Rant of Valakut: Limited Wish Ben Iverach-Brereton April 26, 2021 Rants of Valakut The Commander Rules Committee recently released their rules update for Strixhaven. There weren't any new bans or rules changes in it, just clarifications of two existing rules: how modal double-faced cards (MDF... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: The Planeswalker Problem (part 2) Ben Iverach-Brereton March 15, 2021 Rants of Valakut In case you missed it, here's a link to part 1. Sarkhan Wasn't That Mad Planeswalkers first appeared in 2007, in Lorwyn. The early designs followed a fairly standard formula: a relatively weak... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: The Planeswalker Problem (part 1) Ben Iverach-Brereton March 1, 2021 Rants of Valakut The most frustrating thing in Magic is losing to a seemingly unbeatable threat. Sometimes that takes the form of a powerful creature, but more often than not it's an unanswered planeswalker. These ma... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Life at Fourty Ben Iverach-Brereton January 18, 2021 Rants of Valakut What really sets Commander apart from other formats isn't the colour identity rule or the singleton nature of decks. It's not even the looming creature (or planeswalker) waiting in the Command Zone. While these... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Rupture the Spire, part 3 Ben Iverach-Brereton October 26, 2020 Rants of Valakut Rupture the Spire is a single-player deck-building game inspired by the video game Slay the Spire. Check out part 1 and part 2 if you haven't read them yet! Same Word, Different Meaning Today we're divi... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Rupture the Spire, part 2 Ben Iverach-Brereton October 12, 2020 Rants of Valakut The Game So Far In my last article I outlined the general plan for "Rupture the Spire": - It's a single-player deck-building game based on Slay the Spire. - You use Magic cards for everything. - Your dec... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Rupture the Spire, part 1 Ben Iverach-Brereton September 28, 2020 Rants of Valakut Slay the Spire is a deck building roguelike video game where you battle a series of monsters to ascend a strange tower. The cards you play will help deal damage to the monsters and shield you from harm. You beg... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Enchant World (Planechase Variant) Ben Iverach-Brereton July 6, 2020 Rants of Valakut Core Set 2021 just came out, so naturally I'm going to completely ignore that fact and talk about Planechase instead. Because, reasons? In case you're not familiar with it, Planechase is a variant... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Exert Target Creature Ben Iverach-Brereton March 2, 2020 Rants of Valakut Today I'd like to discuss Exert, and the potential it has for Magic as a whole. Exert is one of my favourite mechanics, and one that I think could be used is virtually every set if it underwent one small adjust... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Scheming Symmetry – the Format of Stacked Decks Ben Iverach-Brereton November 25, 2019 Rants of Valakut You and your opponent have identical decks, and the ability to arrange your libraries however you want. Can you come up with a winning strategy? SCHEMING SYMMETRY Scheming Symmetry is an experimental format ... Read More...
