Rants of Valakut – The Mana Base

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

December 9, 2019

"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...

Rant of Valakut: A World Without the Faithless (Part 1)

Ben Iverach-Brereton

September 16, 2019

Rants of Valakut

So, Faithless Looting got banned in Modern. I think it's fair to say in hindsight that the card was just too powerful and that it warped the format around it. While it did enable a variety of decks, ... Read More...

Rant of Valakut: A Keyword Workshop

Ben Iverach-Brereton

September 2, 2019

Rants of Valakut

A keyword is an easy shorthand that lets a player quickly learn what a new card does at a glance: "I've seen First Strike before, so I know what it means when I see it on a new card." As long as the keyword i... Read More...

Rant of Valakut – Modern Flux Channeler Storm

Ben Iverach-Brereton

August 19, 2019

Rants of Valakut

There's no shortage of Storm decks in Magic. The idea of casting a flurry of spells in a single turn is remarkably popular. It doesn't matter what format it is, if there are enough cheap spells that d... Read More...

Rant of Valakut: The Peasants of Scarzam and Gix

Ben Iverach-Brereton

August 5, 2019

Rants of Valakut

Way back in ancient times, when Rants of Valakut was just starting, I wrote about my Peasant Commander deck. The deck was a labour of love, built entirely out if commons and uncommons that I had either drafted ... Read More...

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

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

Rant of Valakut: Beauty and the Beast Token

Rant of Valakut: Scavenging Scavenge

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

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

Rant of Valakut: A World Without the Faithless (Part 1)

Rant of Valakut: A Keyword Workshop

Rant of Valakut – Modern Flux Channeler Storm

Rant of Valakut: The Peasants of Scarzam and Gix

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