April 23, 2018 Rants of Valakut With so many people talking about the new Brawl format, I thought I should take a look at another Commander-like format that surged in popularity not that long ago: Tiny Leaders. Some of you may remember Tin... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Modern Horoscopes Ben Iverach-Brereton April 2, 2018 Rants of Valakut THAT WHICH WILL COME TO PASS What deck you choose play says a lot about who you are, but you may not realise just how much it does. It is a little known fact, but the Modern metagame functions much the... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: The Touch of Death Ben Iverach-Brereton March 26, 2018 Rants of Valakut Paper Covers Rock The best games are ones in which every threat can be answered in some way. Rock, Paper, Scissors, while not a shining example of game design, hinges entirely on this principle; it w... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: My Long Road Ben Iverach-Brereton March 12, 2018 Rants of Valakut My history with Magic: the Gathering hasn't been as straightforward as you might expect. For years I had no interest in playing, and it wasn't until about seven years ago that I fell into the game. It's been qu... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Tuning Up Delver Grow Ben Iverach-Brereton February 26, 2018 Rants of Valakut The Simic deck is back! If you haven't read my "Building Delver Grow" series, about my Modern Blue-Green deck, you can read it here: In Part 1 I talk about how I adapted the old Miracle Grow deck for Modern. ... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Inverter Doomsday Ben Iverach-Brereton February 12, 2018 Rants of Valakut Some of the most iconic Magic decks pop up in multiple formats. Modern, Legacy, Pauper, and even Standard often have variations on these popular archetypes: 'Tron shows up frequently in Modern and Pau... Read More...
