Rant of Valakut: Customized for Cube Ben Iverach-Brereton February 1, 2021 Rants of Valakut Warning! This article contains unsolicited card designs. Members of Wizards R&D should stop reading right away. Might I suggest some music to tide you over instead, or perhaps a fun word puzzle? Rece... 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: Face Down into the Future Ben Iverach-Brereton December 3, 2018 Rants of Valakut Magic is constantly breaking it's own rules and pushing the boundaries of what it can do. That said, we don't often see cards that redefine elements of the game in an introductory product. Core sets and intro d... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Circus World Ben Iverach-Brereton June 4, 2018 Rants of Valakut Recently, Mark Rosewater posted the rules for the second design challenge of the Great Designer Search, their contest to choose the next member of R&D. Obviously I am not part of the top 8, nor wa... Read More...
