Rant of Valakut: Standard Flying Lessons Ben Iverach-Brereton June 7, 2021 Decklists, Rants of Valakut, Standard Earlier this year I participated in the Jankyard Winter League, put together by my friend JT. Each week, players would play two matches on Arena of that round's designated format, which changed week to week. We... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Lat-Nam’s Altar (Pauper) Ben Iverach-Brereton August 19, 2020 Decklists, Pauper, Rants of Valakut With the release of Double Masters, there are a lot of new toys for Pauper players. Perhaps the most notable addition to the format is Myr Retriever, especially given its interaction with Ashnod's Altar. Two Re... 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: The Aristocrat and the Pauper (Part 2) Ben Iverach-Brereton May 13, 2019 Rants of Valakut (If you missed Part 1 of The Aristocrat and the Pauper, you can read it here.) Looking over what I had put together for my Aristocrats deck in Pauper, I still felt like I was missing something. I stepped... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: The Aristocrat and the Pauper (Part 1) Ben Iverach-Brereton May 6, 2019 Rants of Valakut Pauper players are everywhere these days, and I'm excited. I've always wanted to get into the format, and my local game store runs pretty regular Pauper events. I've had a lot of fun watching content ... Read More...
Pauper Ponderings: All-In Black Austen Hoey October 6, 2018 Pauper Ponderings 1 This week on Pauper Ponderings, we're trying a bit of an experiment. How can be best utilize Dark Ritual in Pauper? Can it gain as overwhelming tempo to make up for being a terrible top deck late game? The w... Read More...
Pauper Ponderings: Mono Red Ponza Austen Hoey September 28, 2018 Pauper Ponderings 1 Hey everyone! After a bit of a summer break I'm back with an extremely spicy brew. Using the full 12 land destruction spells, powered out by Burning Tree Emissary and Simian Spirit Guide we are looking to de... Read More...
Pauper Ponderings: Mono Black Zombies Austen Hoey June 7, 2018 Pauper Ponderings This week on Pauper Ponderings, we're going over the first side of our Tournament of Favourites Bracket, as well announce the winner of the Land Tax print and announce our brand new give away! But on to the ... Read More...
Pauper Ponderings: Cascade Aggro Austen Hoey May 31, 2018 Pauper Ponderings This week on Pauper Ponderings, we're playing a deck made famous by the SCG VS videos. Cascade Aggro. Using the powerful multicolour "Blades" from Alara Reborn, we'relooking to overpower the opponents ASAP. ... Read More...
Pauper Ponderings: RATS! Austen Hoey May 25, 2018 Pauper Ponderings This week on Pauper Ponderings we may have officially gone off the deep end! We're playing RATS! Of the Relentless and Colony variety. Not much to say about this list other than it's a complete blast to play... Read More...
