Rant of Valakut: Historic Vesperlark Ben Iverach-Brereton August 29, 2022 Rants of Valakut I decided to dust off Arena recently. It was mostly because of the Gladiator queue, but while I had the game open I thought it might be interesting to try building my Vesperlark Reanimator deck for Historic. Ar... Read More...
Into the Arena: Bringing Gates Into the Battle Dawson Reynolds June 10, 2022 Decklists, Historic, Into the Arena The release of Battle For Baldur's Gate is getting everyone excited for all the amazing commanders, multiplayer cards, and D&D themes of the new set! I, however, have been getting excited for one of the les... Read More...
Into the Arena: The Power Nine of MTGA Dawson Reynolds April 1, 2022 Into the Arena, MTG Arena Thanks to Arena’s quickly growing card pool it can sometimes be easy to lose track of what cards are even on the platform. From old Standard sets like Kaladesh to auxiliary releases like Historic Horizons, ther... Read More...
Into the Arena: Taking on the Arena Decathlon Dawson Reynolds December 24, 2021 Into the Arena, MTG Arena One of the most exciting Arena events of the year is upon us! Closing off 2021 in exciting fashion, the Arena Decathlon is a brand new tournament that is taking place from December 18th to January 1st. As the n... Read More...
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: Chasing Wins and the Downward Spiral Ben Iverach-Brereton October 11, 2021 Rants of Valakut Content warning: This article discusses addiction, mental health and suicidal thoughts. When I was in university, I got into League of Legends. A lot. I would play every single night; if I won a match, I'd b... 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...
Into the Arena: Historic Horizons Primer Dawson Reynolds September 10, 2021 Into the Arena, MTG Arena Magic the Gathering: Arena received a major new product recently with the release of the largest ever Historic-focused set. Jumpstart: Historic Horizons is essentially a “masters set” style product for Arena’s ... Read More...
Into the Arena: Top Brawl Commanders Dawson Reynolds August 27, 2021 Into the Arena, MTG Arena With Historic Brawl now in full swing, I think it's time to take a look at some of the most popular commanders and what their strengths and weaknesses are. Even though Brawl isn’t a competitive format at the mo... 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...
