Ben Iverach-Brereton – The Mana Base

Rant of Valakut: Two, Blue and Black

March 10, 2019

The following is an excerpt from the timeshifted archives of The Abbott and Costello Show (Episode 53, "The Gathering"): Costello: So I hear you guys are doing a game night this weekend. Abbott: Tha... Read More...

Rant of Valakut: Izzet Any Better?

Ben Iverach-Brereton

February 25, 2019

Rants of Valakut

About two years ago I built a red-blue Commander deck featuring Jori En, Ruin Diver. It focused on casting a flurry of cheap, repeatable instant and sorcery spells to generate tokens, deal damage, and draw extr... Read More...

Rant of Valakut: Advice, like Removal, Probably Just Wasted on the Young (Wolf)

Ben Iverach-Brereton

February 11, 2019

Rants of Valakut

In the year 1997, some sound advice was given to that year's graduates in an article by Mary Schmich. It was later set to music by Baz Luhrmann in a song called Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen). The uplifti... Read More...

Rant of Valakut: Harmless Hard-Lock

Ben Iverach-Brereton

January 28, 2019

Rants of Valakut

We've seen a bit of talk about Experimental Frenzy as a tool for Storm decks to drill through their library, or for aggro decks to power through into the late game, but I wanted to look at a different use f... Read More...

Rant of Valakut: Mystic Speculation – The Planeswalker Set

Ben Iverach-Brereton

January 21, 2019

Rants of Valakut

We don't know much about War of the Spark, the set scheduled for just after Ravnica: Allegiance. What we do know so far is that it will be set on Ravnica but won't focus on the guilds. Based on the ... Read More...

Rant of Valakut: Hidden Agenda

Ben Iverach-Brereton

January 7, 2019

Rants of Valakut

I love the Conspiracy card type. I'm really intrigued by the idea of taking an otherwise normal card and making it amazing by changing it ever so slightly. A reduced cost, an increased size, or a new ... Read More...

Rant of Valakut: Sci-Fi in Five Cards

Ben Iverach-Brereton

December 24, 2018

Rants of Valakut

#In5Cards Last December I posted a series of word puzzles using Magic cards as clues. I took Christmas movies, songs and stories and described them using the names of exactly five cards. I had a lot fun writin... Read More...

Rant of Valakut: Magic Ponies Holiday Special

Ben Iverach-Brereton

December 10, 2018

Rants of Valakut

Magic Ponies: Gathering Friendship is back, just in time for the holidays! So come in out of the cold and settle in with a nice cup of cocoa. The plane of Mareodin awaits! Episode 1: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 ... Read More...

Rant of Valakut: Face Down into the Future

Ben Iverach-Brereton

December 3, 2018

Rants of Valakut

Magic is constantly breaking it's own rules and pushing the boundaries of what it can do. That said, we don't often see cards that redefine elements of the game in an introductory product. Core sets and intro d... Read More...

Rant of Valakut: Ravnica Plot Hooks for D&D

Ben Iverach-Brereton

November 19, 2018

Rants of Valakut

One of the reasons I keep coming back to Magic: the Gathering is its lore and world building. I'm an avid Dungeons & Dragons player, so when I was first introduced to Magic I used D&D as a frame of refe... Read More...

Frontier Spotlight: Week 1 at Fusion Gaming

MTG Jeff: Awakened Traxos – Colorless Traxos Stompy Deck is Woke!

MTG Jeff: Multicolored Boros – Boros Got Bigger Better Stronger Faster!!

MTG Jeff: Revenge Revisited – Does Primal Revenge Still Work With the Current Meta?

MTG Jeff: Azorius Infinite Drain – Famished Paladin Infinite Combo Decklist

MTG Jeff: Primal Burn – Primal Amulet is EPIC with Burn!!!

MTG Jeff: Grixis Pirates – Do Pirates Deserve a Second Look?

MTG Jeff: Ravnica Allegiance Spoilers #5

MTG Jeff: Ravnica Allegiance Spoilers #4 - NEW Planeswalkers!!

MTG Jeff: SPOILERS - Ravnica Allegiance Mechanics

Ultimate Masters Spoilers

Guilds of Ravnica Spoilers

Core Set 2019 Spoilers

Rant of Valakut: Two, Blue and Black

Rant of Valakut: Izzet Any Better?

Rant of Valakut: Advice, like Removal, Probably Just Wasted on the Young (Wolf)

Rant of Valakut: Harmless Hard-Lock

Rant of Valakut: Mystic Speculation – The Planeswalker Set

Rant of Valakut: Hidden Agenda

Rant of Valakut: Sci-Fi in Five Cards

Rant of Valakut: Magic Ponies Holiday Special

Rant of Valakut: Face Down into the Future

Rant of Valakut: Ravnica Plot Hooks for D&D

MTG Jeff: Awakened Traxos – Colorless Traxos Stompy Deck is Woke!

MTG Jeff: Multicolored Boros – Boros Got Bigger Better Stronger Faster!!

MTG Jeff: Revenge Revisited – Does Primal Revenge Still Work With the Current Meta?

MTG Jeff: Azorius Infinite Drain – Famished Paladin Infinite Combo Decklist

February MTG Giveaway!

MTG Jeff: Awakened Traxos – Colorless Traxos Stompy Deck is Woke!

MTG Jeff: Multicolored Boros – Boros Got Bigger Better Stronger Faster!!

MTG Jeff: Revenge Revisited – Does Primal Revenge Still Work With the Current Meta?

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