Rant of Valakut: A World Without the Faithless (Part 1) Ben Iverach-Brereton September 16, 2019 Rants of Valakut So, Faithless Looting got banned in Modern. I think it's fair to say in hindsight that the card was just too powerful and that it warped the format around it. While it did enable a variety of decks, ... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: A Keyword Workshop Ben Iverach-Brereton September 2, 2019 Rants of Valakut A keyword is an easy shorthand that lets a player quickly learn what a new card does at a glance: "I've seen First Strike before, so I know what it means when I see it on a new card." As long as the keyword i... Read More...
Rant of Valakut – Modern Flux Channeler Storm Ben Iverach-Brereton August 19, 2019 Rants of Valakut 2 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...
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...
Rant of Valakut: Attack of the Dreadhorde Ben Iverach-Brereton June 3, 2019 Rants of Valakut This week I finished my latest Horde Magic deck and rules: Attack of the Dreadhorde. Horde Magic is a fully cooperative way of playing Magic: the Gathering. The players all work together to defeat a common e... 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...
