Rant of Valakut: Animated Shows #In5Cards Ben Iverach-Brereton December 21, 2020 Rants of Valakut #In5Cards is an annual tradition for the Rants of Valakut. They are short word puzzles that use Magic cards to describe something from pop culture. Each year has a different theme: Christmas Sci-Fi Movi... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Second Sun Ben Iverach-Brereton December 7, 2020 Rants of Valakut Originally published in Rolling Stoneforge Magazine* In 2010, the band Smash Mouth began work on a new batch of songs. They wanted them to be a love letter to their favourite trading card game, and n... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Seven Reflections (Commander) Ben Iverach-Brereton November 23, 2020 Decklists, Rants of Valakut Cards like Relentless Rats, Persistent Petitioners and Shadowborn Apostle break normal deck-building restrictions by allowing any number of them to be in a deck. Seven Dwarves works in a similar way, but instea... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Frantic Overload (Arena Standard) Ben Iverach-Brereton November 9, 2020 Decklists, Rants of Valakut, Standard It's no secret that I enjoy cards like Archaeomancer. I put them to good use in Commander, and the last time we were on Zendikar I had a lot of fun in Standard with Halimar Tidecaller. Whenever a new ... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Rupture the Spire, part 3 Ben Iverach-Brereton October 26, 2020 Rants of Valakut Rupture the Spire is a single-player deck-building game inspired by the video game Slay the Spire. Check out part 1 and part 2 if you haven't read them yet! Same Word, Different Meaning Today we're divi... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Rupture the Spire, part 2 Ben Iverach-Brereton October 12, 2020 Rants of Valakut The Game So Far In my last article I outlined the general plan for "Rupture the Spire": - It's a single-player deck-building game based on Slay the Spire. - You use Magic cards for everything. - Your dec... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Rupture the Spire, part 1 Ben Iverach-Brereton September 28, 2020 Rants of Valakut Slay the Spire is a deck building roguelike video game where you battle a series of monsters to ascend a strange tower. The cards you play will help deal damage to the monsters and shield you from harm. You beg... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Double the Musical, Double the Fun Ben Iverach-Brereton September 14, 2020 Rants of Valakut Due to a clerical error, the August 2020 edition of Rolling Stoneforge Magazine went to print missing the back side of a page. It was supposed to contain the second half of "The Double Masters Musical." The fol... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Let’s Talk About Proxies Ben Iverach-Brereton August 31, 2020 Rants of Valakut 2 A proxy is a home-made card used in place of a real Magic card. They can range from a hastily written note on a basic land, to an artistic re-imagining of the original. The use of proxies in sanctioned events i... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Lat-Nam’s Altar (Pauper) Ben Iverach-Brereton August 19, 2020 Decklists, Pauper, Rants of Valakut With the release of Double Masters, there are a lot of new toys for Pauper players. Perhaps the most notable addition to the format is Myr Retriever, especially given its interaction with Ashnod's Altar. Two Re... Read More...
