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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...

Rant of Valakut: Modern Vesperlark Reanimator

Ben Iverach-Brereton
July 29, 2019
Rants of Valakut
I may be overly excited by Vesperlark. I don't get this excited about a new card very often, but something in my brain latched onto this scaled-down Reveillark and won't let go. The gears in my head began turni... Read More...

Rant of Valakut: Pauper Pollenbright Stompy

Ben Iverach-Brereton
July 15, 2019
Rants of Valakut
I'm not sure what inspired me, but recently I got an idea to make a Pauper deck around Pollenbright Druid and Travel Preparations. The idea was simple enough: get +1/+1 counters on my creatures, then ... Read More...

Cubism: Core 2020 Cube Top 8!

Aaron Paquette
July 12, 2019
Cubism
We're back with what seems like an endless number of sets back-to-back-to-back. Already our 4th set this year, Core 2020 lands on the heels of Modern Horizons AND War of the Spark. Is there any world in which a... Read More...

Rant of Valakut: Delver Grow meets the Horizon

Ben Iverach-Brereton
July 1, 2019
Rants of Valakut
It seems every deck got new toys in Modern Horizons, and my Simic Delver deck is no exception. There are new lands, new counterspells and new creatures in the set to consider. Plus, there's a whole new metagame... Read More...

Rant of Valakut: Designing the Dreadhorde

Ben Iverach-Brereton
June 17, 2019
Rants of Valakut
This article assumes you're already at least somewhat familiar with my other Horde decks: The Eldrazi Horde Horde of the Lich Lord Attack of the Dreadhorde Attack of the Dreadhorde is my thi... Read More...

Cubism: Modern Horizons Cube Review – Part 2

Aaron Paquette
June 7, 2019
Cubism
We're back with the second half of one of the best cube sets in years — Modern Horizons! Legends from the history books to mythic rare Savannah Lions, the set continues to give us everything we could have wante... Read More...

Cubism: Modern Horizons Cube Review – Part 1

Aaron Paquette
May 31, 2019
Cubism
Modern Horizons is going to be the most impactful set for Cube in years. Sword cycle, Talisman cycle, Force cycle, Canopy cycle, 2-mana lands-matter Planeswalker, Snow-theme, Tribal, tons of new cards supportin... Read More...

Rant of Valakut: Yisan Records presents – Scoop

Ben Iverach-Brereton
May 20, 2019
Rants of Valakut
Rolling Stoneforge Magazine and Yisan Records, the teams who brought you The Sounds of the Sea and The Invasion Soundtrack, are joining forces once again for another peek into their music archives.* This wee... Read More...
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