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: 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: Enchant World (Planechase Variant) Ben Iverach-Brereton July 6, 2020 Rants of Valakut Core Set 2021 just came out, so naturally I'm going to completely ignore that fact and talk about Planechase instead. Because, reasons? In case you're not familiar with it, Planechase is a variant... Read More...
Commander ad Populum Ep 19 – Two MTG Dads Ryan Peneff September 4, 2019 Commander ad Populum Hello and welcome to another very special episode of Commander ad Populum! Commander for the people, by the people, for the people. This week, I link up with my good friend and fellow Ryan from C... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Joining the Kitchen Table Ben Iverach-Brereton March 25, 2019 Rants of Valakut My Dungeons & Dragons group has a lot of Magic players in it. It's how I met the group, actually; one of the guys noticed my geeky t-shirt at FNM one day (I think it was my "+20 Shirt of Smiting") and asked... Read More...
The Spike Feeders: S2E5 | Noyan Dar, Vial Smasher/Silas Renn, Yuriko, Kynaios and Tiro (Casual) The Mana Base February 9, 2019 The Spike Feeders The Spike Feeders are back with some casual Commander gameplay action! This week the guys are playing some of their favourite decks, with a couple making repeat appearances from last season. https://www.yout... Read More...
MTG Jeff: Infinite Auras – Famished Paladin Combo MTG JEFF December 28, 2018 MTG Arena, Standard Here is a super-fun deck built around an infinite combo that's been around for some time. This version runs 0 rares! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZ4MsIIJt0M Decklist: 4 x Famished Palad... Read More...
The Spike Feeders: S1E6 | Anax & Cymede, Derevi, Vial Smasher / Silas Renn, Tymna / Kydele (Casual) The Mana Base December 20, 2018 The Spike Feeders Every three episodes The Spike Feeders kick it casual: weird brews, big cards, whacky turns, and Maximum Fun. This week, we've got couple new decks you probably haven't seen before. https://youtu.be/sCKuV... Read More...
