Rant of Valakut: A Jump/Starting Point Ben Iverach-Brereton July 20, 2020 Rants of Valakut Jump/Start is a fascinating product concept. It's effectively the card game Smash Up combined with Magic decks, the idea of quickly shuffling together two half-decks to play a game is quite cool, and is somewha... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Scheming Symmetry – the Format of Stacked Decks Ben Iverach-Brereton November 25, 2019 Rants of Valakut You and your opponent have identical decks, and the ability to arrange your libraries however you want. Can you come up with a winning strategy? SCHEMING SYMMETRY Scheming Symmetry is an experimental format ... 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: 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...
The Metaworker: Building Jank with cEDH All-Stars (part 4, Derevi Mill) James LaPage May 2, 2018 The Metaworker If you’ve missed part 1, part 2, or part 3 of this series you should definitely check them out before reading this one. If you don’t, it won’t be immediately evident why we’ll be using Gaea’s Cradle to pull off... Read More...
The Metaworker: Building Jank with cEDH All-Stars (part 3, 4C Aetherlich) James LaPage April 27, 2018 The Metaworker 3 If you’ve missed part 1 and part 2 of this series, you’d better catch up and buckle in. Today we’re continuing our Descent into Madness with Aetherflux Reservoir. In keeping with tradition, I’m going to talk a ... Read More...
The Metaworker: Building Jank with cEDH All-Stars (part 2, Riku Hulkmorph) James LaPage April 11, 2018 The Metaworker Last week I hope you had as much fun as I did brewing a casual Ad Nauseam deck. “Casual” and “Ad Nauseam” don’t usually fit in the same sentence unless it’s something like “This Ad Nauseam deck is perfect for s... Read More...
The Metaworker: Building Jank with cEDH All-Stars (Part 1, Jundarude Landstorm) James LaPage April 5, 2018 The Metaworker 1 It’s been quite awhile since I did a segment on brewing in Commander. I recently released an article about brewing in Brawl, and I spent a lot of time explaining my thought processes and rationale behind includ... 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...
The Metaworker – Dragons and Building Around an Effect, Part 1 James LaPage August 16, 2017 The Metaworker In my playgroup, after a few intense games of cutthroat EDH, sometimes we pull out our goofy decks so we can turn our brains off and cast 7-mana bad spells. If you know me, you know that I have a real soft spot... Read More...
