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Rant of Valakut: Day and Taxes (Standard)

Ben Iverach-Brereton
October 25, 2021
Rants of Valakut
Shortly before rotation, I built a black/white Standard deck loosely inspired by old Modern and Legacy Death and Taxes lists. My plan was to use hand attack spells like Duress and Humiliate to remove key cards,... Read More...

Rant of Valakut: New Treasures

Ben Iverach-Brereton
September 13, 2021
Rants of Valakut
Jump/Start Historic Horizons is a lot of fun, and the additions to Historic are proving to be quite interesting. I'll admit, I'm not sure that I'm looking forward to playing against every new archetype (I'm loo... 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: The Betrayer King in Historic

Ben Iverach-Brereton
February 15, 2021
Decklists, Rants of Valakut
While everyone is getting excited over World Tree God combos and two-turn wins with Tibalt's Trickery, I've been focusing my efforts on Historic, with the help of a new uncommon from Kaldheim: If Narfi is a ... Read More...

MTG Jeff: Rakdos Tempo Deck in ELD Standard

MTG JEFF
November 12, 2019
Decklists, Fusion Gaming, MTG Arena, Standard
Here is a rather competitive build for you today. Rakdos Tempo has so many amazing pieces for the meta game. And, even if Oko gets banned this deck won't change much. I hope you enjoy the deck & gameplay! ... Read More...

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