Rant of Valakut: Commanding Peasants – Part 1: Options Ben Iverach-Brereton May 7, 2018 Rants of Valakut A long time ago I made a 'Peasant' Commander deck that had no Rare or Mythic Rare cards in it. The deck was made up of only cards I opened in booster packs or picked in drafts — no pre-constructed set... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Remembering Tiny Leaders Ben Iverach-Brereton April 23, 2018 Rants of Valakut With so many people talking about the new Brawl format, I thought I should take a look at another Commander-like format that surged in popularity not that long ago: Tiny Leaders. Some of you may remember Tin... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Modern Horoscopes Ben Iverach-Brereton April 2, 2018 Rants of Valakut THAT WHICH WILL COME TO PASS What deck you choose play says a lot about who you are, but you may not realise just how much it does. It is a little known fact, but the Modern metagame functions much the... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: The Touch of Death Ben Iverach-Brereton March 26, 2018 Rants of Valakut Paper Covers Rock The best games are ones in which every threat can be answered in some way. Rock, Paper, Scissors, while not a shining example of game design, hinges entirely on this principle; it w... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: My Long Road Ben Iverach-Brereton March 12, 2018 Rants of Valakut My history with Magic: the Gathering hasn't been as straightforward as you might expect. For years I had no interest in playing, and it wasn't until about seven years ago that I fell into the game. It's been qu... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Tuning Up Delver Grow Ben Iverach-Brereton February 26, 2018 Rants of Valakut The Simic deck is back! If you haven't read my "Building Delver Grow" series, about my Modern Blue-Green deck, you can read it here: In Part 1 I talk about how I adapted the old Miracle Grow deck for Modern. ... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Gifts Unwanted Ben Iverach-Brereton January 1, 2018 Rants of Valakut The holidays have come and gone, we're facing down a new year, and bracing ourselves for the horror that is Valentine's Day. As we slowly put away our decorations and presents, it is inevitable ... Read More...
Rant of Valakut Holiday Special: Christmas in Five Cards Ben Iverach-Brereton December 24, 2017 Rants of Valakut Season's Greetings! Growing up, we always had advent calendars in my home. Each day before Christmas we'd open up a little box to discover a treat, or a chocolate, or a little picture. It was a fine traditio... Read More...
Rants of Valakut – About Mulligans Part 2: So You’re Down to Six Cards… Ben Iverach-Brereton December 18, 2017 Rants of Valakut Sometimes you have a terrible opening hand and have to mulligan, shuffling it away and drawing a new hand. Your new hand has fewer cards in it, but it's hopefully better than what you had. Unfortunately, regard... Read More...
Rants of Valakut – About Mulligans Part 1: Identifying Bad Hands Ben Iverach-Brereton December 4, 2017 Rants of Valakut Having a bad opening hand in Magic is not good. It's bad. It's... ... Hang on, let me start again. Do I Have a Good Opening Hand? Many players will start the game with the hand they are dealt ... Read More...
