Rant of Valakut: Modern Horoscopes Ben Iverach-Brereton April 2, 2018 Rants of Valakut THAT WHICH WILL COME TO PASS What deck you choose play says a lot about who you are, but you may not realise just how much it does. It is a little known fact, but the Modern metagame functions much the... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: The Touch of Death Ben Iverach-Brereton March 26, 2018 Rants of Valakut Paper Covers Rock The best games are ones in which every threat can be answered in some way. Rock, Paper, Scissors, while not a shining example of game design, hinges entirely on this principle; it w... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: My Long Road Ben Iverach-Brereton March 12, 2018 Rants of Valakut My history with Magic: the Gathering hasn't been as straightforward as you might expect. For years I had no interest in playing, and it wasn't until about seven years ago that I fell into the game. It's been qu... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Tuning Up Delver Grow Ben Iverach-Brereton February 26, 2018 Rants of Valakut The Simic deck is back! If you haven't read my "Building Delver Grow" series, about my Modern Blue-Green deck, you can read it here: In Part 1 I talk about how I adapted the old Miracle Grow deck for Modern. ... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Inverter Doomsday Ben Iverach-Brereton February 12, 2018 Rants of Valakut Some of the most iconic Magic decks pop up in multiple formats. Modern, Legacy, Pauper, and even Standard often have variations on these popular archetypes: 'Tron shows up frequently in Modern and Pau... Read More...
Rant of Valakut – Designing the Eldrazi Horde Deck (part 2) Ben Iverach-Brereton January 29, 2018 Rants of Valakut 5 "What are you doing?" "This is my Horde deck." "Is this like the Magic equivalent of Solitaire?" "Kind of, yes." In my last article I shared my take on a cooperative Magic format called Horde Magic. This ... Read More...
Rant of Valakut – The Eldrazi Horde Deck and Rules (part 1) Ben Iverach-Brereton January 15, 2018 Rants of Valakut 14 Years ago, I learned about a format called Horde Magic. Unlike other formats, Horde Magic has all of the players working together to attempt to survive a zombie apocalypse. The zombies are a part of a... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Gifts Unwanted Ben Iverach-Brereton January 1, 2018 Rants of Valakut The holidays have come and gone, we're facing down a new year, and bracing ourselves for the horror that is Valentine's Day. As we slowly put away our decorations and presents, it is inevitable ... Read More...
Rant of Valakut Holiday Special: Christmas in Five Cards Ben Iverach-Brereton December 24, 2017 Rants of Valakut Season's Greetings! Growing up, we always had advent calendars in my home. Each day before Christmas we'd open up a little box to discover a treat, or a chocolate, or a little picture. It was a fine traditio... Read More...
Rants of Valakut – About Mulligans Part 2: So You’re Down to Six Cards… Ben Iverach-Brereton December 18, 2017 Rants of Valakut Sometimes you have a terrible opening hand and have to mulligan, shuffling it away and drawing a new hand. Your new hand has fewer cards in it, but it's hopefully better than what you had. Unfortunately, regard... Read More...
