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...
The Metaworker – Fargo Judge Mini-Conference James LaPage February 21, 2018 The Metaworker I don't talk about judging much because I don't actually judge a lot of events, but I am a L1 judge who is relatively involved in the local judge community. Back in October of 2017 at the Fusion Gaming 5k at Ce... Read More...
Rants of Valakut: Treacherous Links Ben Iverach-Brereton April 24, 2017 Rants of Valakut It's clear that I play a lot of Magic: the gathering, and write my Rants of Valakut, it's no wonder that a word or phrase could get me thinking about a card. The trouble is, these days I'm starting to see these... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: I Got a Rock – Part 1 Ben Iverach-Brereton March 21, 2017 Rants of Valakut The second commander deck I ever made was an artifact based deck led by Jor Kadeen, the Prevailer. Over the years it has gone through a lot of changes, but its most recent iteration has been an equipment based ... Read More...