Rant of Valakut: Heroes of the Horde Ben Iverach-Brereton August 30, 2021 Rants of Valakut It's been a long time since I last wrote about Horde Magic, and I felt it was overdue. If you're unfamiliar with the format, the short version is that the players work as a team to defeat a "Horde deck." It's r... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Star Trek: The Next Generation #In5Cards Ben Iverach-Brereton August 16, 2021 Rants of Valakut NARRATOR: Last time on Rants of Valakut: Christmas, Sci-Fi Movies, Superhero Movies & Animated Shows #In5Cards. And now, the conclusion.... Exterior. The Enterprise is approaching a star system... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Valor of Peasants (part 2) Ben Iverach-Brereton July 22, 2021 Rants of Valakut In case you missed it, you can find part 1 here. Firja, Judge of Valor is a synergistic commander, but one that isn't tied to a particular archetype. She gives you a free copy of Ransack the Lab when... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Valor of Peasants (part 1) Ben Iverach-Brereton July 5, 2021 Decklists, Rants of Valakut My new Firja, Judge of Valor Commander deck feels like a culmination of several years' worth of deck building choices. It combines synergies, mechanics and constraints from several other Commander lists I've ma... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: All Sealed Up with Nowhere to Go Ben Iverach-Brereton June 21, 2021 Decklists, Rants of Valakut I participated in the Modern Horizons 2 prerelease on Spelltable earlier this month. I had a great time; not only is Modern Horizons 2 a really sweet Limited environment, but playing games via webcam has proven... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: The Pyleasants Ben Iverach-Brereton May 24, 2021 Decklists, Rants of Valakut Have you ever felt like you've done something already, but looking back there's no record of it? I could have sworn I'd written about Siona, Captain of the Pyleas and the Commander deck I built around her, but ... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Vesperlark in the Spotlight Ben Iverach-Brereton May 10, 2021 Decklists, Rants of Valakut Recently Seth ("probably better known as SaffronOlive") released a video on MTGGoldfish showcasing Niccolò Luotti's take on Vesperlark Reanimator. This list has a lot of cards in common with my early drafts of ... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: A Token History Ben Iverach-Brereton March 29, 2021 Rants of Valakut Tokens have always been a part of Magic. The concept was introduced with The Hive all the way back in Alpha. At the time, players had to find their own items to represent these game pieces, be it glas... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Animated Shows #In5Cards Ben Iverach-Brereton December 21, 2020 Rants of Valakut #In5Cards is an annual tradition for the Rants of Valakut. They are short word puzzles that use Magic cards to describe something from pop culture. Each year has a different theme: Christmas Sci-Fi Movi... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Second Sun Ben Iverach-Brereton December 7, 2020 Rants of Valakut Originally published in Rolling Stoneforge Magazine* In 2010, the band Smash Mouth began work on a new batch of songs. They wanted them to be a love letter to their favourite trading card game, and n... Read More...
