Rant of Valakut: Cube Route Pt. 1 – Finding the Beginning Ben Iverach-Brereton April 13, 2020 Rants of Valakut Like everyone, I find myself with more time to myself than expected as of late. I've taken this opportunity to catch up on several projects that I've been putting off. Stuck at home, I've been focusin... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Pioneer Mono-Black Hand Attack Ben Iverach-Brereton February 17, 2020 Decklists, Rants of Valakut As soon as Pioneer was first announced, I got very excited at the prospect of brewing decks for a brand new format. I wasn't able to keep up with the fast-paced rate of bans intially, and I've been spending wha... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Vesperlark Reanimator Sideboard Ben Iverach-Brereton February 3, 2020 Rants of Valakut Last time, I went over the big changes I made to my Vesperlark Reanimator deck. Today I wanted to take a closer look at the sideboard, and go over my reasons for why I chose the cards that I did. As ... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Vesperlark Reanimator Update Ben Iverach-Brereton January 20, 2020 Decklists, Rants of Valakut When Faithless Looting got banned in Modern, I was worried that my brand new Vesperlark Reanimator deck would completely fall apart. I was losing one of the best cards in the deck; a core part of its ... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: D&D of the Spark – Part 2 Ben Iverach-Brereton December 23, 2019 Rants of Valakut "No good deed ever goes unpunished." - Ferengi Rule of Acquisition 285 The Group: Nick - Dungeon Master (Nicol Bolas) Lilly - Liliana Vess, level 19 Human Necromancer Chad - Gideon Jura, leve... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: D&D of the Spark – Part 1 Ben Iverach-Brereton December 9, 2019 Rants of Valakut "Gideon riding Rakdos is the sort of thing you propose to your DM, roll a nat 20, and then they sigh and let you do it because they have to." - Chris VanMeter The Group: Nick - Dungeon Master (Ni... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Beauty and the Beast Token Ben Iverach-Brereton November 11, 2019 Rants of Valakut Yisan Records is pleased to present an exciting new animated musical from the team that brought you Jace's Gatewatcheers, Mentor of the Meek, and Scoop.... Beauty and the Beast Token The story so ... 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 – Modern Flux Channeler Storm Ben Iverach-Brereton August 19, 2019 Rants of Valakut 2 There's no shortage of Storm decks in Magic. The idea of casting a flurry of spells in a single turn is remarkably popular. It doesn't matter what format it is, if there are enough cheap spells that d... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Modern Vesperlark Reanimator Ben Iverach-Brereton July 29, 2019 Rants of Valakut I may be overly excited by Vesperlark. I don't get this excited about a new card very often, but something in my brain latched onto this scaled-down Reveillark and won't let go. The gears in my head began turni... Read More...
