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...
Rant of Valakut: Double the Musical, Double the Fun Ben Iverach-Brereton September 14, 2020 Rants of Valakut Due to a clerical error, the August 2020 edition of Rolling Stoneforge Magazine went to print missing the back side of a page. It was supposed to contain the second half of "The Double Masters Musical." The fol... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Let’s Talk About Proxies Ben Iverach-Brereton August 31, 2020 Rants of Valakut 2 A proxy is a home-made card used in place of a real Magic card. They can range from a hastily written note on a basic land, to an artistic re-imagining of the original. The use of proxies in sanctioned events i... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: The Double Masters Musical Ben Iverach-Brereton August 3, 2020 Rants of Valakut Originally published in Rolling Stoneforge Magazine.* Double Masters went through major changes over the course of its development, but nothing quite as major as the changes to its marketing campaign. The in... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Cube Route pt.5 – The Final Push Ben Iverach-Brereton June 8, 2020 Rants of Valakut You can find the full Cube Route here: Part 1 - Finding the Beginning Part 2 - Counters and Counters Part 3 - Sorted by Colour Part 4 - All Things Being Equal And now, the conclusion.... After... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Cube Route pt. 4 – All Things Being Equal Ben Iverach-Brereton May 25, 2020 Rants of Valakut The Cube project continues! If you missed any of the saga so far, you can catch up here: Part 1 - Finding the Beginning Part 2 - Counters and Counters Part 3 - Sorted by Colour When picking ... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Cube Route Pt. 3 – Sorted by Colour Ben Iverach-Brereton May 11, 2020 Rants of Valakut Time goes on, we're all still hunkered down at home, but at least I've made more progress on my Cube. If you haven't seen the other articles in my Cube Route series, you can find them here: Part 1 -... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Cube Route Pt. 2 – Counters and Counters Ben Iverach-Brereton April 27, 2020 Rants of Valakut This is Part 2 of my Cube Route series. If you haven't read it yet, you'll probably want to start with Part 1 - Finding the Beginning. Last time, I had just finished selecting gold cards for th... Read More...
